Stratus Quartet At Mount Airy Violins & Bows at Mount Airy Violins & Bows

Stratus Quartet is a string quartet dedicated to new music and improvisation. Join the quartet on Saturday, July 21st, for an intimate concert at Mount Airy Violins and Bows on historic Germantown Avenue.
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Following in the great tradition of the string quartet, each of Stratus Quartet's intimate performances display a musical tapestry rich with warmth and detail. Unlike most string quartets, however, Stratus almost exclusively performs music composed or arranged by its own members.
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Every element of the quartet's process is collaborative. Their rehearsals often feel like a musical workshop with members bringing in drafts of their original work for feedback from the other players. As a result, the quartet's musical landscape is in a constant state of flux and adaptation. In rehearsal the quartet will take a preliminary musical idea at its most bare and skeletal stage, and collectively arrange it into a finished composition. ...

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Stratus Quartet is a string quartet dedicated to new music and improvisation. Join the quartet on Saturday, July 21st, for an intimate concert at Mount Airy Violins and Bows on historic Germantown Avenue.
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Following in the great tradition of the string quartet, each of Stratus Quartet's intimate performances display a musical tapestry rich with warmth and detail. Unlike most string quartets, however, Stratus almost exclusively performs music composed or arranged by its own members.
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Every element of the quartet's process is collaborative. Their rehearsals often feel like a musical workshop with members bringing in drafts of their original work for feedback from the other players. As a result, the quartet's musical landscape is in a constant state of flux and adaptation. In rehearsal the quartet will take a preliminary musical idea at its most bare and skeletal stage, and collectively arrange it into a finished composition.

Led by Mount Airy native Nathan Kamal, Stratus Quartet will perform a set of original works in addition to arrangements of works by South American, Scandinavian, and Eastern European composers. Their performance at Mount Airy Violins & Bows is part of their summer northeastern US tour.

Doors 6:30PM, show 7PM. $10.
Contact Mount Airy Violins & Bows to reserve tickets (recommended): [email protected] or (215) 438-9031

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