Clinton String Quartet
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The Clinton String Quartet is a
About
In addition to their regular concert performances the Quartet performs for commercial and municipal black tie affairs and private events. In recent years the Quartet has been featured in concert at
The Quartet has also provided entertainment as part of Syracuse's Winterfest, Onondaga County Parks Department's "Summer Parks Concerts", "Canal Days Celebration" (Little Falls, NY) and numerous other community and private events. The Quartet has recorded radio and television commercials for several Central New York businesses and was recently selected by author Bruce Coville to record the sound track for his children's book, Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher.
The Clinton String Quartet has premiered many works by composers residing in upstate New York, including Howard Boatwright, Joseph Downing, Daniel Godfrey, Ann Silsby, Sidney Hodkinson, Samuel Pellman,
Members
- New England Conservatory, where he received a diploma in performance. His principal teachers were Jamie Laredo, Louis Krasner, and Mihail Stolarevsky. Before joining the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Bosetti performed as assistant concertmaster with orchestras in West Virginia and Nova Scotia, and as first violinist with the Nova String Quartet. Mr. Bosetti served as assistant principal second violin with the North Carolina Symphony for the 1999 - 2000 season.
- Violinist Vladimir Pritsker is the newest member of the Quartet. Mr. Pritsker emigrated from his home town of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.
- Violist Kit Dodd received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Oregon and attended Wichita State University where he received a Master of Music degree. His principal teachers were G. Roy Mann (University of Oregon) and Jeffrey K. Irvine (Wichita State University). Before moving to Syracuse, Mr. Dodd performed as assistant principal violist with the Eugene Symphony Orchestra and the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Dodd has been featured as soloist with the Syracuse Symphony and as chamber soloist with the Society for New Music, Skaneateles Festival and the Syracuse Camerata. Mr. Dodd currently serves as a violist and Assistant Librarian with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Dodd is the newest member of the Onondaga Community Collegestring staff beginning in the fall of 1999 and teaches violin, viola, string repertory and conducts the string ensemble.
- Queens College and New York University, where he studied the cello with Nathan Stutch, Assistant Principal Cellist of the New York Philharmonic. Mr. Macero performed the Beethoven Triple Concerto as the winner of the Queens concerto competition in New York. He has been a member of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra since moving to Syracuse in 1977. Mr. Macero has performed as a soloist with the SSO, as well as playing as a regular soloist and chamber musician with the Society for New Music. He is a founding member of the Clinton String Quartet and has recently performed in Rome, Italy, and New York City for American Academy programs. Mr. Macero has taught Cello at Onondaga Community Collegesince 1989.
Discography
CQ1 includes the
's "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen".Trivia
The first time the quartet played together, in 1982, they were without a name. The Quartet's first employer needed to introduce the group and needed a name immediately. The wife of the then second violinist suggested "Clinton" in deference to
References
External links
- The Clinton String Quartet Official website (used as reference)
- SyracuseArts.net Allows searching for upcoming Clinton String Quartet performances