The Maxwell Quartet from Scotland
IMPORTANT MESSAGE!
LCCCA Concert Canceled 3/14/2020 Maxwell Quartet
We have canceled the concert on Saturday, March 14th, 2020 for the Maxwell Quartet out of an abundance of caution for our members, guests, artists and our community. We will make an attempt to reschedule if it is possible at a later date. Please join our email list (right side-bar) to get the latest information on our concert schedule.
Saturday
March 14, 2020
7:30 p.m.
Orlin Trapp Auditorium
Britain's finest string quartets!
The Glasgow-based Maxwell Quartet is regarded as one of Britain's finest string quartets, with performances set apart by the tribute they pay to their Scottish folk music heritage. The quartet performs regularly across the UK and abroad, at venues including London’s Wigmore Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, and the BBC Chamber Music Proms.
The Maxwell Quartet consists of four great friends who grew up playing classical and folk music together in youth orchestras and music schools across Scotland. The group officially began in 2010 at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where its founding members met as postgraduate students. The very next year, the Quartet was appointed as the Conservatoire's Young Artists in Residence.
Colin Scobie, 1st violin George Smith, 2nd violin Elliot Perks, viola Duncan Strachan, cello
Performing widely across Scotland, the quartet has established a reputation for delighting audiences with their "unaffected enthusiasm" (North Highland Times) and their "panache and conviction" (Strathearn Herald). The quartet has held residencies at Oxford University, Perth Concert Hall and many chamber music festivals across the UK, including their own Loch Shiel Festival in the Scottish Highlands.
1st Prize winner and Audience Prize winner at the Trondheim (Norway) International Chamber Music Competition in 2017, the Maxwell Quartet has been hailed for "great communication" by The Strad Magazine and as “brilliantly fresh, unexpected and exhilarating” by The Scottish Herald.
Their 2017-18 season included engagements in Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, France and China. Their first North American tour, in Winter 2019, is to coincide with the release of their début CD, featuring works by Haydn and traditional Scottish folk music.
“Brilliantly fresh, unexpected and exhilarating . . .”
-–- The Scottish Herald
Links:
Held at the Orlin Trapp Auditorium
Buy a membership now!
