Event

Five Fridays: Project Fusion

Project Fusion, saxophone Quartet, will bring Five Fridays' fifth season to a close on April 22 at 7:30 pm. All ticket proceeds go to combat hunger and homelessness through Face to Face Germantown and the Interfaith Hospitality Network.

About Project Fusion
A chamber ensemble for the 21st century, Project Fusion strives to entertain and inspire audiences as well as promote camaraderie among artists through unique collaborations. Formed in 2010 by graduates of the Eastman School of Music, Project Fusion has been praised for staging engaging and communicative concerts, achieved in part through the distinctive feat of performing musical programs exclusively from memory. The ensemble is also known for its diverse musical programming that includes new music, standard repertoire for the saxophone quartet, as well as arrangements and transcriptions. Project Fusion is a winner of Astral's 2015 National Auditions. The quartet has also captured top prizes in the world's most prestigious chamber music competitions, including the Gold Medal at the 40th Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, First Prize at the 2013 Music Teachers National Association Chamber Music Competition, and, in 2013, becoming the first saxophone quartet to earn Grand Prize, as well as the Hugo Vianello Audience Choice Award, at the 6th Plowman International Chamber Music Competition. Comprised of dedicated and passionate teachers, Project Fusion has presented convocations, clinics, and workshops in numerous K-12 schools as well as residencies and master classes at colleges and universities throughout the Midwest and East Coast. The ensemble is dedicated to public arts outreach, and has also presented recitals and educational programs in retirement communities, libraries, churches, and civic centers across the U.S. Project Fusion's name is derived from the philosophy that music is an infinite, ongoing "project" guided by a sense of adventure and creativity, and that the "fusion" of ideas results in meaningful and enjoyable artistic creations.