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Carpe Diem String Quartet

Champagne Opener for the 2012-2013 Concert Series features Carpe Diem String Quartet (CDSQ), an exciting ensemble that has captured the imagination of audiences, the respect of critics, and is one of the most versatile quartets of their generation. CDSQ has earned critical acclaim with innovative programming, electrifying performances, and a passion for audience engagement. The group's musical passion has led them down the paths of gypsy, tango, folk, pop, rock, and jazz inspired music, but the quartet is equally at home with the traditional string quartet repertoire. Carpe Diem has become the premier American indie string quartet.

Defying easy classification, CDSQ continues to break boundaries and push the limits of the classical string quartet. Carpe Diem writes, arranges and performs music of all styles, and works with artists of many different genres. Carpe Diem was recently featured in "Strings" magazine, highlighting their unique and innovative vision for chamber music.

CDSQ is committed to changing the concert experience of chamber music and is bringing new audiences into the concert hall and revitalizing the chamber music experience.
The quartet, violinists Charles Wetherbee and John Ewing, violist Korine Fujiwara and cellist Kristin Ostling, is dedicated to music education and outreach, and regularly performs educational programs specifically designed to relate to students of all ages and establish classical music's relevance to their lives.