Apple Hill String Quartet
March 30, 2025 2:30pm
Contact: St. Bart's CentralSt. Bart's Central | 212-378-0222
New Hampshire Meets New York
Apple Hill String Quartet with Gretchen Pusch, flute
The Apple Hill String Quartet, ensemble-in-residence at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music in Nelson, NH, performs works by Tribeca artist Meredith Monk and the New York premiere of a string quartet by Monadnock Area composer Miriam Sharrock. Flutist Gretchen Pusch joins for a quintet by Amy Beach, native of Henniker, NH and longtime St. Bartholomew’s parishioner in the early 20th century.
$25 General Admission; $15 Students & Seniors
Tickets bought at the door on the day of the concert incur an additional $5 fee.
Called “dashing and extraordinary” by The Strad magazine, the Apple Hill String Quartet are the Artistic Directors and resident musicians at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, winner of the CMAcclaim award from Chamber Music America. The Quartet serves as the Music Directors for Apple Hill’s Summer Chamber Music Workshop in Nelson, New Hampshire, cultivating connection and understanding among people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, playing levels, and ages through music performance and education centered around the values of acceptance, inclusivity, creative expression, and encouragement.
The Quartet performs and teaches worldwide in venues as diverse as the Curtis Institute of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, the Conservatorio National de Musica in Lima, Peru, the Gitameit Music School in Yangon, Myanmar, the Ketermaya refugee camp outside Beirut, Lebanon, and Cedarcrest Center for Children with Disabilities in Keene, NH. Their program will feature music of LGBTQIA composers Jennifer Higdon, Yaz Lancaster, Arthur Russell (arr. Mike Kelley), and Samuel Barber.