The Counterpoint Club - Opus 3: Encore Interview - Lafayette String Quartet

Opus 3: Encore Interview - Lafayette String Quartet

05/25/21 • 44 min

In this talk which combines the segments from episodes 2, 3 and 4, the Skyros Quartet takes part in a round table discussion with the Lafayette String Quartet discussing topics from chamber music from how to create a quartet sound to respecting and working well with your colleagues. The members of the Lafayette Quartet share their insights and experiences from a wonderful life-long career of performing and teaching at the highest level.

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Opus 3: Encore Interview - Greg Beaver

In this unabridged interview, Sarah Pizzichemi and Willie Braun speak with cellist Greg Beaver. Greg is an incredible musician and as a member of the Chiara Quartet, was a very influential mentor for the Skyros Quartet during graduate school. In this conversation, Greg reflects on how music shapes his life, his recent creative pursuits, and offers some fantastic book recommendations.

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In this fall-themed episode, the Skyros Quartet explores strange and occult music. In the history lesson, Sarah and Brandon discuss scary music and how composers used innovative techniques to portray these characters. Next, Willie introduces extended techniques, strange methods of playing an instrument to produce sounds that it is not normally intended to make, like creepy noises and otherworldly timbres. Our guest interview features special and sinister guests from the Guild of Supernatural Composers in a roundtable discussion. And finally, Skyros shares a chat about their favorite examples of movie music and its expressive role in visual storytelling.

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