ABOUT OUR MUSICIANS
This quartet performers are Atlanta-based professionals who
perform regularly with chamber groups and orchestras throughout the Southeast. Our
ensemble was formed in 1996. We perform with such organizations as the Atlanta Ballet, the
Atlanta Opera, the Atlanta Symphony, the Gwinnett Philharmonic, the Georgia Sinfonia, and
the symphonies of Alabama (Birmingham), Savannah, Augusta, Greenville (SC), Columbus, and
Macon. We are all full-time musicians with degrees in music.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
The founder, a cellist, returned to Atlanta in 1996 after performing in the Washington,
DC, area for the previous six years. While in DC, she performed chamber music extensively
with her ensembles, CON BRIO! and A Musical Offering, and also played regularly with the
Crystal Strings and the Strolling Strings. Kate Rivers, music critic for The Washington
Post, described a 1996 performance of CON BRIO! as "warm and relaxed
music-making" and praised the group's "lovely reading" of Brahms's third
piano quartet. In addition, the group leader performed with the Baltimore Opera Orchestra,
Opera Americana, the Maryland Ballet Orchestra, and the Arlington, Alexandria, and
Richmond Symphonies. Since her return to Atlanta, she has played regularly with the
Savannah, Augusta, and Macon Symphonies as well as the Gwinnett Philharmonic. The group
leader is formerly the Principal Cellist of the Augusta Symphony and has performed with
the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra. She teaches cello lessons and conducts the Atlanta Suzuki
String Orchestra. She studied at the Manhattan School of Music and is a graduate of the
Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore where she studied with Yehuda Hanani. Sarah has
performed for more than 500 special occasions from weddings to art openings.
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