Chanticleer Quartet To Return To Timbercrest This Summer
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
The quartet’s director and founder is violinist Caroline Klemperer-Green. A Richmond native, she has performed and taught in New York City since 1997. She earned degrees at Earlham College and Peabody Conservatory and attended graduate schools at Ohio State and Indiana University.
According to a press release, she has performed in festivals in Massachusetts, Mexico City, Colorado, England, California, Oregon and Texas. She plays professionally in orchestras and chamber groups in the United States and Europe. In 1993, she earned a master fellowship from the Indiana Arts Commission and writes and performs children's musical programs.
Jennifer Smith plays viola and joined Chanticleer in 1991. She is principal viola in Montana’s Great Falls Symphony and Cascade Quartet. Her doctorate is from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and she has degrees from Yale and Peabody. She is adjunct faculty at the University of Great Falls.
Cellist Elizabeth Gottling Mendoza resides in Havertown, Pa. She plays in orchestras in the Philadelphia area. According to the press release, she has degrees from Peabody Conservatory and the Cincinnati Conservatory. She was principal cellist of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra from 1994 to1996. She directed the chamber orchestra in Ann Arbor, Mich., and played with the Ann Arbor and Flint Symphony Orchestras and Michigan Opera Theater.
New to the Quartet this year is violinist Stefan Xhori. Xhori, a native of Albania, moved to US in 1993. He plays violin and teaches it around Phila-delphia. He is involved with many orchestras and chamber music groups. He is assistant concertmaster of Allentown Symphony, and a member of the Delaware, Reading and Kennett symphonies and Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra.
In chamber music, he performs with Lyra Ensemble and is the first violinist of Iliria String Quartet.
The Quartet’s guest musician this year is William Foster McDaniel. He is a graduate of Capital University Conservatory in Columbus and, according to a press release, has an M.M. in piano from Boston University. He completed post-graduate work as a Fulbright Scholar in Paris. He is a conductor in musical theater and has served as musical director for many popular shows: “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Bubblin’ Brown Sugar,” and “The Fantasticks.” His compositions have been performed by the N.Y. Housing Authority Orchestra, Yonkers Civic Philharmonic, New Symphony of New York, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Philharmonia of Greensboro, Savannah Symphony Orchestra, the Mozart Society Orchestra at Harvard and the BBC Concert Orchestra.
The Chanticleer Strings meet each summer at Chanticleer Farm near Richmond to practice and tour. They perform for 10 days around Indiana before returning to their regular musical vocations. Additionally, they conduct a “Young Mozart” program in schools in Wayne County for two weeks each January.
Timbercrest Senior Living Community is at 2201 East Street, North Manchester. Visit www.timbercrest.org, or call 260-982-2118 if you would like to know more about Timbercrest.
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The quartet’s director and founder is violinist Caroline Klemperer-Green. A Richmond native, she has performed and taught in New York City since 1997. She earned degrees at Earlham College and Peabody Conservatory and attended graduate schools at Ohio State and Indiana University.
According to a press release, she has performed in festivals in Massachusetts, Mexico City, Colorado, England, California, Oregon and Texas. She plays professionally in orchestras and chamber groups in the United States and Europe. In 1993, she earned a master fellowship from the Indiana Arts Commission and writes and performs children's musical programs.
Jennifer Smith plays viola and joined Chanticleer in 1991. She is principal viola in Montana’s Great Falls Symphony and Cascade Quartet. Her doctorate is from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and she has degrees from Yale and Peabody. She is adjunct faculty at the University of Great Falls.
Cellist Elizabeth Gottling Mendoza resides in Havertown, Pa. She plays in orchestras in the Philadelphia area. According to the press release, she has degrees from Peabody Conservatory and the Cincinnati Conservatory. She was principal cellist of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra from 1994 to1996. She directed the chamber orchestra in Ann Arbor, Mich., and played with the Ann Arbor and Flint Symphony Orchestras and Michigan Opera Theater.
New to the Quartet this year is violinist Stefan Xhori. Xhori, a native of Albania, moved to US in 1993. He plays violin and teaches it around Phila-delphia. He is involved with many orchestras and chamber music groups. He is assistant concertmaster of Allentown Symphony, and a member of the Delaware, Reading and Kennett symphonies and Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra.
In chamber music, he performs with Lyra Ensemble and is the first violinist of Iliria String Quartet.
The Quartet’s guest musician this year is William Foster McDaniel. He is a graduate of Capital University Conservatory in Columbus and, according to a press release, has an M.M. in piano from Boston University. He completed post-graduate work as a Fulbright Scholar in Paris. He is a conductor in musical theater and has served as musical director for many popular shows: “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Bubblin’ Brown Sugar,” and “The Fantasticks.” His compositions have been performed by the N.Y. Housing Authority Orchestra, Yonkers Civic Philharmonic, New Symphony of New York, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Philharmonia of Greensboro, Savannah Symphony Orchestra, the Mozart Society Orchestra at Harvard and the BBC Concert Orchestra.
The Chanticleer Strings meet each summer at Chanticleer Farm near Richmond to practice and tour. They perform for 10 days around Indiana before returning to their regular musical vocations. Additionally, they conduct a “Young Mozart” program in schools in Wayne County for two weeks each January.
Timbercrest Senior Living Community is at 2201 East Street, North Manchester. Visit www.timbercrest.org, or call 260-982-2118 if you would like to know more about Timbercrest.
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