Our coaching artists member, Paul Murphy, provides the current music selection: the Brahms Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18. He likes the recording by the Amadeus Quartet, but notes that it is part of a set of most of Brahms chamber music and that you cannot buy just the recording of the Sextet…
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The Franklin Pond Quartet is scheduled to perform in Jasper, Georgia on Monday, February 6, 2012. The quartet will also include Richard Deane, horn, making it a quintet for the performance. The concert begins at 7:00 p.m. It will be at: New Lebanon Presbyterian Church 389 Bent Tree Drive Jasper GA 30143 The program includes:…
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On Sunday, January 29th at 7:30 The Franklin Pond Quartet and Robert Spano will present a benefit concert in Kellett Chapel of Peachtree Presbyterian Church. The church is located at 3434 Roswell Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30305. More details to follow!
Come join us at Jekyll Island in January! The Franklin Pond Quartet will perform as part of Jekyll Island’s Music and Merlot Concert Series. Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m. The concert starts at 8:00 p.m. at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel Morgan Center. You can read more about the Jekyll Island concert series by clicking…
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The Prokofiev quartet welcomed ticket buyers at the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy concert Auguest 13th at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater with a half hour of classical and light music in support of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra “When I Play Music” campaign http://wheniplay.org/. Yet another group of young people proving that supporting our kids in music is…
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The Farmer’s Market event August 13th was a great success. The weather held perfectly until 20 minutes after the group stopped playing when it decided to pour. The audience at the market was very grateful and complimentary. Several people took away information about the program and left some tip money! The kids had a good…
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Attention all alumni! We are having an Alumni Party on Tuesday, December 27 from 6 until 10 p.m. at the Pond (4835 Franklin Pond NE). All alumni are invited back to the pond for pizza and playing. Bring your instrument and a stand if you’d like to join in the music. We hope to see…
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August 5 our Schubert quartet represented the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra youth, playing in the Woodruff Center galleria before the Jackie Evancho concert. We were very happy to be part of the ASO “When I Play Music” campaign and hope all our supporters will also support the ASO in its youth programs. (Click http://wheniplay.org/ to donate…
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Tired as everyone was from the wonderful Jekyll weekend, students and coaching artists showed up at Kellett Chapel the next day for a dress rehearsal and were excited and primed to play a stellar final concert that evening. It was a special evening. The student groups and the Franklin Pond Quartet were at the top…
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This was our 7th year on Jekyll Island. Along with two days of intense coaching, rehearsing and concerts, we had time for the beach, swimming, biking, and roaming around the Historic District. The Franklin Pond Quartet (coaching artists) gave a beautiful concert Saturday night and the students played their concert Sunday evening, both to packed…
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