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Franklin Pond Alumni Gathering

Twenty-eight alumni from many years of Franklin Pond came together in December to read chamber music, connect with friends, and have a pizza and a good time together. It’s always fun to see the mixture of younger kids, high school, college and even professionals play together and trade stories. This is an annual event not…
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2012 Audition Excerpts Posted

Please look for the 2012 audition excerpts under this website’s “For Students…” section. The excerpts for violin, viola and cello are all posted.  Thanks!

Daniel Chyan

Daniel Chyan and his Princeton Facebook team won 1st Prize at the Hackathon held on October 14 at Princeton University! Hackathons are a unique part of our culture that allow the entire company to focus on building new things in a nights’ work. It’s often the birthplace of new products like chat, video, and HipHop…
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2012 Summer Schedule Set!

We have the dates for the 2012 Summer String Quartet Program. The application deadline is March 1, and the auditions are scheduled for March 24-27. Audition excerpts will be posted after January 1, 2012. Coaching sessions will take place on June 24, 25, July 2, 9, 16 and 23. The Jekyll Island Retreat will be…
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Brahms: Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18

Our faculty 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 without…
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Monday, February 6, 2012

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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Sunday, January 29, 2012

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!

Saturday, January 14, 2012

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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Prokofiev Quartet at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

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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Franklin Pond Too at the Snellville Farmer’s Market

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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