- Ancora String Quartet
The Ancora String
Quartet was founded in 2000 inMadison, Wisconsin .The quartet's members have included (current members in boldface):
* Laura Burns, Cynthia Bittar, and
Leanne Kelso League , firstviolin
*Robin Ryan , second violin
*Marika Fischer Hoyt ,viola
* Susan Bestul, andDr. Benjamin Whitcomb ,cello The ASQ became the String Quartet In Residence at the First Unitarian Society of Madison in 2006. They established a recital season there, garnering critical acclaim. They also appeared twice on Wisconsin Public
Radio 's "Sunday Afternoon Live From the Chazen" series [http://www.wpr.org/sal/] , broadcast live statewide, on Jan. 14, 2007 and April 6, 2008. The next step in their development was their 2008-2009 Critics' Choice Season, the recital programs of which were selected especially for them by local music critics.External links
* [http://www.ancoraquartet.com Ancora String Quartet website]
* Review by John Barker in "Isthmus" [http://www.isthmus.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22866 The Ancora String Quartet pit Beethoven vs. Tchaikovsky]
* Article by Sandy Rucker-Tabachnick in "Isthmus" [http://www.isthmus.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22985 Local chamber groups thrive as the classical music world downsizes]
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