Program Summary
Building on the cultural diversity of the Bay Area, The Madrone String Quartet plays music of celebration from around the world. This is music to make us feel happy, dance, sing and simply have a good time. The Sounds Like Learning© activities pages will bring children and their families to a celebration at Kohl Mansion, with stories and listening links to music played during the live, in-school performances.
The Performers
The Madrone String Quartet is an ensemble composed of Carla Picchi and Brian Lee on violins, Eleanor Angel on viola, and Marcel Gemperli on cello. These musician/educators appreciate our state's rich cultural diversity and celebrate it in their music. Individually, they are active in Bay Area professional symphonies and chamber music organizations as well as a variety of programs to develop and encourage young people in music. They appear with other ensembles playing musical styles ranging from improvisational jazz to opera and ballet, as well as playing for television and movie soundtracks and commercials. The quartet has performed for the San Francisco Symphony's Adventures in Music.
The Program
Credits
Special thanks to the San Francisco Symphony's Education Department who designed and developed the program content for the Madrone String Quartet for the Adventures in Music program.