By Jessica Lambert, Artistic Director Dear friends, In these challenging times Amici is working hard to prepare for our coming season. Meeting the challenge of COVID-19 is going to test our ingenuity and resolve but especially after this last week of meetings, I feel...
By Dr. Abigail Fine Greetings from Dr. Abigail Fine, Assistant Professor of Music History at the University of Oregon. Thanks to all those who attended my pre-concert lecture for the Next Generation concert on Sunday, March 8, and for the interesting conversations...
By Avery Hsieh, violin The first time I heard the Brahms Sextet No.1 was not in concert, but in a sci-fi TV show. Star Trek: The Next Generation had been a show that I watched with my dad frequently while growing up and I encountered the Brahms Sextet 2nd movement...
By Michael Gu Over the past nine years of my musical career, chamber music has always played a role. My first chamber music experience was performing Haydn Piano Trio No. 39; however, my favorite chamber music piece is the Haydn “Sunrise” Quartet (although it doesn’t...
By Katie Siegfried, viola From a young age, I loved going to see my teachers play chamber music. I was totally captured with the communication and the energy shared between each player. So naturally, when I got my first opportunity to play in a quartet in 5th grade, I...
