August 8 to 21 in Stamford, Connecticut The Lumina String Quartet has announced plans for their 2005 Chamber Music Institute for Young Musicians. The Institute programs will be given in Stamford, Connecticut from August 8 to August 13 and from August 15 to August 20. This years' Institute will be the seventh annual program given by the quartet. Young string players, ranging in age from 11 to 20, auditioned competitively for admission to the program and were placed in 14 different quartet configurations. They will be coached by the Lumina String Quartet for one week and will work to master all four movements of a major work by a great composer. Public concerts will be given on August 14 and August 21, 3 PM each day at Rich Forum, 307 Atlantic Street in Stamford, Connecticut. Each of these Sunday afternoon concerts will feature seven young string quartets playing works by such masters as Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Borodin and Dvorak. Admission to these concerts is $10. For reservations or other information, please call 203-325-4466. This project was made possible in part through public funding from the City of Stamford, Dannel Malloy, Mayor, to encourage and promote the arts. The Stamford Cultural Development Corporation (SCDC), as the officially designated arts service organization for Stamford, manages the Community Art Partnership Program by means of private funding from local corporations and individuals and the Stamford Center for the Arts (SCA) Reach Out Program. Members of the Lumina String Quartet include Asya Meshberg (violin), Lynn Bechtold (violin), Boris Deviatov (viola), and Jennifer DeVore (cello). Founded in 1992, the Quartet is ensemble-in-residence at Norwalk Community College. True to its name, Lumina has continued to enlighten audiences in the tri-state area and has appeared in music festivals throughout Europe and central Asia. Their most recent appearances were at the Europe/Asia Festival 2005 in Kazan, Russia. Read their trip diary at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/june05/LSQ_063005.htm. The quartet also maintains an annual concert series in New York City, and works with the NYU Composition Department, performing music written by students and faculty. Visit them online at http://www.jamesarts.com/lumina/. To reach the Lumina Quartet, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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