Faculty Artist Series: Cordula Merks, violin
SFCM’s Faculty Artist Series is presented as an annual concert series featuring SFCM faculty in performance. This series showcases our world-class faculty to our community and audience members in personally curated repertoire.
Program
Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte for String Quartet (2011)
Leos Janáček: String Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters” (1928)
I. Andante
II. Adagio
III. Moderato
IV. Allegro
-Intermission-
George Gershwin: Lullaby (1919)
Antonin Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, “American”
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Lento
III. Molto vivace
IV. Finale
Featured Artists
Tomodachi Quartet
Cordula Merks and Mayumi Wyrick, violins
Amy Hiraga, viola
Peter Wyrick, cello
Violin
Cordula Merks
About SFCM’s Violin Department
Transform your playing in the heart of the Bay Area music scene. About 50 students study violin at SFCM, learning from world-class faculty members, including the concertmasters of the nearby San Francisco Symphony, Opera, and Ballet ensembles. As a violinist at SFCM, you’ll perform with your peers, explore new possibilities for your instrument, and develop your voice through music from the baroque to the new.
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