BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Sinta Saxophone Quartet BEGIN:VEVENT UID:84582022-04-09 DTSTART:20220409T233000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20220409T040000Z SUMMARY:Sinta Saxophone Quartet CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:SINTA QUARTET Dan Graser\, soprano saxophone Zach Stern\, alto saxophone\nJoe Girard\, tenor saxophone Danny Hawthorne-Foss\, baritone sa xophone\n“Virtuosic to the core” (Textura) and hailed as “a tight-kn it\nensemble exploding with power and virtuosity” (Boston Musical\nIntel ligencer)\, the Sinta Quartet is on a mission to bring the\nversatility\, homogeneity\, and excitement of the saxophone to audiences\neverywhere. St rengthening an already palpable connection with its\naudience by performin g entirely from memory\, the quartet provides a\nfresh take on chamber mus ic that is at once beautiful\, virtuosic\, and\na completely interactive e xperience. The 7:30 P.M. performance will be\npreceded at 6:30 by a Perfor mance Insights presentation by Lani Spahr.\nThe Sinta Quartet injects musi c and fun into the air for unsuspecting\npassersby by appearing in nontrad itional venues such as grocery\nstores\, bars\, and other public places\, but they have also performed in\nvenues such as Carnegie Hall\, Walt Disne y Hall\, and the Beijing Center\nfor the Performing Arts. Since forming in 2010 as soloists for a tour\nof China with the University of Michigan Sym phony Band\, the quartet\nhas concertized in 9 countries\, 31 states\, and 2 Canadian provinces\,\ngiving diverse audiences a chance to experience a classical saxophone\nquartet for the first time. The Sinta Quartet made h istory in 2013 as\nthe first saxophone ensemble to win the Victor Elmaleh First Prize\nfrom the Concert Artists Guild Competition\, and continued to achieve\nsuccess on the competition circuit\, winning the Gold Medal at t he 2018\nFischoff Chamber Music Competition\, First Prize at the 2017 M-Pr ize\nChamber Arts Competition\, the Alice Coleman Grand Prize at the 2013\ nColeman Chamber Music Competition\, and 1st Prize at the 2012 North\nAmer ican Saxophone Alliance Competition.  The quartet’s programming\ntakes the audience on an adventure through time\, geography\, and genre\,\noften mixing classics from the 18th\, 19th\, and 20th centuries with\ncommissio ns by today’s composers and rollicking in-house\narrangements from vario us folk traditions. In addition to their live\nperformances\, the quartet recently released two albums featuring\npredominantly recent commissions a nd winning pieces from Sinta\nQuartet’s annual National Composition Comp etition. The\nfirst\, Collider\, hailed as\, \"An exciting ride! The ense mble\,\nintonation\, and technique in this recording are beyond question\" (The\nSaxophonist Magazine)\, was released in 2019\, and the second\, Ex \nMachina\, which was praised as “tightly performed and flawlessly\nreco rded in generous\, in-your-face sound” (Musical America)\, was\nreleased in 2020. All four members of SQ are also passionate and\ndedicated teache rs and relish the opportunity to play for and work\nwith students of all a ges. They carefully craft and curate programs\ndesigned for all levels of public school students and every type of\ncommunity venue.   While Dan\, Zach\, Joe\, and Danny all grew up in\ndrastically different parts of the country (NY\, TX\, MI\, and CA)\, they\nmet at the University of Michigan where they studied with the\nlegendary saxophone professor\, Donald Sinta\ , and decided to name the\ngroup after him for the profound influence he h ad on each member and\nthe inspired coaching he gave to the group during t heir student years.\nVenue: Bethel United Methodist Church Hall. Presenter : Coastal\nConcerts. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:SINTA QUARTET Dan Graser\, soprano saxophone Z ach Stern\, alto saxophone Joe Girard\, tenor saxophone Danny Hawthorne-Fo ss\, baritone saxophone “Virtuosic to the core” (Textura) and hailed a s “a tight-knit ensemble exploding with power and virtuosity” (Boston Musical Intelligencer)\, the Sinta Quartet is on a mission to bring the ve rsatility\, homogeneity\, and excitement of the saxophone to audiences eve rywhere. Strengthening an already palpable connection with its audience by performing entirely from memory\, the quartet provides a fresh take on ch amber music that is at once beautiful\, virtuosic\, and a completely inter active experience. The 7:30 P.M. performance will be preceded at 6:30 by a Performance Insights presentation by Lani Spahr. The Sinta Quartet inject s music and fun into the air for unsuspecting passersby by appearing in no ntraditional venues such as grocery stores\, bars\, and other public place s\, but they have also performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall\, Walt Di sney Hall\, and the Beijing Center for the Performing Arts. Since forming in 2010 as soloists for a tour of China with the University of Michigan Sy mphony Band\, the quartet has concertized in 9 countries\, 31 states\, and 2 Canadian provinces\, giving diverse audiences a chance to experience a classical saxophone quartet for the first time. The Sinta Quartet made his tory in 2013 as the first saxophone ensemble to win the Victor Elmaleh Fir st Prize from the Concert Artists Guild Competition\, and continued to ach ieve success on the competition circuit\, winning the Gold Medal at the 20 18 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition\, First Prize at the 2017 M-Prize Ch amber Arts Competition\, the Alice Coleman Grand Prize at the 2013 Coleman Chamber Music Competition\, and 1st Prize at the 2012 North American Saxo phone Alliance Competition.  The quartet’s programming takes the audien ce on an adventure through time\, geography\, and genre\, often mixing cla ssics from the 18th\, 19th\, and 20th centuries with commissions by today ’s composers and rollicking in-house arrangements from various folk trad itions. In addition to their live performances\, the quartet recently rele ased two albums featuring predominantly recent commissions and winning pie ces from Sinta Quartet’s annual National Composition Competition. The fi rst\, Collider\, hailed as\, \"An exciting ride! The ensemble\, intonatio n\, and technique in this recording are beyond question\" (The Saxophonist Magazine)\, was released in 2019\, and the second\, Ex Machina\, which w as praised as “tightly performed and flawlessly recorded in generous\, i n-your-face sound” (Musical America)\, was released in 2020. All four me mbers of SQ are also passionate and dedicated teachers and relish the oppo rtunity to play for and work with students of all ages. They carefully cra ft and curate programs designed for all levels of public school students a nd every type of community venue.   While Dan\, Zach\, Joe\, and Danny al l grew up in drastically different parts of the country (NY\, TX\, MI\, an d CA)\, they met at the University of Michigan where they studied with the legendary saxophone professor\, Donald Sinta\, and decided to name the gr oup after him for the profound influence he had on each member and the ins pired coaching he gave to the group during their student years. Venue: Bet hel United Methodist Church Hall. Presenter: Coastal Concerts. DTSTAMP:20261028T181829Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR