Ives Quartet - Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 29, 2005
Contact: Natalie Haworth-Liu, Administrative Director
www.ivesquartet.org

Palo Alto, CA – The Bay Area’s beloved food personality, Narsai David, will be the Master of Ceremonies at a special garden party and concert to benefit the Ives Quartet’s educational outreach program. The event will be held at the historic Green Gables Estate in Woodside, where Narsai will talk about the French, American, and German food and wine being served to complement an Ives Quartet performance of music by Ravel, Kroll, and Mendelssohn. Attendees of this elegant afternoon affair will have the opportunity to enjoy the magnificent grounds of Green Gables; sample fine wine and food; experience live chamber music in magnificent surroundings; and meet Narsai David. Proceeds from the event will support the Ives Quartet’s educational outreach program which brings classical music of the highest caliber into the lives of Bay Area school children.

The Ives Quartet is a non-profit organization whose mission is to present invigorating and groundbreaking performances that will engage and inspire audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Its educational outreach program brings chamber music into Bay Area schools. Using a mixed format of lecture-demonstration and performance, the members of the Ives Quartet share their music each year with hundreds of school children from diverse ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.

Committed to presenting the full scope of the string quartet literature, the Ives Quartet --Robin Sharp and Susan Freier, violins; Scott Woolweaver, viola; and Stephen Harrison, cello -- continues to earn critical and popular acclaim for depth and diversity of its programming, with repertoire ranging from recognized classics and neglected masterpieces to new commissions and distinctive collaborations with guest artists. The Ives Quartet presents a fall, winter, and spring concert series in San Francisco, Palo Alto, and San Jose, and appears on noted chamber music series and festivals nationwide. Their recordings, which appear on the Laurel Record, Music and Arts, and AIX Entertainment labels, feature rarely performed contemporary and commissioned works.

CALENDAR EDITORS, please note

WHAT: Ives Quartet Educational Outreach Benefit
with Master of Ceremonies, Narsai David
WHERE: Green Gables Estate, Woodside, CA
WHEN: Sunday, October 9, 2005, 2pm
INFORMATION: $125 per person

For further event information, please call (408) 554-5832 or visit www.ivesquartet.org.

Narsai David To Be Master Of Ceremonies For Ives Quartet Educational Outreach Program Benefit At Green Gables Estate In Woodside, CA