A new Spokane String Quartet member
Violinist Amanda Howard-Phillips has joined the Spokane String Quartet for its new season, replacing Tracy Dunlop, who has moved to Michigan.
Howard-Phillips is on the Gonzaga University faculty and is current the principal second violin for the Spokane Symphony.
The quartet’s new season consists of these five concerts:
- Sept. 25, Bing Crosby Theater – Hayden, Britten and Beethoven.
- Nov. 13, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox – Shostakovich, Haydn and Sibelius.
- Feb. 19, The Fox – Mozart and Brahms.
- March 11, The Fox – with guest artists, mezzo-soprano Joanne Bouma and pianist Linda Siverts, and music by Brahms and Ravel.
- April 29, Bing Crosby Theater – with guest artist pianist Kendall Feeney, and music by Frank, de Falla, Schoenfield and Shostakovich.
The rest of the quartet consists of Mateusz Wolski, Jeannette Wee-Yang and Helen Byrne.
Season tickets are now available through www.spokanestringquartet.org. Single tickets will go on sale in September.