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Friends of Music presents the Cypress String Quartet

Charlotte, NC - Friends of Music at Queens presents the Cypress String Quartet on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 8:00 pm in the Dana Auditorium, in the E.H Little Fine Arts Center on the Queens University of Charlotte campus (corner Selwyn and Wellesley Avenues)

Tickets are available from the website here or call 704-337-2213 Tickets are $15.00.

A special Pre Concert Dinner and lecture is being hosted by Alice and Peter DeVries at 6:30 pm in the Claudia Belk Dining Hall, with dinner Guest Speaker, Maestro James Meena, Executive Director of Opera Carolina. Cost for this dinner is $30.00 and reservations can be made when purchasing concert tickets.

The Cypress String Quartet comprises of members : Cecily Ward (violinist), Tom Stone (violinist), Ethan Filner (violist), Jennifer Kloetzel (cellist)

The ensemble will perform repertoire with an all American flavor including the Samuel Barber, String Quartet Op. 11;
Charles Tomlinson Griffes' Two Sketches on American Indian Themes and Dvorak's String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 "American."

Friends of Music is a volunteer organization that has sponsored and presented chamber and other music genre events in Charlotte for 25 years. Visit www.queens.edu/friendsofmusic for more information.