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An Evening with Fred Child

Aspen Public Radio and Fred Child, host of Performance Today, were pleased to announce a special benefit event on Monday, July 13, 2009.

Aspen Public Radio listeners joined us for an exclusive, private taping of Performance Today to benefit classical music programming on our station. The event was a great success and feature the Hausmann Quartet in performance and in conversation with Fred Child. Use the player below to listen to the performance!

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The Hausmann Quartet
Since the Hausmann Quartet's formation in the summer of 2004 at LyricaFest in New Jersey, they have been acquiring a reputation as one of the great young quartets performing today. Praised for their charismatic playing and "marvelously rich tone", the quartet made their debut on the Lyrica Boston Chamber Music series and was soon named Lyrica Boston's Young Artists in Residence. The Hausmann Quartet quickly garnered additional accolades. In 2006 they were named Norfolk Festival's Quartet Fellows in Residence. Highlights of 2007 included a tenure as quartet in residence at the Blossom Music Festival, as well as being selected to showcase at the Chamber Music America Conference in New York. In 2008 the Hausmann Quartet made its debut at both the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and Music@Menlo. The Hausmanns were one of three quartets chosen to take part in the Emerson Quartet's acclaimed international workshop at Stony Brook. Live radio broadcasts featuring the quartet have included WRCJ Detroit, and KZSU Stanford. Recent accomplishments include the John Ireland prize at the Rutenburg International Chamber Music competition and the Morrison Fellowship Award for a residency at San Francisco State University. As advocates for the advancement of new music, the Hausmann String Quartet worked closely with student composers in the Longy Preparatory School during the 2005-2006 season. The quartet has also collaborated with composer John Howell Morrison in preparation for the East-coast premiere of his work Hard Weather Makes Good Wood for string quartet and tape. Upcoming collaborations include work with renowned composer Gabriela Lena Frank and rising star, Liam Wade. With a deep belief in community engagement, the Hausmann Quartet established a residency at the Wilson School in Mountain Lakes, NJ, bringing creative musical programs to children with special needs. The Quartet has also worked with the International Music Foundation in presenting a children concert series in the Chicago area. The Hausmann quartet has been mentored by members of the Emerson, Vermeer, Tokyo, St. Lawrence, Juilliard, Ying, Orion, Takacs and Keller quartets. The Hausmann quartet currently serves as teaching assistants to the Miami String Quartet at Kent State University. Individually, they have collaborated with artists such as Kim Kashkashian, Paul Katz, Joseph Silverstein, Jeremy Denk, Ronald Thomas, Charles Castleman, Joseph Robinson, Steven Ansell, Victor Rosenbaum, Laura Bossert and Terry King. Learn more

The Hausmann Quartet

Since the Hausmann Quartet's formation in the summer of 2004 at LyricaFest in New Jersey, they have been acquiring a reputation as one of the great young quartets performing today. Praised for their charismatic playing and "marvelously rich tone", the quartet made their debut on the Lyrica Boston Chamber Music series and was soon named Lyrica Boston's Young Artists in Residence.

The Hausmann Quartet quickly garnered additional accolades. In 2006 they were named Norfolk Festival's Quartet Fellows in Residence. Highlights of 2007 included a tenure as quartet in residence at the Blossom Music Festival, as well as being selected to showcase at the Chamber Music America Conference in New York. In 2008 the Hausmann Quartet made its debut at both the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and Music@Menlo. The Hausmanns were one of three quartets chosen to take part in the Emerson Quartet's acclaimed international workshop at Stony Brook. Live radio broadcasts featuring the quartet have included WRCJ Detroit, and KZSU Stanford.

Recent accomplishments include the John Ireland prize at the Rutenburg International Chamber Music competition and the Morrison Fellowship Award for a residency at San Francisco State University. As advocates for the advancement of new music, the Hausmann String Quartet worked closely with student composers in the Longy Preparatory School during the 2005-2006 season. The quartet has also collaborated with composer John Howell Morrison in preparation for the East-coast premiere of his work Hard Weather Makes Good Wood for string quartet and tape. Upcoming collaborations include work with renowned composer Gabriela Lena Frank and rising star, Liam Wade.

With a deep belief in community engagement, the Hausmann Quartet established a residency at the Wilson School in Mountain Lakes, NJ, bringing creative musical programs to children with special needs. The Quartet has also worked with the International Music Foundation in presenting a children concert series in the Chicago area.

The Hausmann quartet has been mentored by members of the Emerson, Vermeer, Tokyo, St. Lawrence, Juilliard, Ying, Orion, Takacs and Keller quartets. The Hausmann quartet currently serves as teaching assistants to the Miami String Quartet at Kent State University.

Individually, they have collaborated with artists such as Kim Kashkashian, Paul Katz, Joseph Silverstein, Jeremy Denk, Ronald Thomas, Charles Castleman, Joseph Robinson, Steven Ansell, Victor Rosenbaum, Laura Bossert and Terry King.

Learn more