Touring the Kootenays, the La Cafamore String Quartet will be presenting a program of rich and powerful music for strings and piano. Following a highly successful tour in the fall the group has been planning to raise the bar with this collaboration. The La Cafamore String Quartet will be sure to entertain audiences of all ages.

The La Cafamore String Quartet is enjoying their fourth season as a performing ensemble. Since the beginning the focus has been on bringing solid and exciting programs to concert goers throughout the region. The energy and enjoyment generated by the group is hard to ignore. The La Cafamore Quartet has received high praise from professionals and lifelong music lovers alike.  Audiences are drawn into the performance and swept away on the musical journey.

The members of the La Cafamore String Quartet are all active performers and seasoned musicians. First Violinist, Carolyn Cameron was raised in Saskatoon where she studied violin and piano. She has been a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, The Regina Symphony Orchestra and the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. Carolyn lives in Rossland.

Second Violinist, Angela Snyder began her studies of violin and piano in Saskatoon. She went on to the University of Toronto, achieving a Master’s degree in music performance under the tutelage of Lorand Fenyves. She has been a member of the Banff Centre Chamber orchestra, and the Saskatoon Symphony. Violist, Alexis More was raised in Victoria where she studied violin and then viola. She got her degree at the University of Victoria where she was a member of the Victoria Chamber Orchestra. She is a member of the Symphony of the Kootenays and co teaches with Jeff Faragher in Obligato Strings. Alexis lives in Crescent valley and teaches violin, viola and cello in Nelson, Castlegar and the Valley.

Cellist, Jeff Faragher is involved with many facets of music. After his studies at McGill University he enjoys getting his hands dirty with interests in Classical, Jazz, Folk and Celtic, to name a few. Performing with various ensembles and working on his own projects he frequently tours the Kootenays as well as regularly traveling throughout western Canada.  Faragher leaves no musical stone unturned in his pursuit to excite and inspire.

The Quartet will be joined by Pianist Nina Horvath a Vancouver-based pianist who began her studies while growing up in Rossland. She enjoys performing as a pianist and vocalist in a wide variety of outlets and genres with a focus on collaborative piano and the performance of the works of contemporary and living composers. Her studies and performances have taken her to three continents, but this is her first, of what will hopefully be many, tours back in the Kootenays.

The program will consist of Samuel Barber’s String Quartet including the famous ‘Barber’s Adagio’ and the Schumann Piano Quintet. In addition the group approached Vancouver-based composer Ryan Noakes to write a piece for piano and strings. Noakes delivered with a fascinating work that will entice audiences to the edge of their seats. Don’t miss the Kootenays’ very own La Cafamore String Quartet in this amazing classical music performance.

The show is Saturday, May 12 7:30 p.m. at the Knox Presbyterian Church, Cranbrook.

Tickets are available at Lotus Books and at the door.

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