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Durham, NC – Duke Gardens remains an ideal setting for a music series where artistry and nature are embraced with equal measure to offer audiences a unique experience. Again, members of the Ciompi Quartet will present three programs where each musician will share their artistic excellence through performance….it is a chance for the audience to…

This New Year, as the Ciompi Quartet says THANK YOU! … for your support, your ears and your trust. We want to spotlight the amazing work that KidzNotes, under executive director Shana Tucker, is doing to make music a catalyst for social change in Durham. The month of November brought Advanced Chamber Music Students in…

DURHAM, NC – Duke Gardens has always been the setting for this delightful series, however this summer the series will open with a free concert at Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church presented by Caroline Stinson, performing with the Lydian String Quartet. However, the three remaining concerts will be held at Duke Gardens. Subscriptions are $60. Purchase…

In the summer of 2020, the Ciompi Quartet commissioned a unique project from four composers in Duke Music’s graduate program. The parameters of the commission were unorthodox: to find a solution to the compositional and performing challenges created by the Covid-19 pandemic by creating short works that could be practiced and recorded remotely by each…

As we each sit in front of our music stand with instrument in our hand, alone at home, all the memories from our concerts on the stage around the world flash back. Memories of how our music brought smiles to our audience who did not even speak the same language, or made someone cry who…

Everyone in the music world, musicians of all types, are going through the same process: figuring out how to function during this indefinite shut-down of our normal musical life. Many of us feel there is no replacing the act of offering live music for a live audience in a setting intimate enough for everyone in…