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Mother's Day Family Concert with Quartet San Francisco

Title: Quartet San Francisco in Concert
Venue: Regent Theatre (Arlington, MA)
Full Price: $12.50 - $27.50   Our Price: $7.50 - $15.00
Grammy nominees for their last two releases (2006 and 2007), Quartet San Francisco expresses itself in its agility and stand-out virtuosic playing. As crossover specialists they excel in multiple styles; from jazz to tango, pop to funk, blues to bluegrass, gypsy swing to big band and beyond.

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Since its concert debut in 2001, Quartet San Francisco has offered its exclusive and ground-breaking literature to local, national and international audiences in a variety of venues that include tango and concert halls, jazz festivals, museums, and classrooms.  In 2002 the quartet began its on-stage collaborations with tango dancers.  In the 2004-06 academic years the quartet was in residence at Mills College in Oakland , CA .

Quartet San Francisco’s recent seasons include performances at the Corning Museum of Glass (Corning, NY); Troy Music Hall (Troy, NY); Yoshi’s Jazz Club (Oakland, CA); Herbst Theatre (San Francisco); Café Tortoni (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Portland Friends of Chamber Music (Portland, OR); La Jolla Music Society (La Jolla, CA) ; Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society Summer Music Festival; University of Vermont Lane Series; San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival (San Luis Obispo, CA); St. Peter’s Church (New York, NY); Dumbarton Concert Series (Washington, DC); Manhattan School of Music; Berklee College of Music (Boston); The Jazzschool (Berkeley, CA); Ford Amphitheatre (Los Angeles); Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival (Redlands, CA); and the University of the Pacific’s Brubeck Festival at Mills College (Oakland, CA).

Their Latin and tango CD, “Látigo” (2006), was honored with Grammy nominations for Best Classical Crossover and Best Engineered, Classical. The quartet members are current Classical Crossover nominees for “Whirled Chamber Music” (2007), “…w hat could easily be the most cheerful and brilliantly-executed release of 2007” (Judith Schlesinger, All About Jazz, 22 October 2007 ).

About Regent Theatre:

The Regent Theatre opened its doors in 1916 as one of Greater Boston's premier vaudeville houses. The venue has undergone many permutations since then and has served the community for 90 years as of October, 2006. In recent years, the Regent Theatre family has been proud to bring back live performances to this historical space and is again becoming a hot spot for theatre and concert goers in the Greater Boston community. Our seating is spacious and comfortable with more- than- ample leg room and the sightlines are great from every seat in the house. Easily accessible by public transportation, we are located in the heart of Arlington Center where there is plenty of free parking after 6pm directly across the street in the municipal lot.

About Regent Theatre:

The historic Regent Theatre is an intimate 500-seat performing arts center with superior acoustics and comfortable seating featuring live music concerts, theatre, family shows, film specials, and more!