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String Quartet Performance

May 20, 2016 | 8:58 AM

There will be a Horizon String Quartet performance on Thursday, May 26th at 10 a.m. at the Jubilee School in the gym.

Born and raised in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the members of the Horizon String Quartet have earned Master of Music degrees from schools including the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Ottawa University, and the University of Manitoba.  The HSQ musicians have performed with the Regina Symphony Orchestra and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Individually and collectively, they have performed at music festivals throughout Canada, the United States and Europe.

They have also studied chamber music performance with members of the world’s leading string quartets including the Alban Berg, Guarneri, Emerson, St. Lawrence, and Cleveland Quartets. 

Dedicated to both performance and education, the Horizon String Quartet makes community outreach and school presentations a priority in their performing schedules. They have given school presentations in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Québec, Nova Scotia, and San Francisco. For the past three years, the HSQ has toured extensively across Saskatchewan and has presented for over 15,000 students, teachers, and members of the public.

Their 2015 spring tour included thirty-nine performances and six workshops at schools and other public venues in twenty-seven different cities across Saskatchewan. The tour was presented by Culture on the Go which is made possible through funding provided to the Saskatchewan Arts Board by the Government of Saskatchewan through the Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport.

The HSQ has also been awarded a “Junior Concerts” tour from the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC) for the spring of 2016. Praised by teachers for their “high quality teaching” and their “engaging, entertaining and informational” presentations, the HSQ hopes to continue to perform for young audiences throughout the prairies for years to come.