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9/11/00

ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET SETS SLU CONCERT

CANTON - The Alexander String Quartet, artists-in-residence at 
St. Lawrence University, will give a public performance on Monday, 
September 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Gulick Theatre on campus. The event is 
open to the public, free of charge.
        Since 1981, the Alexander String Quartet has distinguished itself 
in all aspects of chamber music. Hailed for its "dream-come-true 
performances" (Boston Globe), the Quartet tours annually throughout North 
America and Europe. Less than a year after its founding, the Alexander 
became the first string quartet ever to win the prestigious Concert Artists 
Guild award. Three years later, the Quartet again made history by becoming 
the first American quartet to win First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 
London International String Quartet Competition.
 	In May of this year, the Alexander String Quartet received an 
honorary degree from St. Lawrence, at Commencement.
        At home in San Francisco, the members of the Alexander are a major 
artistic presence, both as Ensemble in Residence with San Francisco 
Performances, and as directors of the Morrison Center for the Advanced 
Study of Chamber Music at San Francisco State University. Committed to 
the performance of chamber music from all eras, the Quartet is noted for 
its many commissioning grants and premieres of new works.
        In 1995, the Quartet was invited to record the complete Beethoven 
quartet cycle for BMG's Munich-based label, Arte Nova Classics. These 
releases have received rave reviews and are available in boxed format 
throughout Europe and the United States. Their recordings are also available 
on the Gallo, Foghorn and CRI labels.

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