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Upcoming performances:
May 17th, 50 Mason Social House, Late set, 11pm, SF
May 24th, Red Poppy Art House, SF
June 7th, Emerald Tablet, North Beach SF
June 21st, Kaiser Center, 2013 Rood Garden Concerts, Noon-1pm, FREE, Oakland
June 27th, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, concert 12:30-1:30 pm, FREE
June 27th, SF Jazz at Stanford Shopping Center, concert, 6pm, FREE
July 4th, World One Festival, El Cerrito, FREE
September 27th, DeYoung Museum, Friday Night Series, FREE concert
October 19th, Latin American Chamber Music Festival, Old First Church
May 17th, 50 Mason Social House, Late set, 11pm, SF
May 24th, Red Poppy Art House, SF
June 7th, Emerald Tablet, North Beach SF
June 21st, Kaiser Center, 2013 Rood Garden Concerts, Noon-1pm, FREE, Oakland
June 27th, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, concert 12:30-1:30 pm, FREE
June 27th, SF Jazz at Stanford Shopping Center, concert, 6pm, FREE
July 4th, World One Festival, El Cerrito, FREE
September 27th, DeYoung Museum, Friday Night Series, FREE concert
October 19th, Latin American Chamber Music Festival, Old First Church
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Our new album is available at Amoeba Records in San Francisco or on iTunes
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About The Musical Art Quintet
The Musical Art Quintet was formed in 2008 in the Mission district of San Francisco during chamber music jam sessions every Sunday night at Cafe Revolution. Each week a new piece of music was written by MAQ band leader Sascha Jacobsen to be performed at Classical Revolution, and ink still wet, we would read through the piece in front of a live audience. As our repertoire grew, a core group of players emerged and the quintet was founded.
The name of the quintet is taken from The Musical Art Quartet, a string quartet formed in the 1920's and led by the Great-Grandfather and namesake of the bassist and composer of the quintet, Sascha Jacobsen.
Although classically trained, the members of The Musical Art Quintet are skilled improvisors and each one brings with him a special area of expertise. Whether it is Argentine Tango, Afro-Cuban Son, Klezmer, Classical works, or even Electronica, the Quintet is at home. The music of band leader, Sascha Jacobsen, is essentially rhythmic in nature, utilizing dance forms to propel his melodies forward. Each piece is based on a dance form, but instead of a Sarabande or a Gigue, Jacobsen uses rhythms like Cha Cha Cha or Milonga.
Nuevo Chamber is our name for this new genre that blends world music influences with a chamber music ensemble, infusing rhythms from Argentina, Cuba, Africa, Jazz, Classical and even Electronica into our own style of music. The Quintet has cemented it's status as a top world music string ensemble with recent recordings with the Nuevo Flamenco guitarist, Stevan Pasero (Twelve Shades of Night, 2010, Sugo records) and with the Argentine Tango group, Trio Garufa (El Rumor de tus Tangos, 2010, Garufa records).
The Musical Art Quintet is:
Anthony Blea, Violin www.anthonyblea.com
Jory Fankuchen, Violin www.classicalrevolution.org
Charith Premawardhana, Viola www.classicalrevolution.org
Lewis Patzner, Cello
Sascha Jacobsen, String Bass, www.saschajacobsen.com
Special Announcements:
We received a grant from the San Francisco Art Council to present a concert of new music at the Cafe Revolution (April 29th) , Red Poppy Art House (May 24th) and the DeYoung Museum (September 27th)
