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Zograf Strings Quarterly is excited to announce the launch of our new "Side by Side" Chamber Music Performance Program. This is an audition-based program offering a select school-grade music student the opportunity to gain invaluable rehearsal and performance experience alongside seasoned professional musicians in a real concert environment. The selected student will join Zograf Strings Quarterly for rehearsals and performance of a TBD chamber music piece at one of our chamber music concerts, and will receive direct instruction and professional insights from ZSQ members for the duration of the program.

Program details:

Deadline to apply: Sunday, February 1, 2026

Applicant notifications: By Saturday, February 7, 2026

Program Date: March 19-22, exact times TBD.

All violin, viola, and cello applicants are requested to video record the following:

• Two scales of applicant’s choice, 

• A solo of their choice that best represents their current technical and lyrical playing abilities, 2-3 minutes total.

• An excerpt from Mendelssohn's String Quartet in E minor, 1st movement, mm 18 to first ending.

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• Mozart - String Quartet No. 4 in C, K. 157, 1st movement, beginning to first repeat.

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