Looking for fresh educational approaches and high-quality performance? The Hyperion String Quartet brings the music basics to students in these accessible, down-to-earth programs.

The Hyperion Quartet is highly dedicated to music education, and has performed community and outreach concerts on behalf of the La Jolla Music Society and San Diego State University as part of their residency there. Along with their work for New Performing Arts, they were Artists in Residence for Young Audiences of Rochester which gave them the opportunity to teach chamber music to students of all ages. The Quartet has served as adjunct faculty in the Community Division of the Hartt School, as well as being mentors to the Connecticut Youth Symphony. In June of 2008, they will return as the Faculty String Quartet in Residence at the 38th Montana Chamber Music Workshop where they will teach and coach chamber music.

About the program

Many teachers tell us that they need to find an experience that really introduces the string family of instruments and makes them -- and classical music -- accessible to students. The Hyperion String Quartet has been involved in music education since its inception at the Eastman School of Music in 1999, with programs like “The Four Seasons” for primary and “The Musical Deli” for intermediate students, each using everyday experiences as a point of departure to teach the elements of music and how composers use them. For older students, “Around the World” looks at the cultural context of various classical composers and uses this to teach about the evolution of the string quartet as well as exploring ethnic music and a general history of classical music. An excellent way to delve into the Core Content in music!

Availability:	November 18-25, 2008
Costs for programming:	$1,080day,  $540/half-day
Program format:	Assembly
Audience limit:	250/elementary 300/MS & HS
* Prices above reflect significant subsidy from New Performing Arts' fundraising with arts education supporters statewide and nationally.

About the Hyperion String Quartet
 

	Amanda Brin, a native of Rochester, NY, is a founding member of the Hyperion String Quartet. She has degrees from the Eastman School and Kent State University, and her principal teachers have been Ilya Kaler, Timothy Ying, Sandy Yamamoto, ivan Chan and Cathy Meng Robinson. Ms. Brin has a wealth of summer festival and orchestral experience, as well as teaching under the Miro and Miami String Quartets, at the Hartt School. Currently Ms. Brin is the co-director of the Saratoga Springs Youth Orchestra Chamber Music Program in New York.
	Naho Tsutsui, a native of Japan, joined the Hyperion in 2007. An enthusiastic chamber musician, she is also a member of the Transfiguration Ensemlbe and the Brooklyn Chamber Players, giving many concerts in the NYC area. She has given numerous recitals in the US, Japan, Germany, and Bulgaria. She holds degrees from the North Carolina School of the Arts and SUNY-Stony Brook, where she completed her DMA. Her principal teachers: Philip Setzer, Pamela Frank, Mitchell Stern, and Kevin Lawrence. She is currently a resident teaching artist at the Bloomingdale School of Music in Manhattan.
	Yi-Ping Yang of Taipei, Taiwan, joined the Quartet in 2007. Ms. Yang began her musical training in tAiwan at age 13 on both violin and piano, and continued her education at Florida International University, where she received her Bachelor of Music. Her MM and Graduate Performance diplomas come from the Peabody Institute. Her principal teachers include Chauncey patterson, Steve Wyrczynski, as well as Victoria Chiang, Mark Jacob, and Thomas Riebl. Ms. Yang is also a member of the Hartford Symphony and the Hindemith Ensemble of Yale University, where she recently earned an Artist Diploma as a student of Jessie Levine.
	Jonathan Brin earned his Bachelor of Music at the Eastman School, where he was a founding member of the Hyperion Quartet. He was awarded a Masters in Music at Kent State University, where he served as a teaching assistant to Joshua Gindele and Keith Robinson. In addition, he has served as guest cellist with the Miro Quartet and as guest principal cello with Orchestra New England. As a member of the Quartet, Mr. Brin participated in the graduate quartet residency at the Hartt School of Music. Recently, after holding a residency at San Diego State University with the La Jolla Music Society, Mr. Brin has been named co-director of the Saratoga Springs Youth Orchestra Chamber Music Program and Instructor of Cello at the Adirondack Community College in New York.