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Ethel is a New York based string quartet that was co-founded in 1998 by Ralph Farris, viola; Dorothy Lawson, cello; Todd Reynolds, violin; and Mary Rowell, violin. Unlike most string quartets, Ethel plays with amplification and integrates improvisation into its performances.
ETHEL are an infectiously visceral quartet...their playing tends to be lusty, committed, charged with messy exuberance. Pitchfork. “. Few musicians demonstrate the rapidly blurring lines between genres as comprehensively as string quartet ETHEL does. Time Out New York.
Grammy® Award Winning String Quartet and The Metropolitan Museum of Art's house band at the Balcony Bar since 2012. Performed all across the United States, Europe, Mexico, Canada, Russia, and...
Established in New York City in 1998, the string quartet ETHEL sets the contemporary concert standard: “indefatigable and eclectic” (The New York Times), “vital and brilliant” (The New Yorker). Composer performers—Ralph Farris (viola), Kip Jones (violin), Dorothy Lawson (cello), and Corin Lee (violin)—fuse uptown panache with ...
Jun 20, 2007 · Ethel: "Blue Room". http://www.ted.com The avant-garde string quartet Ethel performs the third movement from Phil Kline's four-part suite "The Blue Room and Other Stories." Searching...
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Jul 14, 2013 · Corina Brito sits down to talk Ethel String Quartet during their visit to Atlanta at the Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech. They discussed improvisation, integrating new group members...
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The avant-garde string quartet Ethel performs the third movement from Phil Kline's four-part suite "The Blue Room and Other Stories." Searching melodic lines show off the deep, emotional musicality of these passionate players.
