MONROE - The Ancora String Quartet, currently in residence at the First Unitarian Society in Madison - housed in a church designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, wants to take up residency in Monroe. The Ancora String Quartet has applied for funding from Chamber Music America to be in residence at the Monroe Arts Center - housed in a church designed by Edward Townsend Mix.
Ancora has performed at the Monroe Arts Center for the past two years in the Sunday Afternoon Classical Music Series. They expressed their enjoyment at playing in MAC's wonderful concert hall for such an informed and appreciative audience.
Residency partners with the Monroe Arts Center will include the Monroe School District, Monroe Clinic and Hospital, Behring Senior Center, and Monroe Bel Canto Singers.
Ancora consists of Leanne Kelso League and Robin Ryan on violin, Marika Fischer Hoyt on viola, and Benjamin Whitcomb on cello. They play for the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble, among others. They have been favorably compared to the famous Pro Arte Quartet at UW-Madison.
The members of Ancora have earned degrees from some of the leading music schools in the country including the New England Conservatory of Music, the Eastman School of Music, the Indiana University School of Music, and the University of Texas-Austin.
If their grant application is successful, their residency in Monroe would begin in the fall. For further information call the Monroe Arts Center at 325-5700.
Ancora has performed at the Monroe Arts Center for the past two years in the Sunday Afternoon Classical Music Series. They expressed their enjoyment at playing in MAC's wonderful concert hall for such an informed and appreciative audience.
Residency partners with the Monroe Arts Center will include the Monroe School District, Monroe Clinic and Hospital, Behring Senior Center, and Monroe Bel Canto Singers.
Ancora consists of Leanne Kelso League and Robin Ryan on violin, Marika Fischer Hoyt on viola, and Benjamin Whitcomb on cello. They play for the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble, among others. They have been favorably compared to the famous Pro Arte Quartet at UW-Madison.
The members of Ancora have earned degrees from some of the leading music schools in the country including the New England Conservatory of Music, the Eastman School of Music, the Indiana University School of Music, and the University of Texas-Austin.
If their grant application is successful, their residency in Monroe would begin in the fall. For further information call the Monroe Arts Center at 325-5700.