The Hausmann Quartet Unleashes Humor and Profundity in Haydn

Adjacent to the ticket table at the Hausmann Quartet’s Sunday (September 17) Haydn Voyages concert stood a chalkboard marking the string quartet’s progress: 17.6% of the composer’s 68 string quartets performed thus far. That our local string quartet—Hausmann is in residence at San Diego State University—is serious about traversing Haydn’s complete string quartet repertory and…

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Hausmann Quartet Champions New Works

San Diego State University’s resident Hausmann Quartet offered a programming formula at Sunday’s (April 12) concert that I wish other string quartets would readily adopt: an equal division of brand new compositions and a familiar staple of the repertory . . .

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SDSU Symphony’s New Music of the Night

The San Diego State University Symphony premiered composer Joseph Martin Waters’ “Suite Noir” Sunday (March 22) with soloists from the virtuoso avant-garde performance ensemble Swarmius at SDSU’s Montezuma Hall . . .

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