My Piano Quartet

Many people mistake a piano quartet for four pianos.   Nope!  It is actually a piano, a violin, a viola, and a cello all in a group.  I am part of an awesome quartet.  We are all crazy musicians and love to rehearse and perform together.  We have been together for about three years.  All the time we spend rehearsing and playing, we have gotten to know each other really well.  We are all such great friends that is it so much fun to work together.

We were first made a group through the Gifted Music School.  We are all a part of GMS and signed up for chamber.  We all take from different teachers, but when we rehearse, we usually have just one or two coaches to help us.    

My Quartet right after a winners recital performance.

Our group rehearses almost every Monday, Friday, and Saturday.  It is a whole lot of rehearsing, but most of the time we are working towards a specific performance or competition.  My quartet has competed in a few competitions including Youth Guild and The University of Utah Ensemble Competition.  So far, we have gotten first place and honorable mention at the Youth Guild, and first in the University Of Utah Ensemble Competition.  

We plan to compete in many more competitions coming up.  Our next big one is the Fishoff Ensemble Competition.  It is a national competition that people from all over come to compete.  You have to send in a DVD of your group playing two different pieces.  If you make it to the finals, you fly to Indiana and compete for first place.  It is the biggest competition we are going for.  The finals are in May, but we are still a long ways off from being done with our pieces.  We have to have a total of three pieces to play for the finals.  (If we make it that far.)

McCall

Being in a chamber group is such a cool thing for me.  I have so much fun with my quartet and they are some of my best friends.  We always hang out together and I do so many fun activities outside of music with them.  We go out to lunch a lot, go to Lagoon, and many other fun things.    

 Our quartet's violinist is McCall (15).  She is a funny girl who always makes us laugh.  She has won many solo competitions and is an amazing violinist.  She is the same age as me.  We previously did a couple of piano and violin duet pieces that were really cool.  

Kayden

Kayden (17)is the only Guy and he plays the Cello.  He is also a very funny guy in our Quartet.  He is awesome for putting up with three girls and still be willing to do everything with us.  He is good with balancing music, school, and baseball.      

Kayden and McCall together is crazy.  They get distracted so easily and off topic.  They both have really funny personalities, but sometimes it shows at the wrong time.  Which is during rehearsal.  They both work really hard though.      

Mackie (Mackenzie) (14)and I are usually the serious ones.  Always trying to get work done and keep McCall and Kayden in line.  Mackie plays the viola and is amazing.  She is a really hard worker.  

I love being part of my quartet.  They are such cool people to be around.  We have the most fun together.  It will be sad when we all go off to college.  Mackie and Kayden will be the first to go college.  We won't be able to be a quartet when they leave.  Hopefully in the future we will be able to work together after we are all out of college.