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The Mendocino String Quartet was founded in 1979 by four friends who love chamber music and play it at every opportunity.
Over the years we have performed for numerous weddings and other special events. We are a featured group every fall for Winesong at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. The Quartet has performed in the Opus and Fort Bragg Center for the Arts chamber music showcases.
We enjoy tailoring our work to suit you. Our repertoire ranges from the joyful classic pieces of Mozart and Haydn to the more "serious" works of Brahms, Beethoven and Dvorak. We also play show tunes, religious works, and popular arrangements.
We'd Love to Play for You!
We work with you to enhance the mood of your special event.
A typical wedding performance:
One half-hour in advance the Quartet plays background music while guests arrive. At the appearance of the bride we strike up a lively processional piece such as the first movement of Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto. At the conclusion of the ceremony we play a recessional to celebrate the newlyweds. We may suggest the Allegro Maestoso from Handel's Water Music Suite or the Wedding March from Mendelssohn's incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream.
As guests gather for refreshments and photos we continue to play light classical music, along with tangos and perhaps a waltz as a background addition to the happy mood of the celebrants. Call (707) 961-0230
Six weeks advance notice is preferred. A deposit is required. For a full wedding as described here we typically ask $150 per musician.
References:
Steve Wall & Leslie Hoffman, Oakland
(510) 655-2440 (home) "Magical music for a magical day!"
Mark & Joanie Ellis, Fort Bragg
Suzanne Byerly, Fort Bragg
Sandi Smith, Fort Bragg
Shelley & Lee Livezey, Fort Bragg
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About the Musicians
Joselyn Bartlett, violin, has performed with the Guam Symphony, the Montecito Fall Festival, Symphony of the Redwoods, Opera Fresca and the Mendocino Music Festival Orchestra. With her husband, Tony Miksak, she has attended numerous chamber music workshops throughout the West. After many years teaching Special Education, she now teaches 3rd grade at Dana Gray Elementary in Fort Bragg. Robert Slaughter BM, MM, is the former Principal violist of the Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, Grant Park Symphony, Dallas Civic Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera and the Dallas Summer Musicals. He has been a member of three prominent quartets, including the Pro Musica String Quartet which he helped found. In his many roles as quartet player, recitalist and soloist with orchestra he has performed throughout the United States and in Europe. Tony Miksak, cello, a member of the Mendocino String Quartet since its founding, has played and performed extensively in chamber groups and orchestras. He studied cello with Bonnie Hampton and Matthew Irving. He is the owner of Gallery Bookshop & Bookwinkle's Children's Books in Mendocino and writes and reads "Words on Books" on listener-supported community radio station KZYX-FM.
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