Friction Quartet

Winter Residency with the Friction Quartet - January 3-10, 2014

Concerts
Wednesday, January 8, 7:00pm
Hyampom Community Hall
Hyampom, CA

Thursday, January 8, 7:00pm
Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center
Weaverville, CA

Friday, January 10, 7:30pm
Old City Hall
Redding CA

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Program:
Stephen Feigenbaum - Strange Dances
Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 (1893)
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 (1940)

Admission is free and open to the public!
Suggested donations will benefit the 2014 season of the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival

The newest offering from the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival is the “Winter Residency”, an opportunity for established California-based ensembles. The first group to be selected for this program is San Francisco's Friction Quartet. This award-winning young group is known for their genre-bending performances that highlight both classical masterpieces and adventurous contemporary music. 

Friction Quartet

Friction Quartet's Website

Friction Quartet, recipient of the 2012 Berkeley Piano Club Emerging Artist Award, has established a reputation for edgy programming and exhilarating performance of contemporary string quartets. Through artistic collaboration in varied mediums, the commissioning of new works, crossing into non-classical genres, adding movement to performances, and incorporating mixed medias, Friction Quartet creates a progressive and inviting concert atmosphere that attracts audiences of all ages and interests. Community improvement and education are crucial elements to Friction’s work; free public performance and outreach in under-served communities and schools builds and sustains a vibrant culture, while broadening future audiences of classical music.

Friction has commissioned new works from Ian Dicke, Gabriella Smith, and Daniel Felsenfeld among many others. 2013-14 events include an installation of music and dance with Dan Becker and Garrett-Moulton Productions, Healdsburg, CA’s Brave New Music series, and Friction’s New York City debut at The Firehouse Space.

Doug Machiz, cello
A native of Washington, DC, cellist Doug Machiz resides in San Francisco where he is co-founder, manager, and cellist of Friction Quartet, recipient of the 2012 Berkeley Piano Club Emerging Artists Award. In addition to his work with Friction Quartet, Doug is an active free-lance musician and teacher.  While beginning his cello studies at the late age of 14, he won a position in the prestigious Maryland Classic Youth Philharmonic by age 15.  At 17, he was performing with the world renowned Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, and touring Italy with the West Chester University Orchestra. Doug earned his Bachelors degree at Boston University, a Masters degree from UT Austin, and a Professional Studies Diploma from the San Francisco Conservatory.

Taija Warbelow, viola
Taija Warbelow, originally from Fairbanks, Alaska, has a long history in chamber music. At the age of 5, she was placed in her first quartet which ended up staying together for 11 years as Quartetto Polare. She has participated in many summer festivals including the Encore School for Strings, the Zephyr International Chamber Music Festival, the Moritzburg Festival Academy, and the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival where she has been a returning guest artist. She studied at the Juilliard Pre-College with Toby Appel and at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Jodi Levitz.

Kevin Rogers, violin
Kevin Rogers is the founding violinist/violist of the Friction Quartet and Nonsemble6, a contemporary Pierrot Ensemble based in San Francisco. He began his solo career at sixteen in South Carolina. His most recent solo performances have included Lou Harrison's Violin Concerto at the Hot Air Music Festival in San Francisco, and a premier of Manly Romero’s concerto for two violins and two trumpets titled “Doppelgaenger” with the Blue Print Series under the Baton of Nicole Paiement. Kevin Rogers recently graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with a Masters degree in Violin Performance.

Otis Harriel, violin
California native Otis Harriel recently graduated the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has attended the California All-state Symphony Festival, Sequoia Chamber Music Workshop, Idyllwild Chamber Music Program, Sphinx Academy of Music, Mendocino Music Festival and Castleton Festival. Otis studied at the conservatory under the tutelage of Wei He. There he participated in master classes with the first violinist of the Shanghai Quartet, Weigang Li, William van der Sloot, and Pinchas Zukerman. While at the conservatory Otis developed his love of chamber music under coaches Mark Sokol, Jennifer Culp and Jodi Levitz. Throughout his life he has maintained a strong association with the quartets of Haydn and in his free time enjoys reading and baking.