Tuesday, December 30, 2008

A new second violinist for the Tasman String Quartet!

Anna van der Zee, Christiaan van der Zee and Miranda Wilson are thrilled to announce that New Zealand violinist Jennifer Banks has accepted an invitation to join the Tasman String Quartet. Our original second violinist James Andrewes left the quartet a month ago to pursue a career in early music, and we wish him well for all his future endeavours. We conducted a search process for his replacement, in which every one of the applicants was a violinist and chamber musician of outstanding quality. It was the hardest decision we have ever had to make, but we feel that Jenny's marvellously energetic playing and brilliant musicianship will inspire the TSQ to new heights in 2009! We will have new photographs up on this blog and on our website as soon as possible.

Happy New Year to all our friends and supporters!