{"id":73336,"date":"2016-09-21T14:45:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T18:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=73336"},"modified":"2016-09-20T16:47:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T20:47:47","slug":"opl-welcomes-the-alternative-sounds-of-the-opus-black-string-quartet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=73336","title":{"rendered":"OPL welcomes the alternative sounds of the Opus Black String Quartet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Performing a free concert of alternative contemporary music at Oneida Public Library Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m., Opus Black String Quartet features (from left) Kristen Kopf on cello, Liz Friedel on first violin, Juliane Price on second violin and Allyson Sklar on viola.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Though it has the look and the talent of a classically trained string quartet, Opus Black String Quartet will be performing a broad range of contemporary music in a free concert at Oneida Public Library Wednesday, Oct. 5<\/span>, at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

The alternative ensemble features Liz Friedel as first violinist, Juliane Price as second violinist, Allyson Sklar on viola and Kristen Kopf on cello. Each member of the quartet brings a distinct musical education and professional experience, creating together a rich music that blends the classical tradition with jazz, rock, bluegrass, Celtic and American folk.<\/p>\n

Liz Friedel owns and operates the Music with Liz Contemporary Music Studio in Verona, N.Y., as well as a private music teacher. She regularly performs with local groups, crossing from bluegrass and Irish music to jazz and the blues.<\/p>\n

Juliane Price, a native of Germany, is the director of Clever Canaries Music Together in Rome,\u00a0a program for parents and children from birth to 6 years old that aims to encourage appreciation of the arts through activities combining music and motion. She lead a version of the program at the OPL during school winter break in 2013. A graduate of Folkwang Hochschule in Essen with a master\u2019s in opera performance in 2000, Price has also become a local teacher of both musical theater and violin through her firm called\u00a0Avivo, the Acting Voice Violin Studio.<\/p>\n

Allyson Sklar, who studied at the Manhattan School of Music, owns the Valley Talent Education Center in New Hartford and is a teacher of both viola and violin. She is certified in the Suzuki Method, a pedagogical method devised by violinist Shinichi Suzuki that applies language acquisition theory to the teaching of music.\u00a0She also provides Irish fiddling for the Celtic music group headquartered in Utica,\u00a0Craobh Dugan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s cellist, Kristen Kopf, is a music teacher in the North Syracuse public schools, most recently at the Cicero Road Middle School in Cicero. She has been a band director as well in the Roxboro Road elementary and middle schools. A graduate of Syracuse University, she specializes in teaching alternative music.<\/p>\n

Opus Black String Quartet has recently performed at the Local Music Project in Hamilton last March, a Cochran Memorial concert at the Oneida Castle Park in August and the Empire Patio at the New York State Fair in early September.<\/p>\n

The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, stop by the library or call 315.363.3050<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Though it has the look and the talent of a classically trained string quartet, Opus Black String Quartet will be performing a broad range of contemporary music in a free concert at Oneida Public Library Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m. The alternative ensemble features Liz Friedel as first violinist, Juliane Price as second violinist, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,65,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-libraries","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-j4Q","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OpusBlackStringQuartetBW.jpg?fit=1400%2C935&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}