Jade String Quartet

Quirky Quartet Tours the Country.
A series of brilliant live concerts has established Jade String Quartet as a musical force to be reckoned with. Formed in 2003 by four Auckland Philharmonia (APO) players, the group’s enjoyment of a wide repertoire, from the Baroque to highly original arrangements of modern music, is easily conveyed to audiences and has won them many fans.

This October, in a tour organised by Arts on Tour NZ, the quartet will travel the country playing music by Vivaldi, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Bartok, Phillip Glass, Jonathan Besser and ‘Orange Blossom Special 5’.

Eclectic violinist Miranda Adams (of Vivo and Bravura fame), is well-known throughout NZ for her dazzling virtuosity and as Associate Concertmaster with the APO. She is joined by fellow kiwi, William Hanfling (co-violin), who is currently a Sub-Principal Player in the APO. Robert Ashworth, prizewinning violist from Canada, is in much demand as a solo, chamber, and orchestral player throughout NZ. German born cellist Claudia Price brings her International experience from London and Berlin to further enhance the group's sound.

Jade String Quartet’s latest tour begins in Omapere in the north, travels through both islands and ends in Putaruru.

For more information on the tour, see: www.aotnz.co.nz, or contact:
- Diana Moir, Publicist, 021 126 5738, email: dhmoir@xtra.co.nz
- Steve Thomas, Arts on Tour NZ, 027 438 6154, email: aotnz@xtra.co.nz

Arts on Tour New Zealand Trust
Based at the historic Arts Centre of Christchurch, Arts on Tour New Zealand organises tours of outstanding New Zealand performers to rural and smaller centres in New Zealand. The trust receives funding from Creative New Zealand and liaises with local arts councils, repertory theatres and community groups to bring the best of musical and other talent to country districts.

The Jade String Quartet tour concludes the 2009 Arts on Tour programme, which earlier in the year featured Pacific Curls ,The Mamaku Project , Big Belly Woman, Michele A’Court’s The Lady Bunch, The NZ Trio, ex-pat musicians The Pioneers, Matthew Marshall, and actors Matt Hudson and Sia Trokenheim touring Kiwi playwright Gary Henderson’s award winning play, Skin Tight.

The 2010 programme features Delgirl (Feb), Pacific Curls (March), Don McGlashan (April), Richard Adams and Nigel Gavin (April), Penny Ashton (May/June), Hot Club Sandwich (July), antiques Road Show (Aug), Mike Nock (Sep), Fiona Pears (Oct), Whirimako Black (Nov).