When you hire the amazing musical talent of the Zin String Quartet to perform at your special event, you get much more than the finest string ensemble in the Toledo area.
You get four musicians who work together in the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, the region's premier musical organization, and have played together in a string quartet since 2003.
You get sixty years of combined experience playing at special events in a dozen countries throughout the globe.
You get the adaptability of seasoned professionals who have seen and heard it all...and know how to come up with the musical touches that will make each event seem like it had its own specially designed soundtrack.
Taste ~ Elegance ~ Refinement
David Dyer
Renee Goubeaux
Merwin Siu
Cheryl Trace
An original program of music and verse about two brilliant, talented men — Albert Einstein and Wolfgang Mozart — performed yesterday by New York poet Kate Light and Toledo’s Zin String Quartet had its own touch of brilliance.
This second program in Chamber Music Toledo’s inaugural season tempered winter drizzle outside with glowing creativity and sparkling performance inside the Maumee Indoor Theater. ...
Instead of poetry set to music, it was poetry juxtaposed with movements of Mozart’s 1783 d minor quartet K. 421, and, after intermission, the 1790 opus in F Major, K. 590.
Both pieces were performed with charm, wit, and great ensemble sensitivity by violinists Merwin Siu and David Dyer, violist Cheryl Trace, and cellist Renee Goubeaux.
Especially in the second half, after the audience was asked to hold all applause, the flow between words and music emerged in all its imaginativeness. While Light’s text was not written with a particular Mozart quartet in mind, the two seemed a particularly felicitous match. Both works reminded of how deceptively simple the composer’s music can seem, until one is drawn into its internal workings. ...
The Maumee theater stage, set as a live hall, offered a pleasant backdrop for the performance. Its excellent acoustics enhanced the Zin Quartet’s playing, making the most of subtle dynamic changes and delicate articulation in each movement.
An audience of about 75 gave the performers a standing ovation. Seen among the crowd were several local poets.
How wonderful it would be to have a recording of this work – something Light said hasn’t happened since she created it in 2006 on commission by the Colorado Chamber Players.
The Zin Quartet performed Mozart live alongside award-winning poet Kate Light at Maumee's Historic Indoor Theatre.
This concert was reviewed in the Toledo Blade on January 7, 2008. Here is an excerpt from the review written by Blade Music Critic Sally Vallongo.
ZIN Quartet Concert Review
The Zin Quartet has been invited to appear on the inaugural Chamber Music Series in Defiance, Ohio. Joined by cellist Damon Coleman, the Quartet will present quintets by Schubert and Boccherini, among others. Mark your calendars for January 18, 2009, at 7:00 p.m., and check back for more details!
Recently, the Zin Quartet appeared at the Oberlin College-Conservatory of Music's Warner Hall at 8:00 p.m. on March 20, 2008, performing the ASCAP-award-winning Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet by Christopher Dietz.
The Zin Quartet will be appearing on a Toledo Symphony fundraiser at the Flying Pig Cafe, at the Toledo School for the Arts, on September 13, 2008. It should be an entertaining evening celebrating the 65th anniversary of the TSO!
Our very best wishes go out to Rebecca Pierson, our most recent Zin Quartet bride! Thank you for entrusting the Zin Quartet for your special moment, and congratulations on an elegant and tasteful celebration at Nazareth Hall!
