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Updated 10/8/2024

Apple Hill String Quartet

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    NH

Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Called “dashing and extraordinary” by The Strad Magazine, the Apple Hill String Quartet are the Artistic Directors and resident musicians at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, winner of the CMAcclaim award from Chamber Music America. The Quartet serves as the Music Directors for Apple Hill’s Summer Chamber Music Workshop in Nelson, New Hampshire, cultivating connection and understanding among people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, playing levels, and ages through music performance and education centered around the values of acceptance, inclusivity, creative expression, and encouragement.

Find Me

Elise Kuder (She/her)
Job Title: Violinist and Artistic Director
Phone: 603-847-3371
Fax: 603-847-9734
Address:
410 Apple Hill Road
Nelson, NH 03457

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Embedded in non-cultural private organization

Parent Organization:

Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music

Year Founded:

2008

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Embedded in non-cultural private organization

Parent Organization:

Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music

Year Founded:

2008

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Music - Chamber

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Residency - Other
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
  • Community Arts
Seasons Active: spring, fall, summer, winter
Events Per Year: 40

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Businesses
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Artists
  • Rural Populations
  • Youth-At-Risk

Languages Available:

  • English

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State
  • Multi-State Region
  • National
  • International

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • Apple Hill is a winner of the Ewing Arts Award for artistic excellence in New Hampshire's Monadnock Region, as well as winner of the CMAcclaim award from Chamber Music America.

Awards

Awards:

  • Apple Hill is a winner of the Ewing Arts Award for artistic excellence in New Hampshire's Monadnock Region, as well as winner of the CMAcclaim award from Chamber Music America.

Education

Education:

  • Members of the Quartet have received degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, the Juilliard School, New England Conservatory of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and a Fulbright Fellowship to London, England.

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center

Ages Served:

  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors
  • Elementary School-age

Subject Areas:

  • Music
  • Arts Integration - Communications

Fee range:

Variable.

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center

Ages Served:

  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors
  • Elementary School-age

Subject Areas:

  • Music
  • Arts Integration - Communications

Fee range:

Variable.

Touring Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Indoors performance area with 4 chairs, no sound system required.

Fee Range:

$2,000 - $25,000

State of Residence:

New Hampshire

Minimum Number of Performers:

4

Maximum Number of Performers:

4

Venues for Rent/Use

Louise Shonk Kelley Concert Barn
Venue Address: 410 Apple Hill Rd Nelson, NH 03457
Venue Phone: 603-847-3371
Venue Type: Recital Hall
Venue Fee Range Minimum: $500
Venue Fee Range Maximum: $2000
Venue Capacity: 120
Venue Accessibility: Facility is physically accessible (such as parking, entrances, accessible restrooms, seating, backstage).
Venue Seasons: Spring, Fall
Venue Features: Green Room, Piano, Sound System, WiFi