Fort Worth and Dallas String Quartet playing this week!

The Meridian String Quartet, www.meridianquartet.com, will be playing this week in the Las Colinas, Arlington, Irving, and Garland areas with those area symphonies. It will be a beautiful week of fine merry-making. The music program will feature works for the 5th annual movie quiz where the audience has the opportunity to guess film scores for a fun prize. See www.symphonyarlington.org, www.lascolinassymphony.org, and www.garlandsymphony.org for special details. Meridian String Quartet members, Glori Vela, Marcela Chavarria, and Drew Johnson, will be sitting in the symphony to play this program. Also featured is music by Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra.

Students have the opportunity to hear this music for the low price of $5, which is a service to the citizens of these cities and around the Dallas and Fort Worth area.

Dallas String Quartet inspired with music in Dallas, Irving, Garland, and Arlington venues!

The Meridian String Quartet, www.meridianstring.com, is awe-inspired with beautiful music this coming Valentine's day. The Dallas Symphony, www.dallassymphony.com, is doing a Valentine's concert called Romance and Rachmaninoff. The Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 1 will be featured on the program. This piece is arguably one of the hardest pieces to play on piano (an instrument with varied, complex, and considerable repertoire). Rachmaninoff wrote three hard piano concertos. Not only do you have to be a good performer, you also need to have large enough hands to reach those 11ths and 12ths!

Thank goodness I play violin and viola! While these instruments are difficult (20 something years of playing and I'm still working at it), I feel somewhat accomplished at the instrument. I enjoy playing at all the wonderful weddings coming up.

Marcela and I, www.meridianquartet.com/aboutus have the opportunity to play at SMU in Dallas in two weeks for a young pianist's spring recital. This is an exciting opportunity, as he is playing TWO Mozart Piano Concertos.

Of course, the highlight of playing this month for myself is performing with the Las Colinas Symphony! Marcela, Drew, and I will be working with the symphony to perform in the 5th annual movie quiz, which features music from exciting films, as well as Vivaldi's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. www.lascolinassymphony.org. The musicians of the symphony will be performing in Las Colinas/Irving, Garland, and Arlington!

Wedding Music in Arlington, TX!

That's right. It's that time of the year when brides all over North Texas will be planning their weddings! What better way to walk down the aisle than with the Meridian Quartet! www.meridianquartet.com. We have a lot of experience, www.meridianquartet.com/about, and sound really good, www.meridianquartet.com/clips.

There are several great bridal shows in Arlington, Dallas, and Fort Worth this spring, including the Star Telegram Arlington Bride Expo, The Fort Worth Bridal Show, and the Dallas Bridal Show. Typically, there are 2-3 wedding expos a year, but spring is always the busiest!