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The UCSB Young Artists String Quartet (YASQ) will present their Spring 2021 Recital on Friday, June 11, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. Made up of graduate violinists Gulia Gurevich and Anthony Navarro, violist Shirley Shang, and cellist Naomi Stoodley, the YASQ is a group from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and even continents. After a fascinating year of rehearsing, coaching, and recording as a quartet through some of the most unconventional ways possible, they are delighted to present this program featuring movements from Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No.10 in E-flat Major, Op.74 ("Harp") and Jessie Montgomery's Strum.

For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2236