String Quartet Smackdown III

Golden Hornet presents: String Quartet Smackdown III featuring The Mother Falcon String Quartet

STARRING
(16 Finalists)
Performances by: Mother Falcon String Quartet

MORE INFO
Official Site > http://stringquartetsmackdown.com/
Ticket Link > https://drafthouse.com/austin/show/golden-hornet-presents-string-quartet-smackdown-iii

A follow up to the highly successful and sold-out “String Quartet Smackdown” I and II from late 2012 and 2015, this is a bracketed NCAA basketball tournament style competition using original string quartet compositions submitted by composers and musicians worldwide. It’s like March Madness for the ears!

A jury of experts have selected sixteen of these compositions to move on to the “Smackdown” portion, where the audience will be directly involved in the decision process by texting a code to vote for their favorite piece, all performed by The Mother Falcon String Quartet, comprised of three members of the local orchestral band Mother Falcon (Olivia David, Lisa Lam, Clara Brill, and Diana Burgess). The winner of each round moves on in the tournament and the champion will receive a grand prize of $1,500, plus other items of recognition. Fun and engaging for the whole family!

Golden Hornet Project, Inc is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department, as well as private and corporate donations and grant sources. For more information please visit www.goldenhornetproject.org

This event is sponsored by KMFA, Classical 89.5 as our official media sponsor for String Quartet Smackdown III.