The Telegraph Quartet to Begin 3-Year Residency at U of Michigan

July 18, 2024, 4:25 PM · The Telegraph Quartet will begin a three-year artist residency at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD) in fall 2024, the school announced on Thursday.

The Telegraph Quartet. Photo by by Lisa Marie Mazzucco

Formed in 2013 in the San Francisco Bay area, the group is comprised of violinists Eric Chin and Joseph Maile, violist Pei-Ling Lin and cellist Jeremiah Shaw. They are currently on the chamber music faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as the Quartet-in-Residence.

At Michigan, Telegraph Quartet members will coach student chamber music groups, conduct studio classes and seminars, and offer mentorship sessions to students interested in chamber music careers. During their residency, the quartet will also perform several times each year on campus and will have opportunities to explore collaborative performance-based projects with students and faculty across the school and the university.

"We are excited to begin our new role as the faculty quartet-in-residence at the University of Michigan and overjoyed to be calling Ann Arbor our new home," said a statement by the quartet. " "It’s thrilling to be aligned with such a vibrant and forward-thinking university that is so dedicated to the future through creative exploration. We are looking forward to bringing with us one of the most cherished aspects of chamber music – working together synergistically – and partnering with the faculty to nurture the experience for all the students within the university and the community abroad."

The Telegraph Quartet performs standard chamber music repertoire as well as contemporary, non-standard works. They have performed in concert halls and at music festivals and academic institutions throughout the United States and internationally, collaborating with musicians including pianists Leon Fleisher and Simone Dinnerstein, cellists Norman Fischer and Bonnie Hampton, violinist Ian Swensen, and the St. Lawrence and Henschel Quartets. The Telegraph Quartet has premiered works by composers including John Harbison, Richard Festinger, Robert Sirota, and Osvaldo Golijov. Honors include the 2016 Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the Grand Prize at the 2014 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.

Recordings have included Into the Light (Centaur, 2018), featuring the works of Leon Kirchner, Anton Webern, and Benjamin Britten, and Divergent Paths (Azica Records, 2023), the first in a planned series of recordings titled "20th Century Vantage Points."

"I’m delighted that the School of Music, Theatre & Dance is engaging the Telegraph Quartet for this residency, which will beautifully complement the dynamic work of our resident faculty in the Departments of Strings and Chamber Music," said David Gier, dean of SMTD. "Our students will benefit significantly from sustained and focused interactions with this gifted professional quartet that will help them develop as chamber musicians and envision and plan for their lives as working musicians."

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