Chamber Music Palisades Concert to Feature New Hollywood String Quartet

By SARAH SHMERLING | Editor-in-Chief

Chamber Music Palisades will continue its season of concerts on Wednesday, March 19, at First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica with a program that starts at 8 p.m. that features the New Hollywood String Quartet.

“Due to the Palisades fire, Chamber Music Palisades has a temporary new home,” read information shared by CMP. “All concerts remaining in our Wednesday season series will be held at First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica.”

The program will feature three pieces: Joaquin Turina’s “String Quartet in d minor,” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Quartet in D Major for flute and string quartet,” and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “String Quartet No. 1 in D major.”

KUSC host—and longtime CMP associate—Alan Chapman will provide his “informative in-person program notes” during the concert.

The quartet that will perform on March 19 is comprised of Tereza Stanislav (violin), Rafael Rishik (violin), Robert Brophy (viola) and Andrew Shulman (cello). Chamber Music Palisades Artistic Director and Co-Founder Susan Greenberg—“former flutist with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and presently first flute with Santa Monica Symphony”—will join the quartet on flute.

“Tereza Stanislav, currently assistant concertmaster of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, has performed in many of the world’s leading concert halls,” according to information shared by CMP. “Composer and violinist Rafael Rishik spent several years performing with the Camerata Pacifica and is a founding member of the New Hollywood String Quartet.

“Robert Brophy, a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera and many West Coast chamber music series. Andrew Shulman, a globally celebrated English cellist and conductor, has been principal cellist of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra since 2008.”

Tickets for the concert are available for $35 online at cmpalisades.org or at the door. First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica is located at 1008 11th Street in Santa Monica. Free parking is available across the street under the building.

“CMP offers free admission for full-time students with an ID,” read the statement. “The concert is sponsored by the Sidney Stern Memorial Trust.”