We are practicing our Chamorro because we are going to the place where America’s day begins — the island of GUAM!  On our To-Do list …

1. go snorkeling
2. visit Talofofo because we really like the name — we hear there is a jungle river-boat cruise to catch there
3. eat food with finadine sauce — really spicy stuff made with chili peppers and lemon  (see photo of Guamanian spices and hey wait, how’d that violin get in there?)

We admit to being somewhat intimidated by the coconut crab population.  Have a look at this YouTube video!

We will be playing a concert for Cantate Guam, a choral organization that hosted Jeremy for some concerts a few summers ago.

We are ready to get our Guam on!  And check it out — Guam is really far away.  LOTS of blue around it.

 

 

Please join us on Wednesday, June 29th, 8 PM at Yoshi’s in San Francisco for the release of our new five-track EP, Five by Four. Jeremy, Alisa, and Keith welcome guest cellist Michelle Kwon and a surprise guest! See our Concerts page for a ticket link.

 

In Five by Four (as in five tracks by four performers) QSF takes on gypsy jazz, The Beatles, and a new tango with an Italian flair! Tracks are now available on iTunes and other digital download services.

Click here to read the press release.

Quartet San Francisco’s QSF Plays Brubeck received two Grammy Nominations for Best Classical Crossover Album and Best Engineered Album, Classical.

Click here to learn more about QSF Plays Brubeck.

The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on “GRAMMY Sunday,” Jan. 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Jeremy Cohen performing his Blues Etude. Recorded on April 2, 2009 using a Flip Video camcorder
on stage at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh

BEST STRING QUARTET (2008)
Quartet San Francisco

“Despite its name, with its reference to Sin City across the bay, Quartet San Francisco’s founder and chief arranger, Jeremy Cohen, resides on our fair shores. Founded in 2001, the quartet soon went on to serve two years as Mills College’s Quartet-in-Residence. It also scored an impressive win at the 2004 International Tango Competition in New York, and, most importantly, received three Grammy nominations for its latest two CD releases. Látigo, released in 2006, received nominations for the Best Classical Crossover and Best Engineered, Classical. The following year, Whirled Chamber Music, with its intriguing mix of blues, funk, jazz, tango, and rock, scored the quartet another Grammy nomination for Best Classical Crossover. Chief amongst that recording’s delights are seven tracks devoted to Raymond Scott, whose music has enlivened episodes of Looney Tunes and The Simpsons. With a repertoire as diverse as the East Bay’s population, Quartet San Francisco gets our vote.”