Special
Performance…
Venue: Arts + Literature Laboratory
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
7:00 p.m.
Admission: FREE
Suggested Donation $5
The Hunt Quartet of the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Up Close & Musical® program is excited to present this recital! Up Close & Musical brings the power and beauty of classical music into the classrooms of elementary schools throughout Dane County. The curriculum is guided by the Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance model and academic standards for music, bringing the Hunt Quartet into six schools four times each year. Individual quartet members visit separate classrooms to conduct exciting and interactive lessons that send students on a hunt for the concepts of melody, rhythm, expression, and form.
The Hunt Quartet, made up of Madison Symphony violinists Paran Amirinazari and Hillary Hempel, violist Jennifer Paulson, and cellist Trace Johnson, are excited to put on this free performance at the Arts + Literature Laboratory!
Additional information about the event can be found on the Arts + Literature Laboratory event page
Maurice Ravel, String Quartet in F Major, M.35
I. Allegro moderato – très doux
II. Assez vif – très rythmé
III. Très lent
IV. Vif et agité
Franz Schubert, Quartet No.13 in A Minor, D.804, Op.29, ‘the Rosemunde Quartet’
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Andante
III. Minuetto: Allegretto-Trio
IV. Allegro moderato
The Hunt Quartet is the resident string quartet of the MSO’s nationally-recognized Up Close & Musical® program, designed to bring the power and beauty of classical music into elementary school classrooms throughout Dane County. The quartet, consisting of violinists Paran Amirinazari and Hillary Hempel, violist Jennifer Paulson, and cellist Trace Johnson, also performs recitals that are free and open to the public.