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Hunt Quartet Recital
Venue: Stoughton Opera House
Monday, September 28th, 2026
3:00 p.m.
Admission: FREE*
*Donations are appreciated
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 Stoughton Opera House!
Program Selections
Music
Selections from
Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
George Gershwin, Lullaby for String Quartet
Joaquín Turina, La Oración del Torero
About the Hunt Quartet
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.