Charles Wetherbee

Columbus Dance Theatre at 20! with Carpe Diem String Quartet

Lincoln Theatre

Columbus, Ohio

Saturday, 2 June 2018 - 8:00 PM

Join Carpe Diem String Quartet in wishing a Happy 20th Birthday to our friends at Columbus Dance Theatre!

CDT@20, presented by PNC Arts Alive and Columbus Dance Theatre, is the culminating retrospective concert of our 20 years of artmaking at CDT. This celebration of the wide range of repertoire created by Columbus Dance Theatre over the past twenty years will include Musical guests: The Carpe Diem String Quartet, Andrew Lipke, Jason Hiester, Lori Kay Harvey, and RJD2 for four separate performances held over one festival style weekend. Repertoire for these concerts was chosen on-line by the community and shared through free pop-up performances leading up to this one-of-a-kind celebration of dance in Columbus. CDT will partner with the Refugee Task Force of First Community Church for the Friday night performance and with the Mid-Ohio Food Bank for Saturday night's presentation of O. Twist.

Fujiwara: Claudel

Fujiwara: Courage

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Wetherbee: anne: diary in dance

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Debussy: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Columbus Dance Theatre at 20! with Carpe Diem String Quartet

Lincoln Theatre

Columbus, Ohio

Saturday, 2 June 2018 - 3:00 PM

Join Carpe Diem String Quartet in wishing a Happy 20th Birthday to our friends at Columbus Dance Theatre!

CDT@20, presented by PNC Arts Alive and Columbus Dance Theatre, is the culminating retrospective concert of our 20 years of artmaking at CDT. This celebration of the wide range of repertoire created by Columbus Dance Theatre over the past twenty years will include Musical guests: The Carpe Diem String Quartet, Andrew Lipke, Jason Hiester, Lori Kay Harvey, and RJD2 for four separate performances held over one festival style weekend. Repertoire for these concerts was chosen on-line by the community and shared through free pop-up performances leading up to this one-of-a-kind celebration of dance in Columbus. CDT will partner with the Refugee Task Force of First Community Church for the Friday night performance and with the Mid-Ohio Food Bank for Saturday night's presentation of O. Twist.

Fujiwara: Claudel

Fujiwara: Courage

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Wetherbee: anne: diary in dance

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Debussy: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Columbus Dance Theatre at 20! with Carpe Diem String Quartet

Lincoln Theatre

Columbus, Ohio

Friday, 1 June 2018 - 8:00 PM

Join Carpe Diem String Quartet in wishing a Happy 20th Birthday to our friends at Columbus Dance Theatre!

CDT@20, presented by PNC Arts Alive and Columbus Dance Theatre, is the culminating retrospective concert of our 20 years of artmaking at CDT. This celebration of the wide range of repertoire created by Columbus Dance Theatre over the past twenty years will include Musical guests: The Carpe Diem String Quartet, Andrew Lipke, Jason Hiester, Lori Kay Harvey, and RJD2 for four separate performances held over one festival style weekend. Repertoire for these concerts was chosen on-line by the community and shared through free pop-up performances leading up to this one-of-a-kind celebration of dance in Columbus. CDT will partner with the Refugee Task Force of First Community Church for the Friday night performance and with the Mid-Ohio Food Bank for Saturday night's presentation of O. Twist.

Fujiwara: Claudel

Fujiwara: Courage

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Wetherbee: anne: diary in dance

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Debussy: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Columbus Dance Theatre at 20! with Carpe Diem String Quartet

Lincoln Theatre

Columbus, Ohio

Thursday, 31 May 2018 - 8:00 PM

Join Carpe Diem String Quartet in wishing a Happy 20th Birthday to our friends at Columbus Dance Theatre!

CDT@20, presented by PNC Arts Alive and Columbus Dance Theatre, is the culminating retrospective concert of our 20 years of artmaking at CDT. This celebration of the wide range of repertoire created by Columbus Dance Theatre over the past twenty years will include Musical guests: The Carpe Diem String Quartet, Andrew Lipke, Jason Hiester, Lori Kay Harvey, and RJD2 for four separate performances held over one festival style weekend. Repertoire for these concerts was chosen on-line by the community and shared through free pop-up performances leading up to this one-of-a-kind celebration of dance in Columbus. CDT will partner with the Refugee Task Force of First Community Church for the Friday night performance and with the Mid-Ohio Food Bank for Saturday night's presentation of O. Twist.

Fujiwara: Claudel

Fujiwara: Courage

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Wetherbee: anne: diary in dance

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Debussy: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Boulder Phil: A Song for Swans

University of Colorado at Boulder: Macky Auditorium

Boulder, Colorado

Saturday, 7 April 2018 - 7:30 PM

Presenter: Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

Artists: Charles Wetherbee (Violin); Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble (Dancer)

Ensemble: Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Michael Butterman

Sibelius: Symphony no 5 in E flat major, Op. 82

Ensemble: Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Michael Butterman

Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63

Artist: Stefan Jackiw (Violin)

Ensemble: Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Michael Butterman

Anthem for the Ancestors

Silverthorne Performing Arts Center

Silverthorne, Colorado

Saturday, 21 October 2017 - 8:00 PM

Presenter: Silverthorne Performing Arts Center

Wetherbee: Anthem for the Ancestors

Artist: Leon Joseph Littlebird (Flute)

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Anthem for the Ancestors

Silverthorne Performing Arts Center

Silverthorne, Colorado

Saturday, 21 October 2017 - 3:00 PM

Presenter: Silverthorne Performing Arts Center

Wetherbee: Anthem for the Ancestors

Artist: Leon Joseph Littlebird (Flute)

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Anthem for the Ancestors

Silverthorne Performing Arts Center

Silverthorne, Colorado

Friday, 20 October 2017 - 8:00 PM

Presenter: Silverthorne Performing Arts Center

Wetherbee: Anthem for the Ancestors

Artist: Leon Joseph Littlebird (Flute)

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Seize the Music: SERIES NO. 5 “Anthem of the Ancestors” Presented by PNC Arts Alive

McConnell Arts Center: Bronwynn Theatre

Worthington, Ohio

Sunday, 28 May 2017 - 3:00 PM

“Anthem for the Ancestors”
presented by PNC ArtsAlive (world premiere)
A new performance work created
by Leon Littlebird and Charles Wetherbee

Carpe Diem will present native American musician and storyteller Leon Littlebird in "Anthem of the Ancestors," a multi-movement work that will tell a story about the first people’s history as seen through the lens of Mr. Littlebird. Working with the haunting, evocative sound of the native flute, combined with percussion and string quartet, the work will be partially staged and include multi-media elements.

Presenter: McConnell Arts Center of Worthington

Wetherbee: Anthem of the Ancestors

Artist: Leon Joseph Littlebird (Flute)

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Seize the Music: SERIES NO. 5 “Anthem of the Ancestors” Presented by PNC Arts Alive

McConnell Arts Center: Bronwynn Theatre

Worthington, Ohio

Saturday, 27 May 2017 - 8:00 PM

“Anthem for the Ancestors”
presented by PNC ArtsAlive (world premiere)
A new performance work created
by Leon Littlebird and Charles Wetherbee

Carpe Diem will present native American musician and storyteller Leon Littlebird in "Anthem of the Ancestors," a multi-movement work that will tell a story about the first people’s history as seen through the lens of Mr. Littlebird. Working with the haunting, evocative sound of the native flute, combined with percussion and string quartet, the work will be partially staged and include multi-media elements.

Presenter: McConnell Arts Center of Worthington

Wetherbee: Anthem of the Ancestors

Artist: Leon Joseph Littlebird (Flute)

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

“one thing leads to another …Music of Donald Harris”

Short North Stage

Columbus, Ohio

Wednesday, 21 September 2016 - 7:00 PM

Carpe Diem is thrilled to partner with the Johnstone Fund for New Music in a program celebrating Donald Harris on the series for New Music on the Short North Stage. Admission is free of charge, and there will be a reception after the concert at Ethyl’s Bar, just off the main lobby.

Program

Donald Harris: Fantasy for Violin and Piano (1957)
[Charles Wetherbee, violin and Maria Staeblein, piano]

Donald Harris: String Quartet (1965)
[Carpe Diem String Quartet]

Donald Harris: String Quartet No. 2 (2002)
I. Largamente, molto espressivo
II. Scherzoso, allegrissimo
III. Largo assai, con espressione
IV. Rondo: Prestissimo

(Don Harris was one of Carpe Diem’s first supporters and board members, and we feel a special debt for his advise and guidance in the formation of our group.)

Presenters: Carpe Diem String Quartet; The Johnstone Fund for New Music

Harris: Fantasy for Violin and Piano (1957)

Artists: Maria Staeblein (Piano); Charles Wetherbee (Violin)

Harris: String Quartet No. 1 (1965)

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Harris: String Quartet No. 2 (2002)

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Carpe Diem at the Bennington Chamber Music Conference

Bennington College: Greenwall Auditorium

Bennington, Vermont

Saturday, 23 July 2016 - 8:00 PM

The Conference Concert Series features the Conference artist-faculty and Composers-in-Residence and is noted for the quality and diversity of its programming. The series has twice received Adventurous Programming Awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).

Concerts are given on Wednesday and Saturday evenings each week. Admission is free.

All concerts are at 8:00 PM in Greenwall Auditorium at Bennington College, Bennington, VT, and are free and open to the public.
SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2016

Martin Bresnick: Going Home (Vysoke, My Jerusalem) for oboe, violin, viola, and cello

Jacqueline Leclair, oboe
Calvin Wiersma, violin
Korine Fujiwara, viola
Nathaniel Parke, cello

Jonathan Leshnoff: String Quartet #3, The Miller-Kahn Quartet

Carpe Diem String Quartet:
Charles Wetherbee, violin
Amy Galluzzo, violin
Korine Fujiwara, viola
Carol Ou, cello

Arthur Foote: Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 23

Charles Wetherbee, violin
Amadi Azikiwe, viola
Tobias Werner, cello
Victor Santiago Asuncion, piano

Presenter: Bennington Chamber Music Conference

Bresnick: Martin Bresnick: Going Home (Vysoke, My Jerusalem) for oboe, violin, viola, and cello

Artists: Jacqueline Leclair (Oboe); Calvin Wiersma (Violin); Korine Fujiwara (Viola); Nathaniel Parke (Cello)

Leshnoff: String Quartet #3, The Miller-Kahn Quartet

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Foote: Quartet for Piano and Strings in C major, Op. 23

Artists: Victor Santiago-Asuncion (Piano); Charles Wetherbee (Violin); Amadi Azikiwe (Viola); Tobias Werner (Cello)

Seize The Music (10th Anniversary Season) Series 5: "Tasa's Song"

McConnell Arts Center: Bronwynn Theatre

Worthington, Ohio

Sunday, 22 May 2016 - 3:00 PM

Local author Linda Kass celebrates the publication of her novel, “Tasa’s Song” with Carpe Diem in a program featuring short readings from the novel and music that is featured therein. Her protagonist Tasa is a young musician growing up during the chaos and turbulence of WWII in Poland. The musical selections of the evening will mirror the music that is part of her story.

Featuring works by composers: Bedrich Smetana, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Karol Szymanowski, Vittorio Monti, and the world premiere of Charles Wetherbee’s “Tasa’s Song.”

Presenter: McConnell Arts Center of Worthington

Smetana: Quartet for Strings no 1 in E minor, T 116 "From my life"

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Monti: Csárdás

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Wetherbee: Tasa's Song

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Seize The Music (10th Anniversary Season) Series 5: "Tasa's Song"

McConnell Arts Center: Bronwynn Theatre

Worthington, Ohio

Saturday, 21 May 2016 - 8:00 PM

Local author Linda Kass celebrates the publication of her novel, “Tasa’s Song” with Carpe Diem in a program featuring short readings from the novel and music that is featured therein. Her protagonist Tasa is a young musician growing up during the chaos and turbulence of WWII in Poland. The musical selections of the evening will mirror the music that is part of her story.

Featuring works by composers: Bedrich Smetana, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Karol Szymanowski, Vittorio Monti, and the world premiere of Charles Wetherbee’s “Tasa’s Song.”

Presenter: McConnell Arts Center of Worthington

Smetana: Quartet for Strings no 1 in E minor, T 116 "From my life"

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Monti: Csárdás

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Wetherbee: Tasa's Song

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Seize The Music (10th Anniversary Season) Series 5: "Tasa's Song"

McConnell Arts Center: Bronwynn Theatre

Worthington, Ohio

Friday, 20 May 2016 - 8:00 PM

Local author Linda Kass celebrates the publication of her novel, “Tasa’s Song” with Carpe Diem in a program featuring short readings from the novel and music that is featured therein. Her protagonist Tasa is a young musician growing up during the chaos and turbulence of WWII in Poland. The musical selections of the evening will mirror the music that is part of her story.

Featuring works by composers: Bedrich Smetana, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Karol Szymanowski, Vittorio Monti, and the world premiere of Charles Wetherbee’s “Tasa’s Song.”

Presenter: McConnell Arts Center of Worthington

Smetana: Quartet for Strings no 1 in E minor, T 116 "From my life"

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Monti: Csárdás

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Wetherbee: Tasa's Song

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Carpe Diem String Quartet

Northeast Texas Community College: Whatley Center

Mt. Pleasant, Texas

Thursday, 4 February 2016 - 7:30 PM

Presenter: Northeast Texas Community College

Haydn: Quartet for Strings in B flat major, Op. 76 no 4/H 3 no 78 "Sunrise"

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Taneyev: String Quartet No. 6

Piazzolla: Primavera Porteña

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Arranger: Charles Wetherbee

Fujiwara: Fiddle Suite "Montana"

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Carpe Diem String Quartet

Opperman Music Hall

Tallahassee, Florida

Sunday, 24 January 2016 - 4:00 PM

Selected to lead the 2016 Artist-in-Residence program, the Carpe Diem String Quartet redefines the classical music experience, bringing chamber music a new identity that reaches the broadest audience possible, regardless of means and circumstances. The quartet is a boundary-breaking ensemble earning widespread critical and audience acclaim for its fresh, innovative programming and exciting performances. Carpe Diem’s program reflects its passions for Gypsy, tango, folk, pop, rock and jazz-inspired music alongside the traditional string quartet repertoire.

Presenter: The Artist Series of Tallahassee

Haydn: Quartet for Strings in B flat major, Op. 76 no 4/H 3 no 78 "Sunrise"

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Taneyev: String Quartet No. 6

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Piazzolla: Primavera Porteña

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Arranger: Charles Wetherbee

Fujiwara: Fiddle Suite "Montana"

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Anansi and the Sky God

Dillon Community Church

Dillon, Colorado

Sunday, 6 September 2015 - 7:00 PM

Carpe Diem String Quartet collaborates with saxophonist John Gunther in an upbeat jazz-inspired concert. The group will present a premiere of Gunther's new jazz-based work: Anansi and the Sky God.

Other works featured:
Gunther: "Happy"
Rose: "Welcome to the Jungle"
Brubeck: Blue Rondo a la Turk
Desmond: Take Five
Sowash: Positive Energy
Carmichael/Fujiwara: "Stardust"
Piazzolla: Otono Porteno
Piazzolla: Primavera Porteno
Wolosoff: Five o'Clock Shadow

Presenter: Snake River Music Festival

Gunther: Anansi and the Sky God

Artist: John Gunther (Saxophone)

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Gunther: "Happy"

Artist: John Gunther (Saxophone)

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Rose: Welcome to the Jungle

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Arranger: Charles Wetherbee

Brubeck: Blue Rondo A La Turk

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Arranger: Korine Fujiwara

Desmond: Take Five

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Arranger: Korine Fujiwara

Sowash: Positive Energy

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Carmichael: Stardust

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Arranger: Korine Fujiwara

Piazzolla: Otoño Porteño

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Arranger: Charles Wetherbee

Piazzolla: Primavera Porteña

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Arranger: Charles Wetherbee

Wolosoff: 5 O'Clock Shadow

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

"Anansi and the Sky God"

The Dairy Center for the Arts

Boulder, Colorado

Friday, 4 September 2015 - 7:30 PM

Carpe Diem String Quartet collaborates with saxophonist John Gunther in an upbeat jazz-inspired concert. The group will present a premiere of Gunther's new jazz-based work: Anansi and the Sky God.

Other works featured:
Gunther: "Happy"
Rose: "Welcome to the Jungle"
Brubeck: Blue Rondo a la Turk
Desmond: Take Five
Sowash: Positive Energy
Carmichael/Fujiwara: "Stardust"
Piazzolla: Otono Porteno
Piazzolla: Primavera Porteno
Wolosoff: Five o'Clock Shadow

Presenter: The Dairy Center for the Arts

Gunther: Anansi and the Sky God

Artist: John Gunther (Saxophone)

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Gunther: "Happy"

Artist: John Gunther (Saxophone)

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Rose: Welcome to the Jungle

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Arranger: Charles Wetherbee

Brubeck: Blue Rondo A La Turk

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Arranger: Korine Fujiwara

Desmond: Take Five

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Arranger: Korine Fujiwara

Sowash: Positive Energy

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Carmichael: Stardust

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Arranger: Korine Fujiwara

Piazzolla: Otoño Porteño

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Arranger: Charles Wetherbee

Piazzolla: Primavera Porteña

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

Arranger: Charles Wetherbee

Wolosoff: 5 O'Clock Shadow

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

anne: diary in dance

Lincoln Theatre

Columbus, Ohio

Saturday, 30 May 2015 - 8:00 PM

Based on the diary of Anne Frank CDT Artistic Director will choreography the world premiere of anne: diary in dance as the culmination of CDT’s 17th Anniversary Season, Passion and Compassion. “I will explore the story and life of Anne Frank, and the incredible strength of the human spirit in the face destruction and evil,”says Veach. Veach will collaborate with Carpe Diem String Quartet member Charles Wetherbee who will compose an original score for the production.

Presenter: Columbus Dance Theatre

Wetherbee: anne: diary in dance

Artists: School of Columbus Dance Theatre; The Company of Columbus Dance Theatre

Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet

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