The Hausmann String Quartet was formed in the summer of 2004 at the LyricaFest music festival in Chatham, NJ. Praised for its charismatic playing and “deeply lyrical sound,” the quartet made its debut with the Lyrica Boston Chamber Music Players in a performance of the Mendelssohn Octet.
Recently named the 2006 Norfolk Festival Quartet Fellows in Residence, the Hausmann Quartet worked closely with members of the Vermeer, Tokyo, and Keller quartets. Most recently, they were quartet in residence at the 2007 Blossom Music Festival.
The Hausmann Quartet has frequently appeared on the Lyrica Boston Chamber Music Series and has most recently given concerts at the Longy School of Music, Columbus Museum of Art and the Ludwig Recital Hall at Kent State University. Outreach venues throughout the Northeast include the Braintree and Dover Public Libraries (MA) and the Wilson School in Mountain Lakes, NJ where they established a residency bringing creative musical programs to children with special needs. In November 2006, the Hausmann Quartet worked with the International Music Foundation to present a children’s concert series in the Chicago area. They have been invited to return in 2007.
As advocates for the advancement of new music, the Hausmann String Quartet worked closely with student composers in the Longy Preparatory School during the 2005-2006 seasons. Most recently the quartet collaborated with composer John Howell Morrison in preparation for the East-coast premiere of his work Hard Weather Makes Good Wood for string quartet and tape.
Upon last season’s completion of Lyrica Boston’s “Young Artist Residency” program with artistic directors Laura Bossert, Terry King and Paula Majerfeld, the Hausmann String Quartet relocated to Kent State University, where they currently serve as teaching assistants to the Miami String Quartet.
The quartet has been mentored by members of groups such as the St. Lawrence, Julliard, Ying, Orion, Emerson, Tokyo, Vermeer and Takacs quartets. Individually, they have collaborated with such legendary artists as Kim Kashkashian, Paul Katz, Joseph Silverstein, Ronald Thomas, Charles Castleman, Joseph Robinson, Steven Ansell, Victor Rosenbaum, Laura Bossert and Terry King.