Schubert:
Octet, D. 803 (1:52)
Scherzo. Allegro vivace
Yenn-Chwen Er, violin; Mihaela Oancea, violin; Rifat Qureshi,
viola, Martin Osten, cello; Robert Stiles, double bass; Xin-Yang
Zhou, clarinet;
Charles Bailey, bassoon; Michael Mayhew, horn. |
Berg:
String Quartet, Op. 3 (2:11)
Langam
Kimberly Fick, violin; Sylvia Danburg, violin; Dominic Johnson,
viola; Benjamin Wolff, cello. |
Francaix:
Quatuor (1:36)
Allegro molto
Josue Casillas, flute; Lora Schaefer, oboe; Benjamin Freimuth,
clarinet; Jennifer Gunter, bassoon. |
All instrumental music majors at the
Shepherd School participate in chamber music. Students have the option
of forming groups on
their own or they may request to be assigned to a group. Shepherd
School faculty members provide intensive weekly coaching to more
than two dozen string quartets, piano trios, woodwind and brass
ensembles, and mixed ensembles of all sizes. Each group will perform
on a formal class recital at least once per semester, and they
are encouraged to perform on other recitals at the Shepherd School and throughout greater Houston. 
