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SAD NEWS | Cypress String Quartet to Disband After 20th Year

By The Violin Channel

January 21, 2016

1 MIN READ

It has been announced today that the San Francisco-based Cypress String Quartet is set to disband at the conclusion of the 2015/16 season - after 20 years together.

It is understood the group, violinists Cecily Ward and Tom Strong, violist Ethan Filner and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel came to a collective decision that now was the right time for them to move on to explore new artistic territories as individuals.

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The ensemble has expressed deep gratitude to the vast numbers of fans, donors, fellow musicians and presenters who have supported them over the past 20 seasons.

A farewell concert will be presented at the Green Room of the San Francisco War Memorial on June 26, 2016.

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