WESQ
The West End String Quartet came together in the fall of 2005 because of their shared passion for chamber music. Since that time the quartet has been entertaining audiences across New England with an exciting and varied repertoire of chamber music.
Upcoming Concerts
Music for Aymeric
Saturday, February 17 at 7:00 PM
United Church of Stonington, 67 Main Street
A special program feature that will interest the greater Stonington audience is a composition by Dr. Neely Bruce in memory of his dear friend and colleague Aymeric Dupré la Tour. Neely Bruce, Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, is a composer, conductor, pianist and scholar of American music.
Excerpts from The Art of Fugue
by J. S. Bach
A Partita for Aymeric Dupré la Tour
by Neely Bruce
Suggested Donation: $20
This concert will be presented on February 18 at 4:00 PM
at First Church Fairfield, 148 Beach Road, Fairfield, Connecticut
Music in the Meetinghouse, the concert series of First Church Congregational, Fairifeld, presents the West End String Quartet Sunday, February 18, at 4:00 PM. This performance is given in memory of Aymeric Dupré la Tour. A reception will follow.
The program features excerpts from Bach's The Art of the Fugue and a new work by Connecticut composer and Wesleyan University professor Neely Bruce, in memory of Aymeric. Dupré la Tour, a native of Lyon, France, was Director of Music at First Church from 2012 to 2016, and then served at St. Theresa Church, Trumbull. He died at the age of 49 in a tragic auto accident in May 2022.
General admission $20; $10 senior citizens; $5 students. Tickets available at the door (cash, check, or credit card) and may be reserved by email: fmartignetti@firstchurchfairfield.org.
The concert is also listed on FCBuzz.org:
https://culturalalliancefc.org/event/the-west-end-string-quartet-a-concert-in-memory-of-aymeric-dupre-la-tour/