Holding out for a Miro

The Miro Quartet will bring its 28 years of experience to Camp Winema for the third concert in the Neskowin Chamber Music series this Sunday, Jan. 22.

The guiding principle of the Miro, based in Austin, Texas, is to “pay homage to the legacy of the string quartet while looking forward to the future of chamber music.” It regularly commissions new works and collaborates with other noted artists.

Since its formation in 1995, the quartet has been awarded first prize at a number of competitions including the Banff International and the Naumburg Competition. It was the first ensemble to be awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Members are committed to music education and give master classes at universities and conservatories throughout the world. Since 2003, they have served as quartet-in-residence at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. They serve in that same capacity for Chamber Music Northwest in Portland and Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival in Washington State.

Members include violinists Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer, violist John Largess and cellist Joshua Gindele.

The Miro Quartet will appear as a substitute for the Parker String Quartet, which had to cancel its scheduled concert at Neskowin.

The concert begins at 3 pm. Season tickets for Neskowin Chamber Music are $130; single tickets at the door are $30; tickets for children younger than 18 are $10. Camp Winema is located three miles north of Neskowin, just off Highway 101, between mileposts 93 and 94.

For more information, go to neskowinchambermusic.com or call 503-965-6499.