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CMU School of Music welcomes quartet for annual String Day

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Central Michigan University’s School of Music is preparing to host String Day on Thursday, February 20.  The day-long event, open to aspiring string players, grades 7-12, serves as a recruiting day plus Master Classes and more.  Featured guest artists are the members of the Elias String Quartet.  David Nicholas spoke with cellist Marie Bitlloch about her career with the ensemble. 

Information about String Day, including the concert with the Elias String Quartet, is available on the web, www.music.cmich.edu  The concert is at 7:30 Thursday evening in the Staples Family Concert Hall in the CMU School of Music Building.  

David Nicholas is WCMU's local host of All Things Considered.