The Artisan String Quartet, Patrice Calixte and Mariama Alcântara violin, Bruce Williams viola, and Douglas Harvey cello, is comprised of principal players from the Austin Symphony Orchestra and has become a fixture around central Texas and beyond. In addition to many past appearances at Mozart Festival Texas in San Antonio and the Victoria Bach Festival, the Artisans enjoy Quartet-in-Residence status at the Texas Bach Festival in Georgetown, Classical Sound Inc. in Round Rock, the Mason Chamber Music Festival, and the Lampasas County Chamber Music Festival. MidAmerica Productions, Inc. invited the Artisan String Quartet to make its Carnegie Hall debut performing on the Carnegie Hall Weil Recital Hall Chamber Music Series on March 22, 2012. The concert in New York was commemorated by the Texas House of Representatives on March 13, 2013, with HR 703 read into the Texas Congressional Record with the Artisans present. Please visit the ASQ website at www.artisanstringquartet.com or “like” us on Facebook.

Patrice Calixte & Mariama Alcântara, violins
Bruce Williams, viola
Douglas Harvey, cello