Monday, March 22, 2010

ST.CHARLES QUARTET FAQs:

ST.CHARLES QUARTET FAQs:

Q: Why are we called the St. Charles Quartet?

A: Neil, the founder, is from St. Charles, Maryland.


Saint Charles Borromeo (Italian: Carlo Borromeo, 2 October 1538 – 3 November 1584) was a saint and cardinal. He is venerated as a saint of learning and the arts (appropriate for the St. Charles quartet!).  His patronage is against ulcers; apple orchards; bishops; catechists; catechumens; colic; intestinal disorders; Lombardy, Italy; Monterey California; seminarians; spiritual directors; spiritual leaders; starch makers; stomach diseases; São Carlos city in Brazil (as the name indicates)


















Random fact: There is also a "St. Charles" in Illinois. Just today,St. Charles City Council Members (in Illinois) were planning to vote during their next meeting on whether to ban fake pot.


Q: How long have we been together?

A: The group was founded by Neil in 2004 but didn't really come together until Neil met Gabe in 2005 and formed the 1st group (Neil Puzon, Kate Saylor, Gabe Soloff and Aja Gabel).  In 2006, Kirill Romanov replaced Aja on cello and  Senovio Shish replaced Kate Saylor on 2nd violin.  Later in the year, Tara Planeta replaced Senovio.
In spring of 2007, Victoria Liu replaced Tara.  So our current group has been together for 3 years.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Congratulations to Us!

GigMasters 2009 Rising Star Award Winner


We just found out that we have been awarded the 2009 Gigmasters Rising Star Award
for Top String Quartet on the Gigmasters website.  We won this award because in 2009 we earned the most revenue from GigMasters bookings in our category — more than anyone else in the United States and Canada.  Wow!  What an honor.  Gigmasters will distribute the press release on Monday, March 22nd.

Thank you Gigmasters!!!
St. Charles String Quartet
(Neil Puzon, Victoria Liu, Gabe Soloff and Kirill Romanov)

Friday, March 12, 2010

Top requested songs for St. Charles Quartet wedding ceremonies

Here are our most requested songs from 2009 through 2010.  We hope this guide will help provide
new ideas for wedding ceremony music.

Prelude: Brandenburg Concerto No.3 by Bach, Water Music by Handel, Spring from Four Seasons by Vivaldi, Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach, Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol, Wild Child by Enya, Imagine by Beatles, In My Life by Beatles

Seating of Mothers: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach, Air on G by Bach, Wachet Auf by Bach, All the Way by Sinatra, Annie's Song by Denver, Only Time by Enya

Bridal Party Processional: Canon in D by Pachelbel, Air on G by Bach, Trumpet Tune by Purcell, Yellow by Coldplay, Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol, Only Time by Enya, Arioso by Bach

Bride: Canon in D by Pachelbel, Bridal Chorus by Wagner, Trumpet Voluntary by Clarke, Spring from Four Seasons by Vivaldi, Beautiful Day by U2, I'm Yours by Jason Mraz, Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Iz, Bittersweet Symphony by Verve, Only Time by Enya, Wild Child by Enya, Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol, From this Moment by Shania Twain, The Book of Love by Peter Gabriel

Meditation/Interlude: Ave Maria by Schubert, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach, From this Moment by Shania Twain, Arioso by Bach, Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart

Recessional: Wedding March by Mendelssohn, Allegro Maestoso alla Hornpipe from Water Music by Handel, Spring from Four Seasons by Vivaldi, Brandenburg Concerto No.3 by Bach, Bittersweet Symphony by Verve, All You Need is Love by Beatles, Here Comes the Sun by Beatles, God Only Knows by Beach Boys, Beautiful Day by U2, Sweet Child of Mine by Guns N' Roses, All my Love by Led Zeppelin, Entrance of the Queen of Sheba by Handel, I'm Yours by Jason Mraz, Clocks by Coldplay, Viva la Vida by Coldplay

Thursday, March 11, 2010

First Entry







Ok, so this is the official first entry for St. Charles String Quartet Blog.
Victoria and I have been talking about this for some time now. Finally,
I have started "the" blog. We'll be posting blogs with pictures to all our
fun trips to different places for gigs, rehearsals, concerts, etc. This is going to be fun!
So let me start by posting some interesting photos from past gigs.
The pictures above are (in order from top to bottom): Our Love's Passion concert 2/14/10 at Josephine Butler Parks Center in DC; Victoria at George Peabody Library in Baltimore; Neil in a pizza place in Richmond January 2010.

Happy reading!