Apple Hill String Quartet

Since its founding in 2007, the Apple Hill String Quartet has earned praise around the world for its concerts presenting interpretive mastery of traditional repertoire - including Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven, and Ravel - as well as for world premieres and commissioned pieces. As resident musicians at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber music, the quartet - Rupert Thompson, cello; Elise Kuder, violin; Colleen Jennings, violin; and Michael Kelley, viola - is featured in the summer concert series held every Tuesday night at the Center in Nelson, N. H. These concerts attract hundreds of visitors and have become a mainstay of the Manadnock area summer music offerings.

Education is an integral part of the Apple Hill String Quartet's mission. For three months in the summer, the quartet comprises the core faculty for five separate 10-day summer workshops held at Apple Hill and attended by 300 participants. During the regular concert season, the quartet conducts mini-residencies in embassies, communities, schools, and universities from the Manadnock region to major U.S. cities and around the world as part of Apple Hill's Playing for Peace program, and outreach that focuses on social change through chamber music.