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The Montebello String Quartet 

The Montebello String Quartet is a violin, viola, and cello ensemble, with a repertoire that ranges from Mozart, Haydn, Bach, and Handel to opera, jazz, and the Beatles.  The quartet has been playing together since 2004, and performs regularly at weddings, art shows, receptions, cocktail parties, vineyard and country club events, and other venues.  All four musicians are members of the award-winning Charlottesville High School String Ensemble. 

 Quartet Members

Zoe Ackerman has been playing violin for six years.  She currently studies with Julie Wilkinson, and enjoys playing whenever she can.  She performed in the Evans Youth Orchestra and the Virginia Junior Regional Orchestra for two years, and for the past two years, took part in the highly selective Virginia Senior Regional Orchestra.  With this quartet and other ensembles, she has played at dozens of weddings, parties, receptions, and a Messiah sing-in.

Stella Gibson began playing violin eight years ago, inspired by her two older sisters who have gone on to play violin in college and at the professional level.  She began her studies with Betty Gross and continued afterwards with Philip Clark. She has twice been accepted in the Virginia Junior Regional Orchestra, and this past fall in the Virginia Senior Regional Orchestra. She enjoys playing in the Chamber level orchestra at James Madison University's annual Spring String Thing.

Sarah Goldfarb has studied the cello for seven years under Dr. Beth Cantrell.  She has participated in the Walker, Buford and Charlottesville High School Orchestras, as well as the Evans Youth Orchestra.  She also participated for two years in the Junior Regional Youth Orchestra.  She has spent three weeks during three summers studying with Laura Thomas at her Chamber Music Camp.  She has received Superior Ratings for two years at the Charlottesville Music Teachers Association Festival.  Sarah’s other musical interests include participation in the Virginia Consort Youth Chorale, and private voice lessons.  

Rachel Woolworth has been playing the viola for six years, studying under Philip Clark. This fall she was selected as a member of the Virginia Senior Regional Orchestra. Rachel also plays the piano, her true love for 10 years, and is currently studying under Corky Sablinski. She has received various superior ratings at music festivals, guilds and more. Next year she hopes to enter and win the Charlottesville Music Teacher's association Concerto Competition.

Songlist - click on double starred ** selections to hear

Atwell, Shirl Jae
* Canon in B Muse

Bach:
* Air on the G String from Suite #3 in D Major
* Ave Maria adapted by Charles Gounod from WTC
* Prelude and Fugue in E Minor
* Badinerie from Suite #2 in B Minor
* Bist Du Bei Mir
* Brandenburg Concerto #1
* Brandenburg Concerto #6
* Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata #147
* My Heart Ever Faithful /Aria from Cantata #140
* Sarabande
* Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata #208
* Well-tempered Clavier, Prelude and Fugue
* Wachet Auf

Beethoven
* Ode to Joy from Symphony #9

Boyce, William
* Symphony No. 4 (First Movement)

Charpentier, Marc
* Prelude from Te Deum

Clarke, Jeremiah
* Trumpet Voluntary*
* Overture from Antony and Cleopatra
* 1st Act Tune from In a Wife for Anyman
* Grand Dance from The Island Princess
* Bourree from In a Wife for Anyman

Corelli, Arcangelo
* Concerto Grosso No. 10

Franck, C.
* Panis Angelicus

Handel, George
*Air
* Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
* Battaglia from Rinaldo
* Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo
* Chaconne from Almira
* Chamber Suite in D
* Concerto grosso I, Op. 6, #1
* Concerto grosso V, Op. 6, #5
* Fireworks Music, La Rejouissance
* Air from Xerxes
* Symphonia from Ezio
* Water Music Suite
*Air*, Bourree, Hornpipe, *Finale*

Haydn, Franz
* Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, #1, Allegro con Spirito
* Quartett No. 13, p. 77, #1

Holst
* St. Paul’s Suite

Liszt, Franz
* Liebestraum

Massenet, Jules
* Meditation from Thais

Mendelssohn, Felix
* If With All Your Hearts
* Wedding March

Mouret, Jean
* Rondeau from Sinfonies de Fanfares

Mozart, Wolfgang
* Presto, Movement III
* Quartet in G
* Quartet in D Major, Molto Allegro
* Quartet in A Major, Menuetto and Trio
* Quartet in B flat Major, Rondo
* Quartet in E flat Major, K. 160. Presto
* Alleluia from Exultate Jubilate, K. 165*
* Divertimento, K. 138
* Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - String Quartet in G Major, K. 525
* Divertimento, K. 157
* Symphony No. 25
* Andante from Piano Concert No. 21

Pachebel, Johann
* Canon*

Purcell, Henry
* Suite from The Fairy Queen
Hornpipe, Air, Rondeau, Chorus: They Shall Be as Happy
* Trumpet Tune*

Tchaikovsky, Peter
* Nutcracker, March, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Trepak, Arabian Dance, Waltz of the Flowers

Vivaldi
* Allegro in D for Strings
* Concerto Grosso in d major
* Concerto in A minor for 2 Violins
Allegro, Adagio, and Finale
* The Four Seasons – Largo from Winter
* Concerto in D minor

 Von Gluck, CW
* Slow air from Orfeo ed Euridice

Wagner, Richard
* Wedding March

Jazz, Blues, Popular, and Opera
Danny Boy
The Lovers’ Waltz by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason
Quando M’en Vo Soletta per la Via from Puccini’s
La Boheme
Pavane by Maurice Ravel
Hopak from The Fair at Sorochinsk
Gettysburg
Pink Panther
Only Time by Enya
Palladio
Beatles:  Good Day Sunshine, Hey Jude, Yesterday,
When I’m Sixty-Four

Christmas Music
Joy to the World
Silent Night
That First Noel
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Come, All Ye Faithful
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing