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[/pane] [pane width=”500px” float=”left” margin=”0px 0px 70px 0px”] Paul Yarbrough is observing 34 years of service as the founding violist of the Alexander String Quartet. As a member of the ASQ, he has performed more than 2,000 concerts on 5 continents and made numerous recordings, including the complete string quartets of Beethoven (twice), Shostakovich and Bartok. The ASQ received international attention when they won First Prize and Audience Prize at the London International String Quartet Competition in 1985.
Mr. Yarbrough is a passionate educator, serving as Director of the Morrison Chamber Music Center and Professor of Viola at San Francisco State University for 25 years. He and his ASQ colleagues are Artists in Residence with San Francisco Performances. In addition to their home affiliations in San Francisco, the ASQ maintains visiting residencies at St. Lawrence University, Allegheny College and Baruch College of CUNY. Mr. Yarbrough is dedicated to communicating his love and knowledge of chamber music to audiences and students, having developed many programs to explore connections between music and other disciplines and art forms.
Mr. Yarbrough is a native of Clearwater, Florida, where he began his studies of viola, also attending Davidson College, Penn State University, Hartt School of Music and the Juilliard School. He has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from Allegheny College and St. Lawrence University and the Presidential Medal from Baruch College.
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[/pane] [pane width=”500px” float=”left” margin=”0px 0px 70px 0px”] Paul Yarbrough is observing 34 years of service as the founding violist of the Alexander String Quartet. As a member of the ASQ, he has performed more than 2,000 concerts on 5 continents and made numerous recordings, including the complete string quartets of Beethoven (twice), Shostakovich and Bartok. The ASQ received international attention when they won First Prize and Audience Prize at the London International String Quartet Competition in 1985.
Mr. Yarbrough is a passionate educator, serving as Director of the Morrison Chamber Music Center and Professor of Viola at San Francisco State University for 25 years. He and his ASQ colleagues are Artists in Residence with San Francisco Performances. In addition to their home affiliations in San Francisco, the ASQ maintains visiting residencies at St. Lawrence University, Allegheny College and Baruch College of CUNY. Mr. Yarbrough is dedicated to communicating his love and knowledge of chamber music to audiences and students, having developed many programs to explore connections between music and other disciplines and art forms.
Mr. Yarbrough is a native of Clearwater, Florida, where he began his studies of viola, also attending Davidson College, Penn State University, Hartt School of Music and the Juilliard School. He has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from Allegheny College and St. Lawrence University and the Presidential Medal from Baruch College.
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