Friction Quartet with Sarah Cahill

Max Stoffregen The Gila: Mesa, River, and Mountain World Premiere Piers Hellawell new string quartet World Premiere Geoffrey Gordon ABACISCUS.

For this concert, Friction Quartet will be joined by pianist Sarah Cahill to bring the beauty and wonder of “Gila Country” to life in the world premiere of Bay Area composer Max Stoffregen’s The Gila: Mesa, River, and Mountain. This new piano quintet was inspired by Stoffregen’s foot travels through Arizona and New Mexico along the Grand Enchantment Trail and it is his hope that you will experience the mystery and vitality of this great landscape through the dimension of sound.