Johnson County Community College
Press Release
College Information and Publications
913-469-8500
Julie Haas, Director, ext. 3120
Peggy Graham, Writer, ext. 3425
Tyler Cundith, Sports Information Director, ext. 3122
11/06/06
Story by Peggy Graham
Quartet Accorda Boasts Gifted Strings
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| left to right: Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, Martin Storey, Kanako Ito, Ben Sayevich |
he Quartet Accorda, composed of four of Kansas City’s most talented string players, will perform at noon Monday, Dec. 4, in the Recital Hall of the Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, as the concluding free Ruel Joyce recital for fall 2006.
Kanako Ito and Ben Sayevich, violin, Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, viola, and Martin Storey, cello, all studied at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, although their years of study did not coincide. They first performed together as a string quartet at the Yellow Barn Music Festival, Vt., in 1995, but the members lived in three different cities.
In 1999, Chun was offered the position of assistant professor, viola, at the University of Kansas, where Sayevich had already been violin professor for several years. In 2000, Ito was appointed as concertmistress of the Kansas City Symphony and eventually was joined by her husband, cellist Martin Story, formerly of London. Once in Kansas City, the group gave its official debut in May 2001. Since then the quartet has performed regularly in the Midwest as well as East coast in the summers.
The quartet has broadcast on Maine Public Radio and TV and is heard regularly on Kansas Public Radio.
The series is named for Ruel Joyce, a longtime jazz bassist who headed the local musicians federation from 1977 until his death in 1989. For more information, call 913-469-8500, ext. 3605.
