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Praise for the Taos Chamber Music Group!

“One of the great treasures of Taos” -The Taos News 
“Big magic…silken ensemble playing” -Albuquerque Journal
“A remarkable concert of juxtaposed styles” -Horse Fly 
“Depth, vitality and inventiveness” -Spencer Beckwith, KUNM

Press Release

Taos Chamber Music Group Presents

Spring Festival featuring alumni from the Taos School of Music
Chamber Music Festival
Saturday, April 11 5:30 pm and Sunday, April 12, 2026 3:30 p.m.
at the Harwood Museum in Taos, New Mexico

Taos Chamber Music Group presents the Third Annual appearance of alumni from the
prestigious Taos School of Music Chamber Music Festival. For this concert, four young
alumni artists who are already making their way in the professional world will share
their exceptional talent in this program. In preparation for their performances, they
have been coached by Brentano String Quartet’s cellist and Taos School of Music faculty
member, Nina Lee.
Jeremiah Blacklow, violin (2017), is a founding member of the Renaissance String
Quartet. He is deeply committed to chamber music and community engagement and
serves as Principal Second Violin of the Glimmerglass Opera Festival.
Jihyun Baik, violin (2024), is a dedicated chamber musician and teaching artist. She has
performed at Aspen, Taos, and the Heifetz Institute, and serves on the faculty of Musart
Music and the Harmony Program.
Natalie Clarke, viola (2025) is an active soloist, chamber musician, and advocate for
new music. Natalie is deeply committed to musical outreach and regularly curates
performances for community-based settings in New York.
Hannah Rubin, cello (2025), is an active chamber musician and collaborator based in
New York City. She is deeply engaged in music outreach throughout the city.
Their program will feature two string quartets, Franz Joseph Haydn (G Major, Op. 33,
Nol 5), one of the “Russian” quartets nicknamed, “How do you Do” and Felix
Mendelssohn (A minor, Op. 13, No. 2). Haydn, known as “Papa Haydn”, created the
four-movement string quartet structure. Mendelssohn’s string quartets were greatly
influenced by Haydn, and this quartet was written as homage to Ludwig van Beethoven
who had died earlier that year whose compositional techniques also shaped his writing.
The Taos Chamber Music Group 33rd season ends May 16 and 17 with a program from
the High Baroque period by Santa Fe’s remarkable baroque ensemble, Market Music.
For more information on artists, programs, and performances, visit
taoschambermusicgroup.org. Tickets at taoschambermusicgroup.org.