Quatuor Satie features Frédéric Aurier and Aude Lefevre on violin, Patrick Oriol on viola and Guillaume Lafeuille on cello. The four began playing together about one and a half years ago, and are all graduates of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon, France.

They perform regularly in concerts throughout France and on television and radio, and have come to The Banff Centre to take some much-needed time away from every-day commitments to strengthen as a quartet and work on developing some new repertoire for performances.

These "casual afternoon" recitals, on selected Tuesday and Thursdays at 4:30 pm, take place in the Chamber Music Room (now named the Bentley Chamber Music Studio) in the Music building.

The recitals are free and are scheduled according to the musician’s goals as they proceed through the residency programs. Please call The Box Office each week for current concert information.

Also this week, visiting artists Jane Coop and Jeremy Brown share the stage with the resident musicians on Friday, November 10 at 7:30 pm in Rolston Recital Hall. Pianist Jane Coop has established herself as one of Canada’s most prominent and distinguished musicians, and is currently on faculty at the University of British Columbia. Saxophonist Jeremy Brown is Professor of Music at the University of Calgary and is widely recognized as an author, performer and educator. Both are here at The Banff Centre to collaborate with the musicians in the program and offer career and artistic advice to the residents.

For further details or tickets, please call The Banff Centre Box Office at 762-6301. Friday evening concerts are $15 for adults and $10 for seniors/students. Sundays and noon-hour concerts are pay-what-you-can. Programming subject to change.

Photos available on FTP site:
Jane Coop (ftp://ftp.banffcentre.ab.ca/pub/incoming/music/coop2.jpg)
Jeremy Brown (ftp://ftp.banffcentre.ab.ca/pub/incoming/music/brown.jpg)