“MUSIC AT WESTERN: Quartet is ensemble-in-residence this academic year”

“Ensemble rooted here: Top Canadian stars, local heroes and international guests are in Western Don Wright music faculty’s 2014-2015 lineup.The award-winning Ensemble Made In Canada is this year’s Wright faculty ensemble-in-residence. The piano quartet consists of London-born and Saunders secondary school grad Angela Park, piano; Elissa Lee, violin; Rachel Mercer, cello; and Western’s Sharon Wei, viola.

Known to fans as EMIC, the quartet is at the faculty Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 for lectures, coaching, open rehearsals and a Friday 12:30 p.m. performance at von Kuster hall on their final day of Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quartet in A major.

— James Reaney – The London Free Press 2014