Rising Quartet

The members of Rising – Nora Frisk (viola), Mary Kothman (violin), Elizabeth Start (cello) and Lisa Williams (violin) – are realizing a dream of performing in an all-female quartet and presenting a sampling of wide-ranging styles of music by women. The quartet’s purpose is to raise up works by women composers and continue to rise themselves to more programmatic challenges and opportunities.

This free performance highlights Black History Month and features Florence Price’s String Quartet # 2 in a minor.

Support for this performance was arranged through the Kalamazoo Federation of Musicians, with a grant provided by the Music Performance Trust Fund, which is funded by Recording Companies in Canada and the United States.