A new Spokane String Quartet member

Violinist Amanda Howard-Phillips has joined the Spokane String Quartet for its new season, replacing Tracy Dunlop, who has moved to Michigan.

Howard-Phillips is on the Gonzaga University faculty and is current the principal second violin for the Spokane Symphony.

The quartet’s new season consists of these five concerts:

• Sept. 25, Bing Crosby Theater – Hayden, Britten and Beethoven.
• Nov. 13, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox – Shostakovich, Haydn and Sibelius.
• Feb. 19, The Fox – Mozart and Brahms.
• March 11, The Fox – with guest artists, mezzo-soprano Joanne Bouma and pianist Linda Siverts, and music by Brahms and Ravel.
• April 29, Bing Crosby Theater – with guest artist pianist Kendall Feeney, and music by Frank, de Falla, Schoenfield and Shostakovich.

The rest of the quartet consists of Mateusz Wolski, Jeannette Wee-Yang and Helen Byrne.

Season tickets are now available through www.spokanestringquartet.org. Single tickets will go on sale in September.