Dover String Quartet with Romie de Guise-Langlois, Clarinet

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Dover String Quartet with Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet

CMSFW was part of a group that commissioned Pierre Jalbert to compose a work, “Clarinet Quintet,” to be performed by the Dover String Quartet and clarinetist Romie de Guise-Langlois. Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, Arizona Friends of Chamber Music and Houston Chamber Music Society joined in the collaboration. This performance will be the first time it will be heard in the metroplex.

BBC Music Magazine named Dover Quartet as one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years. The group earned two Grammy-Award nominations and is one of the world’s most in-demand chamber ensembles. Dover Quartet is the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Program includes:
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart – String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387
Pierre Jalbert – Clarinet Quintet
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581

*Artists or program may be subject to change.

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Photo by Claire McAdams and Roy Cox

Clarinet

Praised as “extraordinary” and “a formidable clarinetist” by The New York Times, Romie de Guise-Langlois has appeared as soloist and chamber musician on major concert stages throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia. She has appeared at numerous chamber music series and performed as principal clarinetist for the Orpheus and St. Paul Chamber Orchestras. She is a member of the Boston Chamber Music Society and an alumnus of Ensemble Connect and The Bowers Program. She is associate professor of clarinet at University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Romie de Guise-Langlois’s Website

Violin

As of July 2025, Joel Link is concertmaster for the Cleveland Orchestra. He will continue as violinist for the Dover Quartet, the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music. Mr. Link is an active soloist and chamber musician. He has been a top prize winner of numerous competitions including the Johansen International Competition in Washington, D.C. and the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in England, for which he was featured in The Strad magazine. Mr. Link has appeared on numerous radio shows, including NPR’s From the Top.

The Dover Quartet’s Website

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Violin

Bryan Lee is a violinist with the Dover Quartet, the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music. Mr. Lee has performed as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Delaware, Lansdowne, and Temple University symphony orchestras, among others. He was awarded the bronze medal at the 2005 Stulberg International String Competition and won second prize at the 2004 Kingsville Young Performers Competition. He has been featured on NPR’s From the Top and has attended Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, La Jolla Music Society’s Summerfest, Music from Angel Fire, Encore School for Strings, Sarasota Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, and the Perlman Music Program.

The Dover Quartet’s Website

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Viola

Julianne Lee joins the Dover Quartet, the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music, as its violist in September 2023. She has forged a remarkable career as both a violinist and violist, frequently appearing as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. She holds the position of assistant principal second violinist at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and has been a member of the BSO violin section since 2006, serving as acting assistant concertmaster from 2013 to 2015. From 2017 to 2019, she was also the principal second violinist of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

The Dover Quartet’s Website

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Cello

Camden Shaw is the cellist of the Dover Quartet, the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music. He has appeared with the ensemble in performances all over the world to great acclaim. Mr. Shaw has collaborated in chamber music with such renowned artists as Daniel Hope, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and the late Leon Fleischer, and maintains an active career as a soloist. Highlights from recent seasons include a performance of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, Op. 56 with the Artosphere Festival Orchestra, where Shaw also holds the principal chair; and the release of his solo album by Unipheye Music, which was met with critical praise.

The Dover Quartet’s Website

Photo by Roy Cox