Echelon String Quartet - $6

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Members of Red Pine


"Permutations of Red Pine"


September 2026



A Red Pine tree was planted at the corner of 212 Merry Street in the late 60s that evolved over the decades into a cooperative household. We are making it a place for comity and creativity; Clarity and the imagination; we change detritus of early 21st century late stage capitalism into art, shrine, paintings, music, sculptures, urban Permaculture and homesteading experiments. We appreciate the used, the worn out, ever crumbling and reassembling; as we all are all the time.
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Saturday, January 19, 2013

The Echelon String Quartet is equally comfortable performing with classical chamber ensembles as they are sharing the stage with rock bands. A large part of their repertoire includes their own arrangements of everything from rock music to jazz standards and audiences are entertained by their fun interpretations of contemporary classical music.

All Wisconsin natives, the four musicians met while pursuing degrees in music from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. During their time at UW-Whitewater, the group received a National Undergraduate Research Grant to commission and perform a piece of music by a living composer. The result of the grant was \"Seven Sultry Gothic Love Songs\", a seven-movement work for string quartet and percussion by New York-based composer Eric Schwartz. Other recent performances include participation as the resident string quartet in the Branson, Missouri Taneycomo Festival Orchestra, the Broom Street Theater Sessions and the Wurst Times Music Festival.

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