Peaks + Prairies Quartet
Striving for the Quintessence of Fine Music
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Summer 2025: Live from the Rockies concerts in Banff
Since 2009, Calgary-based Peaks + Prairies Quartet (formerly known as the Volante String Quartet) has been performing at all kinds of events, from formal classical music concerts to weddings, receptions, galas, educational outreach programs, and a multitude of corporate events. The quartet has collaborated with many instrumentalists, singers and ensembles alike from Calgary's music scene over this time.
Most recently, the quartet worked closely with Edmonton-based Mercury Opera for a series of outdoor shows presented by Downtown Calgary. The quartet's passion is to take chamber music out of the concert hall and introduce it to new audiences in unexpected places. The quartet's wide range of repertoire covers popular music favorites and arrangements ranging from baroque to jazz genres, in addition to standard classical string quartet compositions.
AFFILIATION AND COLLABORATION
THE PEAKS + PRAIRIES QUARTET HAS PERFORMED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT ALBERTA AND B.C.
Notable venues and organizations include:
Calgary
University of Calgary
Foothills Hospital
SAIT Polytechnic
Mount Royal University
Esker Foundation Gallery
Calgary Public Library
Red and White Club of Calgary
Country Hills Golf Club
Downtown Calgary - Stephen Avenue
Peter Lougheed House
River Cafe
Heritage Park
Calgary Petroleum Club
Hyatt Regency
Fairmont Palliser
The Mariott
Taylor Family Digital Library
Steinway Pianos of Calgary
MacEwan Conference and Dining Centre
Cochrane
Cochrane Ranche House
Banff National Park
Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
The Banff Centre
Château Lake Louise
British Columbia
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Golden B.C.
The Peaks + Prairies Quartet also actively collaborates with music and arts groups in Alberta.
Collaborative productions include:
Mercury Opera of Edmonton: Alley Oop Opera Show, an Operascape in partnership with Downtown Calgary, Calgary Boys Choir, Calgary Youth Chorus, EnChor Chamber Choir, Unversity of Calgary - School of Creative and Performing Arts
REPERTOIRE
A full repertoire list is available upon request.
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