I must address a quote that was attributed to me in the Nov. 18 Boston Sunday Globe front-page story on the Harlem Quartet, an admirable article in most other ways (“Four dependent parts, one giant hole”). I am quoted as saying that the Harlem Quartet did not play as well as other quartets, but that I chose them for New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program because I was excited that they were a minority group. This statement is a composite of two unrelated thoughts expressed in an interview several minutes apart, but combined in the article into a single paragraph.
This is what happened:
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We were proud and delighted to have the Harlem Quartet play at the Ellingwood Chapel in Nahant as part of our chamber music series earlier this year after hearing them play at the Rockport Music Festival. I agree with Mr. Katz's assessment of both the article and their musicality. Ms. White brings beauty and charm to the quartet on many levels.