| Part of Series | Symphony Space Live |
| Length | 59:00 |
| Licensor | Murray Street Productions |
| Producer(s) | Murray Street Productions/Symphony Space |
| Formats | |
| Topics | Asian, Entertainment, Music |
| Produced | 2006 |
| Added to PRX | March 15, 2007 |
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The Ying Americans put the focus on new American music for string quartet through commissioned work.
http://www.murraystreet.com/symphonyspace
Symphony Space Live is produced by Steve Rathe and David Goren at Murray Street Productions - in association with Symphony Space.
Our writer is Jackson Braider. Music recordings by Saundra Palmer Grassi, Edward Haber and David Schneerman. Thanks to the World Music Institute for the Celtic Fiddle Festival. The executive producers are Isaiah Sheffer and Cynthia Elliott.
Symphony Space will be familiar to many listeners as the New York home of public radio's long running Selected Shorts literary program. This new offering is one of several self contained pilots for a proposed series.
Engaging, Informational, Sound Rich
English
The Ying Americans -- The family based Ying Quartet puts the focus on new American music for string quartet through commissioned work. The program features the Samuel Barber String Quartet the 75 year old icon of American string quartets and bright new commissioned works by Michael Torke {Tor-key} and Patrick Zimmerli {Zim-mer-lee}.
