Sun Quartet Entertainment is please to announce that their Dallas, Texas string quartet ensemble is performing at this year’s A-Kon® Banquet with the Stars. A-Kon® is the nation’s longest-running anime (Japanese animation) convention, and also one of the largest, with over 10,000 attendees last year. 
 
The Dallas group is comprised of professional string musicians who perform throughout the North Texas region for weddings, parties, banquets, concerts, and other special events. In the last five years of its existence, it has played for hundreds of clients, including WRR Classical 101.1 radio, Bride TV, ARTSnet, and Charles Schwab. The quartet has performed three times previously for the banquet, and is honored to perform again for the fans and guest stars of the convention.
 
They will be performing selections of contemporary music from anime, representing diverse works spanning several decades of Japanese TV and film. The music has been arranged for the quartet by Mark Ross, a composer from Kansas and an anime fan, and Mark Arthur, President and Artistic director of Sun Quartet Entertainment. Mark has also been a volunteer with the A-Kon® video-staff for eleven years, and has performed on the viola with the quartet at past banquets.
 
About the company:

Sun Quartet Entertainment is a music company that provides string ensemble performances for special events, and creates related audio, video, and print media products. We have been in business since 2001, and currently have three string quartet ensembles based in Dallas, Carrollton, and Frisco, Texas which are available for booking musical events. The Sun Quartet name is an homage to Franz Joseph Haydn's Op. 20 collection of string quartets composed in 1772. The quartets were named the "sun quartets" after the title-page design of the first printed edition in 1774. We perform a wide variety of music styles. Our repertoire includes selections from the great masters of Classical music to selections from Broadway, the Movies, Latin, and Pop music. String music adds a distinctive ambiance of elegance and class to your event. We are committed to designing a unique and beautiful live music performance to make your event an unforgettable experience which your guests will talk about for years to come.

Please visit us at www.sunquartet.com to download an information packet and music samples, or call us at 214-663-4904 to find out how we can make your special occasion an extraordinary event.

About the musical artists:

Lucia Neaga – Violin I

Ms. Neaga began her early musical education and violin studies in her native Moldova, at the special Music School for Gifted and Talented Students in Kishinev and continued in Russia, at the Gorky State Conservatory, where she earned her Master’s and Doctor’s degrees in Violin Performance and Musical Theory. Ms. Neaga has taken part in prestigious international music festivals in Romania and France, and was the prizewinner in the All-Moldavian Competition and a finalist in the All-Russia Violin Competition in Kazan, USSR.  Ms. Neaga currently plays with different ensembles including the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, and is the Concertmaster of the Allen Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. 

Jennifer Seagraves – Violin II

Jennifer Seagraves received a degree in music education with emphasis in violin and voice from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She is currently the principal of the second violin section in the Allen Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. In addition to performing, she maintains a private studio, and co-founded the Carrollton String Orchestra, a teaching orchestra for young people. 

Beverly Marsh – Viola

Beverly is the principal violist of the Allen Philharmonic, and went to the University of Texas at Austin and Trinity University. She has performed as a freelance artist with many ensembles, including the Dallas Symphony, the San Antonio Symphony, the Richardson Symphony, the East Texas Symphony, the Wichita Falls Symphony, and the Waco Symphony. She is a member of the American Federation of Musicians.

Christine Glass – Cello

Christine Glass attended Texas Christian University, where she received her Bachelor's of Music Education degree. She currently teaches in Lewisville ISD, and teaches many private students in her cello/bass studio. She has performed as a freelance cellist with many area orchestras, including the Allen Symphony. She is one of the original founding members of Sun Quartet Entertainment.