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La'Ventus Quartet
Alyssa Hoffert, soprano saxophone, Lauren Wasynczuk, alto saxophone, Ben Carraher, tenor saxophone, Li-Chun Hsiao, baritone saxophone.
We are La'Ventus Quartet, a nationally-recognized chamber ensemble who recently took third place in the 2014 American Prize in Chamber Music Performance. Advocates of new chamber music for saxophone, we spent most of the last year partnering with many esteemed composers to premiere a variety of original works across the country.
我們是La'Ventus四重奏（高音薩克斯風：Alyssa Hoffert，中音薩克斯風：Lauren Wasynczuk，次中音薩克斯風：Ben Carraher，上低音薩克斯風：蕭立群），自2012年組成至今，我們不斷致力於委託創作並發表各式薩克斯風的新作品，尤其與新英格蘭地區的作曲家們有著極為密切的合作關係，並於今年八月贏得了美國大獎(The American Prize)室內樂組的第三名。
Our next major project in collaborating with other great musicians at the highest level and advancing our canon of repertoire is to commission a highly-acclaimed composer who has yet to write specifically for this instrumentation - and to present this new work on an international stage.
"Black Paintings"
World-renown Belgian composer, staunch force in the saxophone world, and friend, Piet Swerts, has agreed to write and have us premiere his first original saxophone quartet, "Black Paintings" at the 2015 XVII World Saxophone Congress in Strasbourg, France. The piece will be approximately 8-10 minutes in duration, and we plan to record it very soon after the premiere. (Despite his multitude of significant contributions to the saxophone solo repertoire, this is indeed his first work for quartet that did not originate from an arrangement of a solo piece.)
我們目前最主要的合作計畫為委託世界知名的比利時作曲家Piet Swerts原創一首給薩克斯風四重奏的曲子，標題為「Black Paintings」，靈感來自於西班牙畫家哥雅的一系列畫作，這將會是他個人第一首寫給薩克斯風四重奏的作品，而作品本身將會於2015年七月在法國史特拉斯堡舉行的第17屆世界薩克斯風研討會由La'Ventus發表。
We Need Your Help!
As four individuals who are frequently traveling and performing, travel costs are often a major issue and an unfortunate barrier to performing. After determining our operating budget, supplemented through a variety of other performances and recent prize winnings, we still need to raise a total of $9000 to commission and premiere the piece. The breakdown is:
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$5000 for the commission
- $4000 for travel assistance to Strasbourg, France to premiere the piece at the 17th World Saxophone Congress in July, 2015 ($1000 for each of us to offset the airfare/hotel/travel costs)
In addition to helping us make this project possible, your donation will be a step towards funding future projects from grants through our fiscal sponsor (Fractured Atlas) that require us to fundraise an initial $1000 before we can apply for their aid.
Absolutely any donation will help! Please spread the word, and as always, thank you for your support!
身為表演藝術工作者，我們經常需要並且樂意前往各地進行演出，但很可惜的，旅費不足常常成為我們難以成行的主因之一。這次的演出計劃由於牽涉到國際機票及各式相關開銷，除去我們所申請的各式補助及演出所得後，我們尚需約9000美元的經費以用於支付作曲費用以及補助前往法國參與研討會發表該作品之部分旅費。約略分項如下：
●委託創作之委託費及各項雜費：$5000美元
●旅費補助（機票、住宿、旅行雜支）：$4000美元（$1000美元/人）
捐款、贊助不限金額，任何金額都能夠幫助我們更接近募款目標。請幫我們廣發這個消息，我們由衷地感謝您的支持。
Please leave your name and contact info after you donate to our project for us to be able to reach you in the future. Thank you.
請於贊助後留下您的姓名與聯絡方式以便我們日後與您聯繫，謝謝。
