Amati Chamber Music - Atlanta String Quartet

ABOUT OUR MUSICIANS
Amati performers are Atlanta-based professionals who perform regularly with chamber groups and orchestras throughout the Southeast. Our ensemble was formed in 1996. We perform with such organizations as the Atlanta Ballet, the Atlanta Opera, the Atlanta Symphony, the Gwinnett Philharmonic, the Georgia Sinfonia, and the symphonies of Alabama (Birmingham), Savannah, Augusta, Greenville (SC), Columbus, and Macon. We are all full-time musicians with degrees in music.

ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Sarah Paul, cellist, returned to Atlanta in 1996 after performing in the Washington, DC, area for the previous six years. While in DC, she performed chamber music extensively with her ensembles, CON BRIO! and A Musical Offering, and also played regularly with the Crystal Strings and the Strolling Strings. Kate Rivers, music critic for The Washington Post, described a 1996 performance of CON BRIO! as "warm and relaxed music-making" and praised the group's "lovely reading" of Brahms's third piano quartet. In addition, Ms. Paul performed with the Baltimore Opera Orchestra, Opera Americana, the Maryland Ballet Orchestra, and the Arlington, Alexandria, and Richmond Symphonies. Since her return to Atlanta, she has played regularly with the Savannah, Augusta, and Macon Symphonies as well as the Gwinnett Philharmonic. Sarah Paul is formerly the Principal Cellist of the Augusta Symphony and has performed with the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra. She teaches cello lessons and conducts the Atlanta Suzuki String Orchestra. She studied at the Manhattan School of Music and is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore where she studied with Yehuda Hanani. Sarah Paul has performed for more than 500 special occasions from weddings to art openings.