Jacob Garchik String Sextet

String Sextet augments the Jacob Garchik Trio with the Caravel String Trio. This exciting new composition by Jacob Garchik is presented through the generosity of Chamber Music America. 

Jacob Garchik, Dan Weiss and Jacob Sacks met in 1995 as teenage students at the Manhattan School of Music. They quickly discovered a mutual passion for experimentation and spontaneity. They’ve since performed at venues such as Tonic, Cornelia St Cafe, at the University of Michigan, and at the AMR in Geneva, Switzerland. Two CDs have been critically acclaimed by the New York Times and Time Out.

Guest artists the Caravel String Trio officially formed in 2008. Having played together for years in various combinations, all three are members of the dynamic New York City-based orchestra The Knights, a group whose recent engagements have included two recordings for the Sony Classical label and performances at the Dresden Musikfestspiele. 

The sextet will explore the unusual textures that result from a jazz trio of trombone, piano, and drums, plus a string trio. The string trio will be treated as both an outside entity which will face off with the jazz trio, and as a pool of individuals who mesh with the trio players in varied combinations.

Jacob Garchik: Trombone, Compositions
Jacob Sacks: Piano
Dan Weiss: Drums
Kristi Helberg: Violin
Miranda Sielaff: Viola
Jane O’Hara: Cello