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Quadre has garnered raves across the nation. Below is a sampling of what has been said and written about us. See also Quotes.

On the horn:
Local French horn quartet debuts new CD

By Molly Tannenbaum
Mountain View Voice

(February 2006) The French horn is like the Merlot grape. Vintners know to throw in some Merlot to rescue a harsh Cabernet, and composers use the mellow, velvety tones of the French horn to create a blended orchestra sound. But the Merlot grape also makes fine wine in its own right. Enter the French horn quartet.

Quadre: The Voice of Four Horns, brings this rare delight to Mountain View. It is the only regularly playing French horn quartet in the country, and the group has just finished its second album, "Citrus."
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Recording Review: Citrus

By Bob Ashworth
Hornplayer

(December 2006) ... From the outset the homogeneity of the group is in evidence. Their attention to details of balance, ensemble and intonation is exemplary throughout and there is some particularly fine work in the middle and low registers that results in a firm and dense texture.
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Recording Review: Citrus

By John Dressler
International Horn Call

(May 2006) What could possibly be new for horn quartet? We've got the American Horn Quartet and the Transatlantic Horn Quartet. Doesn't that just about sum it up? Not on your life! Here are four amazingly talented young hornists with some very hip music for audiences of all ages, not just the musically-trained hornist! These are peppy, jazz-based pieces with some sort of dance element in nearly all of them. As the variety of titles suggests, one will encounter Latin/Spanish rhythms, American idioms, and other contrasts of setting. There are movements of slow tempi with some beautiful cantabile melodies as well. The quartet's blend, intonation, and musical interpretation are excellent. In many spots, they almost sound like one person doing a multi-track recording. There are moments of inspiration, sorrow, silliness, love, virtuosic display, but above all: just plain fun.
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Quadre Zaps Myth That Classical Stuff's Stuffy

By Nancy Raabe
Birmingham News Staff Writer

(May 2000) Over the past nine months, a not-so-quiet revolution has been taking place around the state.

The leading agents of this movement go by the code name of "QUADRE, The Voice of Four Horns." Their mission: to explode the elitism of the classical concert-going experience.
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QUADRE : The Voice of Four Horns
Is Back in the Golden State

(November 2000) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — After playing 125 concerts and entertaining and educating over 24,000 people in California, Alabama and Colorado, QUADRE has returned to California. As part of the Chamber Music America Rural Residency program last year, the French horn quartet spent nine months in Selma, Ala., bringing their unique combination of chamber music and community outreach to the South.
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Mountain View Musician Teaches Students a Love of Music

By Jaime Bloss
Mountain View Voice

(November 2000) French horn player Daniel Wood has returned to his Mountain View roots to give the love of music back to his hometown.

Wood, 26, a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles, formed Quadre: The Voice of Four Horns in 1998, in an effort to inform audiences about the arts today and to support a healthy artistic environment for tomorrow, according to the group.
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Quadre Captures Hearts During Stay

By Nancy Raabe
Birmingham News Staff Writer

(May 2000) They came from California. They played Alabama. And they conquered 14,000 hearts and minds, as part of their effort to make music an indispensable part of all of our lives. Formally, this quartet of youthful West Coasters is hailed around Alabama as "QUADRE, The Voice of Four Horns." Colloquially, it's been hailed on the streets of Selma as "The Quadras" - as in, "Hey there, you Quadras!" when two or more happen to be out and about.
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Music and Motion

By Armando Castellano

(February 2000) SELMA, Al. — What do you call four horns from California when you stick them in middle of Alabama? Why QUADRE of course! What do we do, you ask? Well, we are a horn quartet that teaches and performs for schools and communities just like yours. We interact with elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, universities and professional artistic groups.
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