“Playtime,” despite winning the 2020 Leo Kaplan Award, has not been performed since its 2019 debut. One of the values of the series is that it champions less heard but frequently extraordinary chamber works. Cole will become the youngest composer featured in the So Hot Right Now series, having been born in 1993. The all-female Rosette quartet, which includes violinists Ellen Cockerham Riccio and Treesa Gold, violist Kimberly Ryan and cellist Steph Barrett, will perform six concerts over the month of June, including a kid-centric pajama party, will feature composer TJ Cole’s “Playtime: 10 miniatures for string sextet.” As the title implies, the sextet requires additional players they will be violist Danielle Wiebe Burke, an integral part of the group’s 2021 Kenji Bunche program, and Richmond Symphony cellist Peter Greydanus.Ĭole, who uses they/she pronouns, has an impressive career for a young artist, with work commissioned or performed by orchestras around the United States.

'Allowing listeners to experience the music in their preferred setting at a price they can afford, and also giving them the rare opportunity to hear a new piece more than once.'

The series 'brings the freshest, hottest voices in classical music to Richmond audiences by performing works by one living composer several times over the course of one month in various venues and at a range of price points,' according to the website. At a house party on Monday, the Rosette Quartet unveiled the artist focus for their month-long So Hot Right Now series which will take place at various venues in June.

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