Fry Street Quartet
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The Fry Street Quartet is an American string quartet
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...

 in residence at the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University
Utah State University
Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....

. They performe at festivals and venues around the world, and have garnered an excellent reputation and numerous awards in the process. The quartet consists of first violinist William Fedkenheuer, second violinist Rebecca McFaul, violist Bradley Ottesen, and cellist Anne Francis.

The Fry Street Quartet formed In 1997, naming itself after their first rehearsal space in Chicago
Chicago
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. Fry Street's list of accomplishments includes the Millennium Grand Prize at the 2000 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
Begun in South Bend, Indiana, USA in 1973, the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition is the largest chamber music competition in the world, and the only with separate Junior and Senior Divisions...

, the largest such competition in the world. The quartet debuted at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....

 in 2001, and has won awards at the Yellow Springs Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition, among others. The New York Times recently called them "a triumph of ensemble playing."

When not traveling, each member of the quartet teaches full-time in the acclaimed strings program at Utah State University
Utah State University
Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....

. The quartet plays and practices in the acclaimed Performance Hall
Performance Hall (Utah State University)
The Manon Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall is a modern recital hall on the campus of Utah State University.The Performance Hall, by which name it is usually known, was a gift to USU from two alumni sisters in 2006. Since its opening, the Performance Hall has become widely known...

 on campus. Prior to coming to USU in 2002, the group was in residence in Hickory, North Carolina
Hickory, North Carolina
Hickory is a city in Catawba County, North Carolina. Hickory has the 162nd largest urban area in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 341,851, making it the 4th largest metropolitan area in North Carolina. The city's population was 37,222...

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