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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">Please check that everything is correct. </span></span></span></span></span></span>Please do not click 'Register' more than once. If you encounter an issue, email info@aryaloka.org to request assistance.</p>
<p>We look forward to hosting you! Please visit aryaloka.org/about-your-visit for relevant information regarding your visit. Aryaloka Cancellation Policy If a cancellation is made 11 days or more in advance (counting the start date of the event), the deposit will be refunded minus an administrative fee of $25, or the whole fee can be transferred to a future event. If the cancellation is made within 10 days or less of the event, the whole fee can be transferred to a future event, or half the fee will be refunded. If there is a no-show for an event without cancellation prior to the start time of the event, no refund will be made. Exceptions to this policy may be made at the discretion of the Center Manager who can be contacted at info@aryaloka.org.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">We look forward to hosting you! You'll receive a confirmation email shortly. Please </span></span></span></span><a href="https://aryaloka.org/about-your-visit-aryaloka"><span style="color:#1155cc;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span>click here</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"> for relevant information regarding your visit.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.2;"><img alt="" src="https://aryaloka.org/sites/default/files/images/events/Music%20of%20sor…; style="width:800px;height:800px;" /><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">The Aryaloka String Quartet will perform a concert of three quartets by Shostakovich, Max Mueller (the premiere of this work) and Ludwig van Beethoven. Superficially these works are very different. However they all explore and express our very human longings, joys, sorrows, and the desire for transcendence. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
![https://aryaloka.org/sites/default/files/images/events/Music%20of%20sor…](https://aryaloka.org/sites/default/files/images/events/Music%20of%20sorrow%2C%20joy%20and%20transcendence%20Three%20string%20quartets_0.png"){kind=link}
<p style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">The Soviet composer Dimitri Shostakovich composed his fourth quartet in 1949, a time of great challenges for Soviet artists. Yet, while there is apparent discord in its music, it is, at the same time, full of a serene tranquility, lyricism as well as humor and fun.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">The first quartet of the American composer Max Mueller was commissioned for the Aryaloka Quartet by Barbara Thomas. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#2e2623;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">Max Mueller is a Los Angeles based film composer and orchestrator. He has scored several short and feature films. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">At the end of his life Beethoven poured his creative energies into writing five string quartets. Opus 132 is the second of these. Richard Wagner said of these late quartets, “Let us wonder at the entirely new world…that meets us there.” JNW Sullivan writes:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">“In the last quartets…Beethoven is exploring new regions of consciousness. When we come to the last quartets we find a remote spiritual content. We here become aware not only of new syntheses of spiritual elements, but of radically new elements.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">Please join us in traversing these diverse musical landscapes of the human spirit. Listen and dare to be transported and transformed.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">Doors at 6:30pm, concert at 7pm. Light refreshments will be served. All proceeds to benefit </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://wck.org/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAApcxQJu_jbH9RCI7FU5kTN0V2…; style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#1155cc;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span>World Central Kitchen</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">. We will be collecting donations for the musicians on site.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">Learn more about the quartet </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://aryalokastringquartet.com/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#1155cc;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span>here</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">How are we coming together safely?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="list-style-type:disc;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:700;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">If you know you</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="font-weight:700;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:700;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">have been exposed</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"> to Covid-19 or if you have had Covid-19 within a five day period of the event’s start-time, we ask that you not attend in-person.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="list-style-type:disc;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:700;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">Masks</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"> are optional unless otherwise stated. Please wear a mask if you have recovered from Covid-19 and are still between days 6 and 10 from your first positive test.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="list-style-type:disc;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:700;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">If you have cold or flu symptoms</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">, we ask that you do not attend in-person.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">Zoom options are available for some events. Transfer of fees or refunds are also available for illness or illness-preventative related absence.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">Please email </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="mailto:info@aryaloka.org" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#1155cc;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span>info@aryaloka.org</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"> if you have any questions about our safety protocols.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>