{{Short description|American saxophone quartet, established 2010}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} The '''Sinta Quartet''' is an American saxophone quartet, founded at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in November 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newmusicusa.org/profile/dsq/|title=Donald Sinta Quartet|website=New Music USA|language=en|access-date=2019-01-01|archive-date=14 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214174416/https://www.newmusicusa.org/profile/dsq/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://centerstage.conn-selmer.com/../artists/donald-sinta-quartet|title=Donald Sinta Quartet|website=Centerstage|language=en|access-date=2019-01-01}}{{404|date=June 2025}}</ref> All members of the quartet studied with the group's namesake, University of Michigan Professor of Saxophone Donald Sinta.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jconline.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/10/29/donald-sinta-quartet/18118787/|title=Donald Sinta Quartet a tribute to greatness|website=Journal & Courier|language=en|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://smtd.umich.edu/muse/2013/fall/students.html|title=Student News - Michigan Muse - UM School of Music, Theatre & Dance|website=smtd.umich.edu|access-date=2018-08-15|archive-date=14 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214033511/http://smtd.umich.edu/muse/2013/fall/students.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The group's members are:<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2013/10/u-m_born_donald_sinta_quartet.html|title=U-M born Donald Sinta Quartet wins Concert Artists Guild competition|work=MLive.com|access-date=2018-08-15|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Dan Graser - soprano saxophone * Zachary Stern - alto saxophone * Joseph Girard - tenor saxophone * Danny Hawthorne-Foss - baritone saxophone
The Sinta Quartet is currently managed by General Arts Touring.<ref>{{Cite web|title=General Arts Touring|url=https://www.generalartstouring.com/roster|access-date=2021-07-25|website=genarts|language=en}}</ref>
==Awards and recognition == *2012, 1st Prize of the North American Saxophone Alliance Quartet Competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.davidbiedenbender.com/2012-north-american-saxophone-alliance-quartet-competition/|title=2012 North American Saxophone Alliance Quartet Competition {{!}} David Biedenbender|last=CodeHunk|website=www.davidbiedenbender.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-15|archive-date=2019-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214115632/https://www.davidbiedenbender.com/2012-north-american-saxophone-alliance-quartet-competition/|url-status=dead}}</ref> *2013, Alice Coleman Grand Prize of the Coleman Chamber Music Competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.colemanchambermusic.org/history/|title=A Brief History of the Coleman Concerts {{!}} Coleman Chamber Music Association|website=www.colemanchambermusic.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://riverreporter.com/%E2%80%98then-and-now%E2%80%99-donald-sinta-quartet-0|title='Then and Now' with the Donald Sinta Quartet|date=2015-11-04|website=The River Reporter|language=en|access-date=2019-01-01}}{{404|date=June 2025}}</ref> *2013, 1st Prize of the Concert Artists Guild Competition.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2013/10/u-m_born_donald_sinta_quartet.html|title=U-M born Donald Sinta Quartet wins Concert Artists Guild competition|work=MLive.com|access-date=2018-08-15|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grbj.com/articles/78440-quartet-wins-management-contract?v=preview|title=Quartet wins management contract|website=www.grbj.com|access-date=2019-01-01|archive-date=2019-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214174314/https://www.grbj.com/articles/78440-quartet-wins-management-contract?v=preview|url-status=dead}}</ref> *2017, 1st Prize for Winds of the M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mprize.umich.edu/semi-finalists-2017.html|title=M-PRIZE|website=M-PRIZE|language=en|access-date=2018-08-15|archive-date=2018-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819130114/http://mprize.umich.edu/semi-finalists-2017.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> *2018, Gold Medal at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fischoff.org/news/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-2018-fischoff-competition/|title=Congratulations to the Winners of the 2018 Fischoff Competition - Fischoff|website=www.fischoff.org|date=13 May 2018 |language=en|access-date=2018-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theviolinchannel.com/callisto-quartet-2018-fischoff-chamber-music-competition-grand-prize/|title=Fischoff 2018 winners|date=13 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/callisto-quartet-wins-fischoff-chamber-music-competition/7829.article|title=Callisto Quartet wins Fischoff Chamber Music Competition|last= |date=2018-05-14 |website=The Strad|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref>
== Recordings ==
* "[http://www.concertartists.org/recordings/collider Collider] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729003509/http://www.concertartists.org/recordings/collider |date=29 July 2019 }}" Released 6/9/2019 on Concert Artists Guild Records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.concertartists.org/recordings/collider|title=Collider|website=Concert Artists Guild|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-29|archive-date=29 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729003509/http://www.concertartists.org/recordings/collider|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.donaldsintaquartet.com/collider|title=COLLIDER {{!}} Donald Sinta Quartet|website=donald-sinta-quartet|language=en|access-date=2019-07-29|archive-date=2017-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322204142/https://www.donaldsintaquartet.com/collider|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Collider by Donald Sinta Quartet|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/collider/1468907091|language=en-us|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> *"[https://www.brightshiny.ninja/ex-machina Ex Machina]" Release Date 2/28/2020 on Bright Shiny Things.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brightshiny.ninja/|title=Bright Shiny Things|website=Bright Shiny Things|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> *"[https://www.brightshiny.ninja/sinta-quartet-plays-beethoven Sinta Quartet Plays Beethoven]" Released 12/15/2023 on Bright Shiny Things. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Bright Shiny Things |url=https://www.brightshiny.ninja/sinta-quartet-plays-beethoven |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Bright Shiny Things |language=en-US}}</ref>
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Category:Saxophone quartets Category:University of Michigan Category:Musical groups established in 2010 Category:2010 establishments in Michigan