The story of the Uptown String Quartet, told by Lesa Terry

Lesa Terry is a violinist, arranger, educator and composer. She frequently performs around the Los Angeles area and beyond and is a professor in Santa Monica College's music department. Here, she discusses the Uptown String Quartet, which formed in the 1980's and received significant support from Max Roach. The group may have been the first string quartet made up entirely of Black women.
Adam Reese interviewed Lesa Terry in Playa Vista, CA on June 24th, 2023. This discussion first aired on KXLU 88.9 FM Los Angeles on January 23rd, 2024.
This interview is available in podcast form via The Pointed Nose (the-pointed-nose.simplecast.com/)
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