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Violinist Maureen Choi is a Michigander making international waves. Her band the Maureen Choi Quartet fuses a blend of styles to create a sound that some describe as "Spanish chamber¹ jazz."

But Choi doesn't like putting her work into a box. She describes her compositions as a blend of Western classical music, jazz, music from the Spanish diaspora, and Western chamber music concepts.

Both of Choi's parents are musically-inclined. Her mother sang soprano and her father played Spanish guitar. Choi, who now resides in Madrid, says that she's long been inspired by Spanish music.

The only word that comes to mind when I describe Spanish music is that it's just handsome, Choi said.

She got her first violin when she was just three years old. As an adult, Choi said it took some time for her to figure out whether she really wanted to pursue a career as a professional musician. But after exploring alternative paths, including working at a doctor's office and a Whole Foods, Choi says she kept coming back to her instrument.

Theia, the Maureen Choi Quartet's most recent album, was released in March of this year. Choi says the name was inspired by the Titaness Theia in Greek mythology². She's the mother of the moon goddess Selene, the sun god Helios, and Eos, the goddess of the dawn. Theia is also the name astronomers³ gave to a planet that collided with the earth 4.5 billion years ago, causing the formation of the moon.

Writing the music for this album helped Choi to cope with a particularly rough year in her personal life. She composed the song "September, the First" after losing her first child to a miscarriage⁴. Choi describes the track as “a very simple song that's extremely beautiful in its sadness.

This album is a representation of chaos⁵ and loss, Choi said. But I came out stronger, with more colors and different perspectives, at the end.

The Maureen Choi Quartet will be performing Wednesday, June 19 at Cliff Bell's in Detroit; Saturday, June 22 at the Summer Solstice Jazz Festival in East Lansing; and Sunday, June 23 at the Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor⁶.

This post was written by Stateside production assistant Isabella Isaacs-Thomas.

1 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

2 mythology   

n.神话，神话学，神话集

参考例句：

• In Greek mythology,Zeus was the ruler of Gods and men.在希腊神话中，宙斯是众神和人类的统治者。
• He is the hero of Greek mythology.他是希腊民间传说中的英雄。

3 astronomers   

n.天文学者，天文学家( astronomer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Astronomers can accurately foretell the date,time,and length of future eclipses. 天文学家能精确地预告未来日食月食的日期、时刻和时长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings. 天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪，为什么只有土星有光环。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 miscarriage   

n.失败，未达到预期的结果；流产

参考例句：

• The miscarriage of our plans was a great blow.计划的失败给我们以巨大的打击。
• Women who smoke are more to have a miscarriage.女性吸烟者更容易流产。

5 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

6 arbor   

n.凉亭；树木

参考例句：

• They sat in the arbor and chatted over tea.他们坐在凉亭里，边喝茶边聊天。
• You may have heard of Arbor Day at school.你可能在学校里听过植树节。