Read an San Diego News Network article about the Hutchins Consort.
We are saddened by the passing of Dr.Carleen Hutchins [pdf].
The Hutchins Consort announces it's merger with New Violin Family Association.

Hutchins Consort Announces Merger with New Violin Family Association & $100,000 Challenge Grant

ENCINITAS, CA - (January 14, 2010) The Hutchins Consort announces the completion of its merger with the New Violin Family Association, the legacy of Dr. Carleen Hutchins. The Hutchins Consort also announces a major challenge grant. An anonymous donor has offered to match $1 for $1, monies raised before the end of the current fiscal year (through June 30, 2010), up to $100,000. To read more about these two momentous events, please click here.

The Hutchins Consort

The Hutchins Consort plays on the eight scaled violins of the violin octet designed and built by famed luthier Dr. Carleen Hutchins. The instruments are the first successful attempt to create an acoustically balanced set of instruments that can sound truly like violins across the entire range of written music. With instruments ranging from the tiny treble violin, tuned one octave above the standard violin, to the gigantic large bass violin, tuned one octave lower than a 'cello, the Hutchins Consort produces an astonishing palette of sounds.

Based in Southern California, the Hutchins Consort brings together a group of extraordinary virtuosi to tackle the challenge of adapting the techniques of traditional strings, as well as inventing new techniques, to master the instruments Dr. Hutchins created.

The Hutchins Consort plays music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance to the music of the modern masters. With original compositions and transcriptions commissioned by the Catgut Acoustical Society for the octet of violins, and new transcriptions by members of the Consort, The Hutchins Consort displays a breadth and depth that few traditional groups match, and a sound that is truly unique.

The Hutchins Consort is a 501(c)3 not for profit organization. Donations to the Hutchins Consort are deductible as allowed by law.