Canada.com: “After 17 years and almost 2,000 concerts, several Grammy and Juno Award nominations, performances in the world’s finest concert halls and a concert at the White House, violinist Barry Shiffman figured it was a fitting time to take up new challenges and say goodbye to his friends in the St. Lawrence String Quartet…. He will step down, after a tour of Australia in August, to become the director of music programs at the Banff Centre for the Arts.”