{"id":616,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/msqbenefitconcert\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:37","slug":"msqbenefitconcert","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/msqbenefitconcert\/","title":{"rendered":"Famed Manhattan String Quartet to play benefit concert at WCSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"sharingTools\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/sharingtools.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"breadcrumb\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/breadcrumb.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n    &#013;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014  WestConn Hearts Haiti, a campaign created by Western Connecticut State University to raise funds in support of the rebuilding effort in Haiti, will host a benefit concert on <strong>Wednesday, April 21<\/strong>. The world-renowned Manhattan String Quartet (MSQ) will perform at 7 p.m. in Alumni Hall on the university\u2019s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The concert will be open to the public; seating is limited. There is a suggested donation of $20.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Featured on the program will be Schubert\u2019s String Quartet No. 14, \u201cone of the grandest pieces for string quartet in the literature,\u201d according to MSQ violinist and WCSU Professor of Music Eric Lewis. The performance of this single composition is expected to last almost 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Lewis said the MSQ was honored to be asked to play the benefit concert. <\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all need to help in our own way the victims of this immense catastrophic event,\u201d Lewis said.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact (203) 837-8754. <\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York. Our vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England\u2019s best small private uni<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebookShare\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/facebookshare.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;\n        <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; &#013; &#013; &#013; DANBURY, CONN. \u2014 WestConn Hearts Haiti, a campaign created by Western Connecticut State University to raise funds in support of the rebuilding effort in Haiti, will host a benefit concert on Wednesday, April 21. The world-renowned &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-616","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}