{"id":624,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/manhattanstringquartettoperforminmarchapril\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:33","slug":"manhattanstringquartettoperforminmarchapril","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/manhattanstringquartettoperforminmarchapril\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan String Quartet to perform in March, April at WCSU"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 A $7,500 grant received last fall from the National Endowment for the Arts for a yearlong residency at Western Connecticut State University by the renowned Manhattan String Quartet (MSQ) will yield several performances by the popular group at WestConn this spring. The concerts are open to the public; tickets can be purchased by calling (203) 837-8499 or online at www.wcsu.edu\/tickets. <\/p>\n

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The MSQ will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 7<\/strong>, in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the university\u2019s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The program will celebrate American composers whose works derive from classical and musical theater. The highlight will be a tribute to George Gershwin and Jerome Kern in quartets rarely heard from these prominent American composers, including Gershwin\u2019s \u201cLullaby\u201d and Kern\u2019s \u201cSmoke Gets in Your Eyes.\u201d The program also will include quartets by Aaron Copland and the well-known \u201cAdagio\u201d for string quartet by Samuel Barber. After the intermission, Beethoven\u2019s monumental Op. 130 with the Grand Fugue will be performed. Tickets will be $25 for adults, and $15 for seniors and students.<\/p>\n

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Also at 8 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall on Saturday, April 25<\/strong>, the MSQ will perform a tribute to American women composers. \u201cThe Flute Quintet\u201d by Amy Beach, a Boston composer of the early 20th century, will be performed by WCSU Professor of Music Dr. Kerry Walker, flutist, with the MSQ. Composer Laura Kaminsky\u2019s String Quartet dedicated to the Manhattan String Quartet, \u201cAmerican Nocturne,\u201d will premiere and the MSQ will celebrate the 70th birthday of one of America\u2019s most famous composers, Joan Tower, with a performance of her third string quartet, \u201cIncandescent.\u201d Before the concert, there will be a \u201cMeet the Composer\u201d session at 6 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall where Kaminsky and Tower will discuss their compositional philosophies and the audience will get a chance to ask questions. Tickets will be $25 for adults, and $15 for seniors and students.<\/p>\n

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MSQ violinist Eric Lewis, a professor of music at WestConn, said, \u201cIn the past, to be recognized as an important composer was difficult enough, but to add the gender issue of being a woman was usually fatal for such recognition. Now, in the 21st century, we can say that women have found their place in the pantheon of the great composers of our time. The MSQ has always championed our wonderful women composers and instrumentalists.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Lewis said the collaboration between the WCSU music department and the MSQ aims to bring qualified string instrumentalists to WestConn for expansion of its orchestra and chamber music programs. \u201cThis effort is in anticipation of the School of Visual and Performing Arts\u2019 move to the new Visual and Performing Arts Instructional Center on the university\u2019s Westside campus in 2014,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

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The MSQ has been associated with WestConn for 30 years, giving concerts and providing educational activities including lecture demonstrations, workshops for string teachers and summer string chamber music camps for children from elementary to high school. Members of the MSQ also have collaborated with other members of the WCSU faculty in concert and in teaching interdisciplinary courses. <\/p>\n

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For more information, call the music department at (203) 837-8350 or the box office at (203) 837-8499, or visit www.wcsu.edu\/tickets.<\/p>\n

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