Artists Showcase West - The American String Quartet

The American String Quartet

February 6, 2011

North Central College

Formed in 1974, when its original members were students at The Juilliard School, The American String Quartet was launched by winning both the Coleman Competition and the Naumburg Award in the same year.

In over three decades of touring, The Quartet has performed in all 50 states and has appeared in virtually every important concert hall throughout the world. The Quartet has been featured on Minnesota Public Radio's "St. Paul Sunday Morning," National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," and in live broadcasts on WFMT.

“From this combination of individual brilliance and ensemble perfection emerges one of the best quartets of our time.” – Darmstädter Echo

More information about The American String Quartet

Tickets are available at the door
on the day of concerts: $30

($15, North Central College Students &
Students Grades 1-12)

You may be able to win two tickets to this concert

by participating in the WFMT quiz at 8:30 am on

January 17 and 27.

The American String Quartet

Pre-concert Discussion – 2:00 pm

Concert – 3:00 pm

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Quartet in B♭ major, K. 458, “The Hunt” (1784)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Quartet in E♭ major, Op. 12 (1829)

Intermission

Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Quartet in D minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden” (1824)