| Show I oo 0UNP m BITES 5 Lnft to right: Peter Wlnograd Laurie Carney Daniel Avshakxnov and Dnvid Gnbnr are members of the American String Quartet A music lesson American String Quartet sure to enlighten American String Quartet celebrates ha 23th this concert aeason with a tour that concerts in all 30 atates a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and two European tours In the years since its inception the American has achieved a position of rare esteem in the world of chamber music On Thursday Jan 21 they will offer that esteem and a lot of good music to Cache Who: American Valley audiences The concert String Quartet When: 8 pm begins at 8 pm in the Harriaon Auditorium Ecdes Conference Thursday Jan Center on the Utah State Universi- 21 Whore: USU ty campus Tickets $13 for adults HamsonAucffo- arid $5 for students are available rium at the USU ticket office and at the Tickets: $15 USU Ncksf office auditorium bar office one hour audkxtumbax the to concert prior office one hour On annual tours that have prior to concert included virtually every important concert hall in eight European countries and across North America foe quartet has won critical acclaim for its presentations of the complete quartets of Beethoven Schubert Schoenberg Bartok and Mozart and for collaborations wuh a host of distinguished artists Resident quartet at the Aspen Musk Festival since 1974 and at the Ikoa School of Music since 1979 the American also has ongoing series at the University of Michigan and the Orange County Per The Shanahy brings taste of Ireland to Cache Valey A little Irish jig Shanahy brings pennywhistle to Logan will host one of the West’s finest Logan music ensembles Fri day Jan 22 as the Bridger Folk Music Society hosts the Salt Lake d group Shanahy The concert which also features Utah performers Tom and Gael Schultz is Who: Shanahy Wlwn: 7:30 the only Celtic conceit sched gm Friday Jan uled in Logan Whore: USU Eccles Confeduring die City-base- 1998-9- 9 sea- 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war pipes and Scottish lowland pipes Laura Dupuy a teacher and accountant by day and a fiddler guitarist and mandolin player by night and Paul Mitchell also a teacher who performs on hammered dulcimer flute and penny-whist- le General admission tickets for the Jan 22 concert are available at Adventure Sports Cydery 363 N Main St Logan Sunrise Cydery 138 N 100 East Logan and the USU Women’s Center in Room 310 of the Taggart Student Center Cost is $10 for students and in advance $12 at the door The concert is by the Bridger Folk Music Society and GeoGraphics Inc forming Arts Center in California The quartet is credited with broadening public awareness and enjoyment of chamber music across North America through educational programs seminars broadcast performances and published articles It was one of the first ensembles to receive a National Arti Endowment grant for its activities on college campuses Its commitment to contemporary music has resulted in numerous commissions and awards at the Kennedy among them three Center’s Friedheim Awards On Jan 19 20 and 21 the quartet will be in residence at Logan High School where they will conduct technique classes and coaching sessions and critique student ensemble playing For moat students this will be their first encounter with a professional performing musician The quartet will also give a presentation at the Sunrise Elementary School The conceit will feature Mozart’s Quartet in C major K463 “Dissonance" Bela Bartok’s Quartet No 4 and Beethoven’s Quartet in C major Op 39 No 3 “Hero" The American String Quartet’s residency program and concert is made possible through a grant from foe Marie Eccles Caine Foundation and support from the National Endowment of the Arts For further information call John Ream Boots sax and Pamela Und calad Logan homo prize-winne- rs one-on-o- ne a cause Saxophoniat Boots Randolph joins local recording artist Pamela Lind in a concert Saturday Jan 23 at East High School to benefit Heart ft Soul (a non profit nijMiiMfinw ArAtcleA to Ringing music to people isolated in institutions) and Guadalupe Schools Lind a former Logan resident (she used to be Pamela Lindquist) wears two very distinct hats Some days riie flies off to be a saxophone player in Nashville other days she’s ajxivate detective in Salt Lake City Lind recently recorded an album in Nashville “Wildest Dream” Lind's talents include her vocals jazzy saxophone and guitar Randolph is best known for his solo hit “Yakety Sax" (which you may recognize as cloeing music from the Benny Hill Show) He has recorded with such artists as Elvis Pkedey Roy Orbison REO Speedwagon Brenda Lee Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer For information contact Jana at Heart ft Soul or tickets are available at all Smithtix locations I |
