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Praised by the Cleveland Classical for being a lean and resonant
ensemble with committed and
vivid interpretations, the Omer String Quartet is the 2013 Grand
Prize and Gold Medal winner of
the 40th Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. As part of
their award, they will be
touring Americas Midwest region in October and the Emilia
Romagna region of Italy in the
summer of 2014. This summer they will be in residence at the
Aspen Music Festivals Center for
Advanced Quartet Studies headed by Earl Carlyss, former
violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet.
The OSQ has recently completed chamber music studies as the
Apprentice String Quartet at the
Cleveland Institute of Music, and was awarded the Dr. Bennett
Levine Chamber Music Award.
During their time at CIM, the ensemble participated in the
Intensive String Quartet seminar under
the guidance of Peter Salaff and the Cavani String Quartet. In
addition to performing at theinstitute, for two years they were the
Cleveland Chamber Music Societys Quartet in Residence
through which they performed recitals and presented student
programs in numerous Cleveland-
area schools.
The Omer Quartet has participated in the Chamber Music Workshop
of the Perlman Music
Program and the Banff Centre Chamber Music Residency. They were
re-invited to the Banff
Centre in 2011 to give a world premiere of a new work for
percussion ensemble and string
quartet by Bob Becker. In August and October 2011 the Omer
Quartet was the featured
ensemble for CIMs Distance Learning exchange with the Royal
Danish Academy of Music in
Copenhagen, Denmark, where they were coached by Tim
Fredericksen. Since its inception in
2009, the quartet has worked closely with members of the Cavani
Quartet, Peter Salaff, Mark
Steinberg and Donald Weilerstein. They have played in
masterclasses for members of the
Cuarteto Casals, the Albers Trio, and the Takcs, Jupiter, Miro,
and Juilliard Quartets.
The history of Midwest Young Artists MYA) is a story of a
compelling mission, serendipity and
hard work. The organization was founded in February of 1993 when
a group of parents found
rehearsal space at Lake Forest Country Day School and asked
Founder and Director, Allan Dennis,
to continue working with their children. The week after that
organizational meeting, 55 students
showed up for the first rehearsal. The students were divided in
a Junior and Senior Orchestra, with
quite a few of the older or more advanced students playing in
both, a tradition of nurturing
leadership that continues as a core value of our programs. As we
begin our 21st season, it is an
incredible accomplishment that the vision of these first parents
and director has resulted in the
premiere music ensemble program in the nation, housed in the
beautifully transformed Old
Stockade Building at Fort Sheridan.
MYA reaches over 1,000 students from more than 74 cities in the
metropolitan Chicago area, with
students ranging in age from 2nd through 12th grades. In
addition, MYA now offers classes for
early childhood development. MYA strives to provide the highest
quality music experience for
young musicians nationwide. MYA expects the best out of its
students and provides a supportive
and nurturing environment. It is a place where students are able
to grow with their peers in a
competitive, yet friendly atmosphere. MYA has 9 youth
orchestras, 3 chamber orchestras, more
than 60 chamber music ensembles, 4 choral ensembles, 4 jazz big
bands, numerous jazz combos,
a wind symphony, early childhood music and movement classes, and
music history, theory and
composition classes. Students have the opportunity to travel
abroad and to perform in major
venues throughout Chicago and around the world. Leading the
nation in chamber music
instruction, MYA graduates are accepted at the most selective
conservatories, universities and
colleges in the country.
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String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 20 Franz Joseph Haydn
1732-1809)
I. Moderato
II. Capriccio: Adagio
III. Minuet: Allegretto
IV. Fuga
The six string quartets in Haydns Op. 20 were completed in 1772,
and were nick-
named the Sun Quartets for the illustration that adorned the
cover. From the pastoral
feeling of the Minuet, to the emotional core of the Capriccio
that evokes the recitatives of
Italian opera, Op. 20 No. 2 is a perfect example of Haydn
writing outside of the usual roles
of each instrument.
String Quartet No. 1 Kreutzer Sonata
Leo Janek 1854
-1928)
I. Adagio con moto
II. Con moto - vivace
III. Con moto. Vivace. Andante
IV. Con moto. Adagio
The String Quartet No. 1 was inspired by Tolstoys novel, The
Kreutzer Sonata,
named after Beethovens violin sonata that was dedicated to the
French violinist, Rudolf
Kreutzer. The quartet features a variant of Beethovens
rapid-fire main theme based on a
four-note motif with two central repeated notes, as well as a
nearly direct quote of Beetho-
vens second lyrical theme in the third movement.
Intermission
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 Ludwig van Beethoven
1770-1827)
I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro
II. Allegro ma non tanto
III. Molto adagio
IV. Alla Marcia, assai vivace
V. Allegro appassionato - Presto
Written in his later years, Beethovens String Quartet No. 15,
Op. 132 provides insight
into human struggle, suffering, and the hope of transcendence.
The third movement is ti tled
Song of thanksgiving to God for recovery from an illness, in the
Lydian mode, and is a
powerful moment in a work that is charged with emotional content
at the most honest and
vulnerable level.
This program is co-sponsored by the Highland Park Cultural Arts
Commission.
