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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 13, 2017
Tickets & Information: 212/854-7799www.millertheatre.com
PRESS CONTACTSAleba Gartner, 212/206-1450
[email protected] Lauren Bailey, 212/854-1633 [email protected]
“It is difficult to imagine a more innovative and up-for-anything pairing of venue andensemble than the prominent uptown new-music hub and the unflappable JACK Quartet."
— The New Yorker
Miller Theatre at Columbia UniversitySchool of the Arts
presents
JACK Quartet: Soundscape America
A thrilling two-night survey of the American string quartet ranging from 1931 Ruth Crawford Seeger and 1951 Morton Feldman
to contemporary composers Applebaum and Zorn
Thursday, October 19, 2017, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, October 21, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
In between the two concerts, a special event with JACK Quartet for All-Access Pass holders takes place Friday, October 20, 2017, 6:00 p.m.:
Upclose with JACK and composers Erin Gee and Marcos Balter A conversation with performance excerpts, followed by a reception with the artists
Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street)
Tickets: $20-$30 • All-Access Pass: $50 • Students with valid ID: $7-$18
From Miller Theatre Executive Director Melissa Smey:“The JACK Quartet is one of the finest string quartets performing today, and I’mproud to showcase their talent in this important series, Soundscape America. Thecomposers on this series showcase a full spectrum of what it means to be anAmerican, including an ex-pat working in Germany and a transplant who callsBrooklyn home. Likewise, the featured repertoire will challenge and confoundexpectations of what a string quartet is.”
Soundscape AmericaThe string quartet is an iconic configuration in classical music. This fall, one of the mostimportant and exciting string quartets of our time, the JACK Quartet, takes on anextremely diverse survey of American string quartets of the 20th and 21st centuries. JACK,dubbed “superheroes of the new music world” by The Boston Globe, will perform elevenstring quartets over two nights by a range of composers including jazz legends and mastersof complexity Anthony Braxton and John Zorn, visionaries Ruth Crawford Seegerand Morton Feldman, thorny modernist hero Elliott Carter, maverick Gloria Coates—plus many written in the last five years by Natacha Diels, Erin Gee, Cenk Ergün,Mark Applebaum, and Marcos Balter.
All-Access Pass holders are invited to a special event on the day in between the twoconcerts, featuring a conversation with the JACK Quartet, composers Marcos Balter andErin Gee, and moderated by Melissa Smey. JACK will perform excerpts from the twocomposers' works, and the exclusive evening concludes with a reception.
CONCERT ONE October 19, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street)
PROGRAM: Cenk Ergün: Sonare (2016)
Erin Gee: Mouthpiece XXII (2015) Mark Applebaum: Darmstadt Kindergarten (2015)
Anthony Braxton: Selections from compositions Elliott Carter: String Quartet No. 2 (1959)
Morton Feldman: Structures (1951)
CONCERT TWO October 21, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street)
PROGRAM: Natacha Diels: Nightmare for JACK (a ballet) (2013)
Marcos Balter: Chambers (2011/2012) John Zorn: Necronomicon (2003)
Gloria Coates: String Quartet No. 8 (2001/2002) Ruth Crawford Seeger: String Quartet (1931)
ARTISTS JACK Quartet
JACK Quartetjackquartet.com
JACK Quartet is "the go-to quartet for contemporary music, tying impeccable musicianshipto intellectual ferocity and a take-no-prisoners sense of commitment" (The WashingtonPost). The recipient of Lincoln Center's Martin E. Segal Award, New Music USA'sTrailblazer Award, and the CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, JACK hasperformed to critical acclaim at Carnegie Hall (USA), Lincoln Center (USA), Miller Theatre
(USA), Wigmore Hall (United Kingdom), Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (Netherlands), IRCAM(France), Kölner Philharmonie (Germany), the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), La Biennaledi Venezia (Italy), Suntory Hall (Japan), Bali Arts Festival (Indonesia), FestivalInternacional Cervatino (Mexico), and Teatro Colón (Argentina).
Comprising violinists Christopher Otto and Austin Wulliman, violist John PickfordRichards, and cellist Jay Campbell, JACK is focused on new work, leading them tocollaborate with composers John Luther Adams, Chaya Czernowin, Simon Steen-Andersen,Caroline Shaw, Helmut Lachenmann, Steve Reich, Matthias Pintscher, and John Zorn.Upcoming and recent premieres include works by Derek Bermel, Cenk Ergün, RogerReynolds, Toby Twining, and Georg Friedrich Haas.
Upcoming Miller Theatre ConcertsPopUp Concerts
Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 6:00 p.m. Joshua Rubin & Vasko Dukovski Free Admission
Bach Thursday, October 26, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Goldberg Variations Single Tickets: $35-$55
Early Music Saturday, October 28, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Orlando Consort: Loire Valley in Song Single Tickets: $30-$45
Composer Portraits Thursday, November 16, 8:00 p.m.
Marcos Balter Single Tickets: $20-$30
For the complete 20172018 season schedule, please visit www.millertheatre.com
Columbia University’s Miller Theatre is located north of the Main Campus Gate at 116th St. & Broadway on the ground floor of Dodge Hall.
Directions and information are available online at www.millertheatre.com
or via the Miller Theatre Box Office, at 212.854.7799.
For further information, press tickets, and to arrange interviews, please contact Aleba & Co. at 212/206-1450 or [email protected].
For photos, please contact Lauren Bailey at 212/854-1633 or [email protected].
For further information, press tickets, photos, and to arrange interviews, please contact Aleba & Co. at 212/206-1450 or [email protected].
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