American Patchwork Quartet is on a mission to reclaim the immigrant soul of American Roots Music. Comprised of four highly acclaimed artists, American Patchwork Quartet showcases the dynamic diversity of contemporary culture by reimagining timeless songs from America’s past. American Patchwork Quartet (APQ)—founded by multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning guitarist and vocalist Clay Ross and shaped in collaboration...
The first saxophone quartet to perform on the Utsey Series, the Cerus Quartet is emerging as one of the most compelling chamber ensembles of its generation. With repertoire spanning contemporary compositions and transcriptions of classical masterworks, the quartet seeks to establish the saxophone quartet as a leading voice in 21st-century classical music. Named winner of...
Members of Trio Zimbalist—violinist Josef Špaček, cellist Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin, and pianist George Xiaoyuan Fu—are all distinguished alumni of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. In demand across Europe and the U.S. as soloists, chamber musicians and recitalists, the musicians form an inimitable ensemble with repertoire spanning Romantic masterworks to today’s most lauded composers. The...
For nearly three decades, GRAMMY-nominated Yonder Mountain String Band continues to exist at the forefront of the progressive bluegrass scene, as innovators and pioneers of the modern jamgrass movement. With their diverse mix of bluegrass, rock, alternative, and improvisational music, Yonder Mountain brings their high-energy sound into rock ‘n’ roll settings with tremendous success, proving...
A live concert experience that explores the Black and Indigenous influences on Dvořák during his time in America. The program weaves original Native American melodies and moving African American Spirituals along with Dvořák’s most beloved chamber music. Short videos and imagery add to this powerful multimedia experience. Cultural Crossroads: Dvořák in America with its stellar...
Ensemble in residence at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Septura brings together the best brass players in the UK—holding principal positions in the Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony, BBC Symphony and Philharmonia orchestras. With unparalleled skill and virtuosity, the musicians have forged a chamber group described as "dazzlingly polished" (BBC Music Magazine), now firmly...