Saturday, August 31, 2024 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
18th & Union – An Arts Space, Seattle, WA, United States
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Donation-based
Rose Bellini, cello
Evan Hjort, violin
Quinn Price, violin
Erin Wight, viola
Radiohead — Selected works (arr. for string quartet)
Philip Glass — String Quartet No. 5
Arvo Pärt — Fratres
Jessie Montgomery — Strum
Seattle expert string players have joined forces to form a festival-only quartet! This group of top-notch artists will play a virtuosic set including music from American contemporary composer Jessie Montgomery, the anxious pop of Radiohead, and the melancholic beauty of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
The quartet performs Saturday August 31 & Monday, Sept 2 at 5pm.
About Raven String Quartet
Raven String Quartet is:Rose Bellini | celloEvan Hjort | violinQuinn Price | violinErin Wight | viola
About Rose Bellini, cello
About Evan Hjort, violin
About Quinn Price, violin
About Erin Wight, viola
Violist Erin Wight, a Midwestern transplant to New York City, is an active chamber musician and avid performer of new music. Described by the NY Times as “engrossing” and “surehanded,” she performs frequently as a member of the Red Light New Music Ensemble and Either/Or, has played with Talea, Signal, the Wordless Music Orchestra, the New Juilliard Ensemble, Axiom, the Juilliard Electric Ensemble, FiRE, and worked closely with members of the Ensemble Modern and Ensemble Intercontemporain. In addition, Ms. Wight is a founding member of the Toomai String Quintet, 2007 winners of the 92nd St. Y’s Music Unlocked! competition for emerging ensembles dedicated to educational outreach. Ms. Wight is deeply committed to community engagement and is on the teaching artist faculty of the New York Philharmonic’s School Partnership Program and the Weill Institute at Carnegie Hall. Ms. Wight completed her Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School where she studied with Paul Neubauer.
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1406 18th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98112
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