THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS BUTLER SCHOOL OF MUSIC
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS
PRESENTS

MIRÓ QUARTET
WITH SPECIAL GUEST COLIN CURRIE, PERCUSSION

Daniel Ching, violin
Noah Bendix, violin
John Largess viola
Joshua Gindele cello
Colin Currie percussion

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2011, 8:00 P.M.
AT BATES RECITAL HALL

“No passing sensation, the Miró Quartet is surely among the most promising chamber ensembles around.” – Denver Post

“Percussionist Colin Currie’s performance is partly gymnastic, partly ritual, always virtuosic and wholly extraordinary in its sense of musical exaltation.” – Buffalo news

Program:

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Quartet for Strings No. 12 in C minor, D. 703/Op. posth “Quartettsatz”

Dave Maric (b. 1970)
Sense & Innocence (2002) for solo percussion and CD

Steve Reich (b. 1936)
Nagoya Marimbas (1994) for percussion

Michael Torke (b. 1961)
Mojave (2009) concerto for marimba

Intermission

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Adagio for Strings (1936)

Louis Andriessen (b. 1939)
Woodpecker (1999) for solo percussion

Alexander Goehr (b.1932)
Since Brass, nor Stone (2008) for string quartet and percussion

Steve Martland (b. 1959)
Starry Night (2008) for marimba and string quartet

The University of Texas Butler School of Music in partnership with Texas Performing Arts presents the world-renowned Miró Quartet, performing with special guest percussionist Colin Currie, Tuesday, February22 at 8:00 p.m. in the acoustic richness of Bates Recital Hall.

The Miró Quartet, one of America’s highest-profile chamber groups, enjoys its place at the top of the international chamber music scene garnering praise from audiences and critics alike. Founded in 1995 at the Oberlin Conservatory, the Miró Quartet met with immediate success winning first prizes at the Coleman, Fischoff, and Banff competitions as well as the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Award. The Miró Quartet was also a recipient of the Cleveland Quartet Award (of which Texas Performing Arts is an originating partner) and was the first ensemble to be awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant. Regularly invited to perform at the world’s most celebrated concert halls, the Miró Quartet has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonic’s Kammermusiksaal, and Amersterdam’s Concertgebouw among many others. A favorite of summer music festivals, the Quartet has frequently appeared at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, and the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival. Deeply committed to music education, the Miró Quartet is currently the Faculty String Quartet-in-Residence at the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information, please visit www.miroquartet.com.

Performing with the Miró Quartet on this very special evening will be 2010 Grammy Award-winning percussionist Colin Currie. Acknowledged for his charismatic and virtuosic performances of works by today’s leading composers, Currie has appeared with many of the world’s most important orchestras. Regularly commissioning and recording new works, he has made an inspirational and innovative contribution to the percussion repertoire. He is deeply committed to the development of new repertoire for percussion in its widest form, including orchestral, solo and chamber music.

CALENDAR LISTING
Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 8:00 pm – Texas Performing Arts presents the Miró Quartet with Colin Currie, percussion at Bates Recital Hall (2350 Robert Dedman Dr). A map of the campus: TexasPerformingArts.org/visit/maps_directions.Tickets ($32/ Limited $10 student tickets / discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO (2386).

PRESS CONTACT:
Gene Bartholomew; 512.471.0632 gbartholomew@TexasPerformingArts.org

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