BRENTANO STRING QUARTET MAKES FIRST TOUR TO BOISE APRIL 6-7

The Boise Chamber Music Series will wrap up the 2000-01 season with a program ranging from contemporary to classical by the Brentano String Quartet at 8 p.m. Friday, April 6, in the Morrison Center Recital Hall. The quartet will also give a chamber music master class, "A Little Morning Music," at 9:30 a.m. April 7, also in the Recital Hall.

Concert admission is $15 general and $10 for students and seniors. Tickets may be reserved by calling 426-1216 or may be purchased at the door. The master class is free and open to anyone.

In residence at Wigmore Hall, New York University and Princeton University, the Brentano Quartet musicians will bring their strong commitment to contemporary music to Boise for the first time. They will perform Charles Wuorinen’s 1999 "String Quartet No. 4" in addition to Haydn’s "Op. 20, No. 6," Stravinsky's "Three Pieces" and Mozart’s "C Major Quartet, K. 465." Formed in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet is the laureate of the 1995 Naumberg Chamber Music Award and recipient of the inaugural (1996) Cleveland Quartet Award. The ensemble made its Wigmore Hall debut in 1997, winning Britain’s Royal Philharmonic Award. They are the first members of Chamber Music Society Two of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

The Boise Chamber Music Series is presented by the Boise Chamber Music Society and the Boise State music department. The master class is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. For additional information, please call 426-1216.

Contact:
Jeanne Belfy
Music department
426-1216

Media Contact:
Pat Pyke
Boise State communications and marketing
426-1987