BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:244@1718.ucla.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190210T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190210T160000 DTSTAMP:20190712T173051Z URL:https://1718.ucla.edu/events/argus-quartet2018/ SUMMARY:Argus Quartet DESCRIPTION:Chamber Music at the Clark concert seating is determined via l ottery. The booking-by-lottery entry form for Argus Quartet concert seats posts here on Thursday\, December 13\, 2018. Lottery registration closes T hursday\, January 3\, 2019.\n\nLearn more about the booking-by-lottery s ystem for securing Chamber Music at the Clark seats.\n\nArgus Quartet\n\ nJason Issokson\, violin\nClara Kim\, violin\nDana Kelley\, viola\nJoann W hang\, cello\n\nPraised for their “supreme melodic control and total aut hority” (Calgary Herald)\, the Argus Quartet is quickly gaining a reputa tion as one of today’s most dynamic and versatile young ensembles.\n\nAr gus is dedicated to reinvigorating the audience-performer relationship thr ough innovative concerts and diverse repertoire—connecting with and buil ding a community of engaged listeners is at the core of the quartet’s mi ssion. The quartet believes that contemporary ensembles can honor the stor ied chamber music traditions of our past while forging a new path forward. In that spirit\, their repertoire includes not just staples of the chambe r music canon but also a large number of pieces by living composers.\n\nFi rst prize winners at the 2017 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition\, the Argus Quartet’s recent and upcoming performances include appearances at Carne gie Hall’s Weill and Zankel Halls\, Roulette\, the Albany Symphony’s A merican Music Festival\, Bang on a Can at the Noguchi Museum\, the Hear No w Music Festival\, Providence College\, the University of Michigan\, James Madison University’s Contemporary Music Festival\, Princeton University \, the Shalin Liu Performance Center at Rockport Music\, and the Muziekgeb ouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam.\n\nIn the fall of 2017\, the Argus Quartet b egan an appointment as the Graduate Quartet in Residence at the Juilliard School\, where they worked closely with the Juilliard String Quartet. Duri ng the 2016-17 season\, they served as the Ernst Stiefel Quartet in Reside nce at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. From 2015–17 the quar tet served as the Fellowship Quartet in Residence at the Yale School of Mu sic and was the first ensemble to be mentored by the Brentano String Quart et in that capacity.\n\nRecent commissions include new quartets by Donald Crockett\, composer and GRAMMY nominee Eric Guinivan\, the 2014 Hermitage Prize winner Thomas Kotcheff\, and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient Juri Se o. The quartet has received grants from Chamber Music America and the Cara moor Center for Music and the Arts in support of their commissioning effor ts.\n\nArgus served as the Quartet in Residence at New Music on the Point under the guidance of the JACK Quartet\, and was also selected as one of t hree ensembles to perform works from Kronos Quartet’s “Fifty for the F uture” commissioning project at Carnegie Hall.\n\nhttp://argusquartet.co m\n\nThe Argus Quartet is represented by Concert Artists Guild: www.concer tartists.org\n\n\n\nProgram\n\nFelix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)\nString Qua rtet No. 1 in E-flat Major\, op. 12\nAdagio non troppo – Allegro non tar dante\nCanzonetta: Allegretto\nAndante espressivo\nMolto allegro e vivace\ nChristopher Theofanidis (1967– )\nVisions and Miracles\nAll joy wills e ternity\nPeace Love Light YOUMEONE\nI add brilliance to the sun\nIntermiss ion\n\nJosquin des Prez  (c.1450–1521)\n(arr. Charles Wuorinen (1938– ))\nJosquiniana\nHelas madame\nFaulte d'argent\nCela sans Plus\nComment p eult\nVive le Ro\nEl Grillo\, "Josquin a'Ascanio"\nClaude Debussy (1862– 1918)\nString Quartet in G Minor\, op. 10\nAnimé et très décidé\nAssez vif et bien rythmé\nAndantino\, doucement expressif\nTrès modéré – En animant peu à peu – Très mouvementé et avec passion\nReception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://1718.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08 /Argus-Quartet-_website.jpg CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street \, Los Angeles\, California\, 90018\, United States GEO:34.033012;-118.314487 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90018\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=UC LA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library:geo:34.033012,-118.314487 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR