The Asheville Chamber Music Series (ACMS) will present the Harlem Quartet in concert on Sunday afternoon May 1 at 4 p.m.
The concert will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, located at the corner of Edwin Place and Charlotte Street.
Since its public debut at Carnegie Hall in 2006, the New York-based ensemble has performed throughout the United States, as well as in France, the U.K., Belgium, Panama, Canada and South Africa. Each member of the quartet is a seasoned solo artist, having appeared with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Pops and the Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, National, Utah, Puerto Rico, Julliard, New World and Pittsburgh symphony orchestras.
“We look forward to welcoming the fine musicians of the Harlem Quartet to Asheville,” says Polly Feitzinger, President of the ACMS. “We have had an outstanding season this year and we will be ending it on a high note with this wonderful ensemble,” she added.
The program will include:
- Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 44 No. 2
- Buena Vista Social Club Medley: Chan Chan
- Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia
- Billy Strayhorn: Take the A Train
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3
For more than half a century the ACMS has taken it’s place as a valued cultural resource in Asheville, bringing world-renowned chamber artists to the city. As one of the nation’s oldest continuous performing chamber music organizations, it has been recognized for its outstanding programs and for its unique education component through a collaboration with the strings program of the Asheville Buncombe Schools and our other cultural partners in the community, including the Asheville Young Musicians Club.
If You Go: The Harlem Quartet Sunday, May 1 at 4 p.m. Tickets are $38 each. To purchase tickets or for more information please contact Nathan Shirley at (828) 575-7427, support@ashevillechambermusic.org, or visit www.ashevillechambermusic.org