MONROE - Monroe Arts Center opens the 2017-18 entertainment season at 2 p.m. Sunday with a concert by The Hunt Quartet.
This is the first of three Sunday classical concerts to be presented this season in MAC's Gunderson Stiles Concert Hall, 1315 11th St., Monroe.
The Hunt Quartet is comprised of graduate music students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The concert, with pieces by Joseph Haydn, Joaquin Turina, Sergei Prokofiev and Anton Webern, features the sound of violins, viola and cello played by Hunt Quartet members Chang-En Lu of Taiwan, Vinicius Sant'Ana of Brazil, Blakeley Menghini of Illinois and Kyle Price of Ohio.
The Hunt Quartet represents a partnership between the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music. Through the Madison Symphony Orchestra's "Up Close and Musical" program, the Quartet makes regular visits to Dane County elementary schools, introducing kindergarten through third-grade students to the basic elements of music. The Hunt Quartet also prepares multiple performances per year for the Mead Witter School of Music.
Each of the four Hunt Quartet members are privately instructed by David Perry, Soh-Hyun Park Altino, Sally Chisholm and Uri Vardi. Professors Vardi and Altino serve as the group's primary mentors. The Quartet has recently earned opportunities to play in masterclasses with distinguished performers and educators, including violist Nobuko Imai in 2015, the St. Lawrence Quartet in 2016 and violinist Laurie Smukler in 2016.
General admission tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for students 18 years old and younger. Monroe Arts Center members may attend this concert for free. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Monroe Arts Center at 608-325-5700 or 888-596-1249, in person at the box office, 1315 11th St., Monroe, or online at www.monroeartscenter.com.
The Sunday Concert Series is supported by corporate underwriter Colony Brands Inc. and media underwriter Big Radio. Additional support is provided by David and Julie Buchanan, Pete Guenther and Barb Woodriff, Lee and Chris Knuteson, Gof and Mary Thomson, Hans and Bobbie Bernet, David and Janeen Babler, Audrey Hein, and in part, the Gunderson Stiles Fund for Classical Music.
This is the first of three Sunday classical concerts to be presented this season in MAC's Gunderson Stiles Concert Hall, 1315 11th St., Monroe.
The Hunt Quartet is comprised of graduate music students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The concert, with pieces by Joseph Haydn, Joaquin Turina, Sergei Prokofiev and Anton Webern, features the sound of violins, viola and cello played by Hunt Quartet members Chang-En Lu of Taiwan, Vinicius Sant'Ana of Brazil, Blakeley Menghini of Illinois and Kyle Price of Ohio.
The Hunt Quartet represents a partnership between the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music. Through the Madison Symphony Orchestra's "Up Close and Musical" program, the Quartet makes regular visits to Dane County elementary schools, introducing kindergarten through third-grade students to the basic elements of music. The Hunt Quartet also prepares multiple performances per year for the Mead Witter School of Music.
Each of the four Hunt Quartet members are privately instructed by David Perry, Soh-Hyun Park Altino, Sally Chisholm and Uri Vardi. Professors Vardi and Altino serve as the group's primary mentors. The Quartet has recently earned opportunities to play in masterclasses with distinguished performers and educators, including violist Nobuko Imai in 2015, the St. Lawrence Quartet in 2016 and violinist Laurie Smukler in 2016.
General admission tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for students 18 years old and younger. Monroe Arts Center members may attend this concert for free. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Monroe Arts Center at 608-325-5700 or 888-596-1249, in person at the box office, 1315 11th St., Monroe, or online at www.monroeartscenter.com.
The Sunday Concert Series is supported by corporate underwriter Colony Brands Inc. and media underwriter Big Radio. Additional support is provided by David and Julie Buchanan, Pete Guenther and Barb Woodriff, Lee and Chris Knuteson, Gof and Mary Thomson, Hans and Bobbie Bernet, David and Janeen Babler, Audrey Hein, and in part, the Gunderson Stiles Fund for Classical Music.