BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:The Harlem Quartet BEGIN:VEVENT UID:84462022-03-26 DTSTART:20220326T180000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20220326T040000Z SUMMARY:The Harlem Quartet CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:New York-based Harlem Quartet has been praised for its “panac he”\nby The New York Times and hailed in the Cincinnati Enquirer for\n “bringing a new attitude to classical music\, one that is fresh\,\nbraci ng and intelligent.” It has also won plaudits from such veteran\nmusicia ns GRAMMY-winning woodwind virtuoso Ted Nash of the Jazz at\nLincoln Cente r Orchestra\, who declared in a May 2018 Playbill article\,\n“Harlem Qua rtet is one of the greatest string quartets I have ever\nheard. They can p lay anything.” Since its public debut at Carnegie\nHall in 2006\, the en semble has thrilled audiences and students in 47\nstates as well as in the U.K.\, France\, Belgium\, Brazil\, Panama\,\nCanada\, Venezuela\, Japan\, Ethiopia\, and South Africa. The quartet will\nperform at 2 P.M. at Bethe l United Methodist Church in Lewes\, DE\npresenting works by Dmitri Shosta kovich\, Jessie Montgomery\, Dizzy\nGillespie\, and Benjamin Britten. The concert will be preceded at 1\nP.M. by Lani Spahr’s Performance Insights . Harlem Quartet was\nfounded in 2006 by the Sphinx Organization\, a natio nal nonprofit\ndedicated to building diversity in classical music and prov iding\naccess to music education in underserved communities. The quartet ’s\nmission includes the promotion of diversity in classical music\,\nen gaging young and new audiences through the discovery and\npresentation of varied repertoire that includes works by composers of\ncolor. Through the pursuit of its mission\, Harlem Quartet has\ndeveloped three distinctive c haracteristics: diverse programming that\ncombines music from the standard string quartet canon with jazz\,\nLatin\, and contemporary works\; a coll aborative approach to performance\nthat is continually broadening the ense mble’s repertoire and\naudience reach through artistic partnerships with other musicians from\nthe classical and jazz worlds\; and an ongoing comm itment to residency\nactivity and other forms of educational outreach. Pas sion for this\nwork has made the quartet a leading ensemble in both educat ional and\ncommunity engagement activities. In this capacity\, the quartet has\nwritten several successful grants\, including a Cultural Connections \nArtist-In-Residence grant from James Madison University and a 2016\nGuar neri String Quartet grant from Chamber Music America\; the latter\nallowed the quartet to participate in an extended performance and\neducational re sidency in Mobile\, Alabama\, which included a close\npartnership with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra. Harlem Quartet began a\nmulti-year residency w ith London’s Royal College of Music in 2018.\nIn the 2017-18 season it u ndertook a week of residency activities with\nthe Santa Fe Youth Symphony. Since 2015\, it has led an annual workshop\nat Music Mountain in Falls Vi llage\, Connecticut\, culminating in a\nconcert at that venue. In 2021\, i t began another institutional\naffiliation\, the inaugural Grissom Artist in Residence at Centre\nCollege in Danville\, Kentucky. In addition to per forming a varied menu\nof string quartet literature across the country and around the world\,\nHarlem Quartet has collaborated with such distinguish ed artists as\njazz pianists Chick Corea and Aldo López-Gavilán\; classi cal pianists\nMichael Brown\, Awadagin Pratt\, Misha Dichter\, and Fei-Fei \; violist Ida\nKavafian\; cellist Carter Brey\; clarinetists Paquito D’ Rivera\, Eddie\nDaniels\, Anthony McGill\, and David Shifrin\; saxophonist Tim Garland\;\njazz legends Ted Nash\, Gary Burton\, Stanley Clarke\, and John\nPatitucci\; the Shanghai Quartet\; and Imani Winds. Harlem Quartet has\nbeen featured on WNBC\, CNN\, NBC’s Today Show\, WQXR-FM\, and the News\nHour with Jim Lehrer\, and it performed in 2009 for President Obama and\nFirst Lady Michelle Obama at the White House. The quartet made its\nE uropean debut in October 2009 performing at the residence of the U.S.\namb assador to the U.K.\, and returned to Europe as guest artists and\nfaculty members of the Musica Mundi International Festival in Belgium.\nIn early 2011 the ensemble was featured at the Panama Jazz Festival in\nPanama City . Harlem Quartet’s latest album\, the July 2020 release\nCross Pollinati on\, features works by Debussy\, William Bolcom\, Dizzy\nGillespie\, and G uido López-Gavilán. The quartet’s recording career\nbegan in 2007 when White Pine Music issued Take the “A” Train\, a\nrelease featuring the string quartet version of that jazz standard by\nBilly Strayhorn\; the CD was highlighted that year in the November\nissue of Strings magazine. A s econd CD\, featuring three string\nquartets by Walter Piston\, was release d in 2010 by Naxos. The\nquartet’s third recording\, released in 2011\, is a collaboration with\npianist Awadagin Pratt and showcases works by Ame rican composer Judith\nLang Zaimont. More recently the quartet collaborate d with jazz pianist\nChick Corea in a Grammy-winning Hot House album that included\nCorea’s “Mozart Goes Dancing\,” which won a separate Gramm y as\nBest Instrumental Composition. The jazz album Heart of Brazil: A\nTr ibute to Egberto Gismonti\, recorded with the Eddie Daniels Quartet\,\nwas released in June 2018 on Resonance Records. Venue: Bethel United\nMethodi st Church Hall. Presenter: Coastal Concerts. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:New York-based Harlem Quartet has been praised for its “panache” by The New York Times and hailed in the Cincinnati Enquirer for “bringing a new attitude to classical music\, one that is f resh\, bracing and intelligent.” It has also won plaudits from such vete ran musicians GRAMMY-winning woodwind virtuoso Ted Nash of the Jazz at Lin coln Center Orchestra\, who declared in a May 2018 Playbill article\, “H arlem Quartet is one of the greatest string quartets I have ever heard. Th ey can play anything.” Since its public debut at Carnegie Hall in 2006\, the ensemble has thrilled audiences and students in 47 states as well as in the U.K.\, France\, Belgium\, Brazil\, Panama\, Canada\, Venezuela\, Ja pan\, Ethiopia\, and South Africa. The quartet will perform at 2 P.M. at B ethel United Methodist Church in Lewes\, DE presenting works by Dmitri Sho stakovich\, Jessie Montgomery\, Dizzy Gillespie\, and Benjamin Britten. Th e concert will be preceded at 1 P.M. by Lani Spahr’s Performance Insight s. Harlem Quartet was founded in 2006 by the Sphinx Organization\, a natio nal nonprofit dedicated to building diversity in classical music and provi ding access to music education in underserved communities. The quartet’s mission includes the promotion of diversity in classical music\, engaging young and new audiences through the discovery and presentation of varied repertoire that includes works by composers of color. Through the pursuit of its mission\, Harlem Quartet has developed three distinctive characteri stics: diverse programming that combines music from the standard string qu artet canon with jazz\, Latin\, and contemporary works\; a collaborative a pproach to performance that is continually broadening the ensemble’s rep ertoire and audience reach through artistic partnerships with other musici ans from the classical and jazz worlds\; and an ongoing commitment to resi dency activity and other forms of educational outreach. Passion for this w ork has made the quartet a leading ensemble in both educational and commun ity engagement activities. In this capacity\, the quartet has written seve ral successful grants\, including a Cultural Connections Artist-In-Residen ce grant from James Madison University and a 2016 Guarneri String Quartet grant from Chamber Music America\; the latter allowed the quartet to parti cipate in an extended performance and educational residency in Mobile\, Al abama\, which included a close partnership with the Mobile Symphony Orches tra. Harlem Quartet began a multi-year residency with London’s Royal Col lege of Music in 2018. In the 2017-18 season it undertook a week of reside ncy activities with the Santa Fe Youth Symphony. Since 2015\, it has led a n annual workshop at Music Mountain in Falls Village\, Connecticut\, culmi nating in a concert at that venue. In 2021\, it began another institutiona l affiliation\, the inaugural Grissom Artist in Residence at Centre Colleg e in Danville\, Kentucky. In addition to performing a varied menu of strin g quartet literature across the country and around the world\, Harlem Quar tet has collaborated with such distinguished artists as jazz pianists Chic k Corea and Aldo López-Gavilán\; classical pianists Michael Brown\, Awad agin Pratt\, Misha Dichter\, and Fei-Fei\; violist Ida Kavafian\; cellist Carter Brey\; clarinetists Paquito D’Rivera\, Eddie Daniels\, Anthony Mc Gill\, and David Shifrin\; saxophonist Tim Garland\; jazz legends Ted Nash \, Gary Burton\, Stanley Clarke\, and John Patitucci\; the Shanghai Quarte t\; and Imani Winds. Harlem Quartet has been featured on WNBC\, CNN\, NBC ’s Today Show\, WQXR-FM\, and the News Hour with Jim Lehrer\, and it per formed in 2009 for President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the Wh ite House. The quartet made its European debut in October 2009 performing at the residence of the U.S. ambassador to the U.K.\, and returned to Euro pe as guest artists and faculty members of the Musica Mundi International Festival in Belgium. In early 2011 the ensemble was featured at the Panama Jazz Festival in Panama City. Harlem Quartet’s latest album\, the July 2020 release Cross Pollination\, features works by Debussy\, William Bolco m\, Dizzy Gillespie\, and Guido López-Gavilán. The quartet’s recording career began in 2007 when White Pine Music issued Take the “A” Train\ , a release featuring the string quartet version of that jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn\; the CD was highlighted that year in the November issue o f Strings magazine. A second CD\, featuring three string quartets by Walte r Piston\, was released in 2010 by Naxos. The quartet’s third recording\ , released in 2011\, is a collaboration with pianist Awadagin Pratt and sh owcases works by American composer Judith Lang Zaimont. More recently the quartet collaborated with jazz pianist Chick Corea in a Grammy-winning Hot House album that included Corea’s “Mozart Goes Dancing\,” which won a separate Grammy as Best Instrumental Composition. The jazz album Heart of Brazil: A Tribute to Egberto Gismonti\, recorded with the Eddie Daniels Quartet\, was released in June 2018 on Resonance Records. Venue: Bethel U nited Methodist Church Hall. Presenter: Coastal Concerts. DTSTAMP:20261029T194619Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR