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Delgani String Quartet Premieres of Nine Works by UO Composers

Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 8:00pm

Beall Concert Hall
961 East 18th Avenue, Eugene, OR


Music Today Festival Vanguard Concert & Workshop Series
Delgani String Quartet & Oregon Composers Forum
Premieres of Nine Works by UO Composers
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Oregon Composers Forum (OCF) is a group of primarily graduate-level student composers at the University of Oregon committed to the creation and performance of new music.

Part of the Vanguard Series of events, “the state’s finest chamber ensemble” according to Oregon Arts Watch, the Delgani String Quartet presents exciting performances of both classic and contemporary repertoire in intimate concert settings. The quartet curates their own subscription series in Portland, Salem, and Eugene while regularly appearing as guest artists throughout the state. Delgani has also performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and at Charles University in Prague.

Delgani’s fifth anniversary subscription series (2019/2020) features guests artists on every concert – Russian pianist Asya Gulua, MIT composer Elena Ruehr, Brazilian vocalist/composer Clarice Assad, and Eugene Symphony principal cellist Anne Ridlington. Programming for the series includes contemporary works by Tomas Svoboda and Steve Reich along with Beethoven’s Serioso quartet, Schubert’s cello quintet, and Haydn’s Emperor quartet, among others.

Equally committed to community engagement, Delgani provides educational engagement to students throughout the Willamette Valley. Their Classical Spark program beings the string quartet to third grade classrooms in Lane County to foster an early interest in music. In previous seasons the quartet has held residencies at Umpqua Community College and the Springfield Academy of Arts and Academics. Each summer, Delgani manages two camps for middle and high school students — a Chamber Music Camp for all instruments in Eugene and a Summer Quartet Academy in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Delgani also hosts biannual Adult Chamber Music Workshops for amateur enthusiasts and curates an adult education series prior to each subscription series concert.

Delgani was formed in 2014 with a mission to cultivate an appreciation for chamber music through distinctive performance, innovative programming, educational engagement, and collaboration. The organization operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and has received foundation support from the Oregon Cultural Trust, Oregon Community Foundation, Oregon Arts Commission, Lane Arts Council, Springfield Arts Commission, and Springfield Education Foundation. Delgani is the recipient of consecutive Cultural Development Grants from OCT and consecutive Creative Heights Grant from OCF.

The musicians of Delgani have performed throughout the United States and internationally. They collectively hold twelve degrees in performance from various schools of music and conservatories across the nation.

Event Type

Arts & Culture, Music, Concert

Departments

School of Music and Dance

Target Audience

All Students, Residence Halls, Global Scholars Hall, Families, Graduate Students, New Students, Faculty/Staff

Tags

SOMD, OCF

Website

http://music.uoregon.edu

Cost

$10 General Admission $8 Students & Seniors Free for SOMD students (with ID) and SOMD faculty

Hashtag

#OregonComposersForum

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