Award-winning chamber ensemble to give campus performance

Contact: Cara Barnes
October 17, 2012
Photo of the Euclid Quartet.
Euclid Quartet performs Oct. 24.

KALAMAZOO—The Euclid Quartet, one of the most well-regarded chamber ensembles of its generation, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in Western Michigan University's Dalton Center Recital Hall.

The performance will be preceded by a 7 p.m. discussion hosted by Dr. Dan Jacobson, WMU professor of music. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for seniors and $5 for students, and are available from Miller Auditorium at millerauditorium.com/som or by calling (269) 387-2300 or (800) 228-9858.

Euclid Quartet

The Euclid Quartet is a dynamic string group known for performances filled with personality and vibrant color. The eclectic mixture of the quartet members—Jameson Cooper, Jacob Murphy, Luis Vargas and Si-Yan Darren Li—represents four continents of the world, and inspires programs that celebrate the quartet's diverse international heritage. The Oct. 24 program will include works by Franz Joseph Haydn, Charles Ives, and Franz Schubert.

Bullock Music Performance Institute

The Dalton Wed@7:30pm: Live and Interactive! concert series is presented by the WMU School of Music under the auspices of the Bullock Music Performance Institute. Established in the fall of 1985 and renamed in 1988 in honor of its founder, the institute has presented events ranging from formal evening concerts to daytime educational outreach events for local audiences and students of all ages.

For more information about the Wednesday evening concert series, call (269) 387-4704 or (269) 387-4678, or visit wmich.edu/music.