Performance one of several public events during School of Music residency
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Written by: Christopher Clair

The University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program—coordinated by violist Elizabeth Oakes, lecturer in the UI School of Music—will present a free public performance by the Linden String Quartet at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

The concert is part of the Linden’s extended residency Feb. 26-March 6 at the UI School of Music. The residency will include master classes, public presentations on the entrepreneurial side of a chamber music career, and numerous opportunities for UI School of Music students to work one-on-one with these guest ensembles.

The March 2 program will feature works by Haydn, Corigliano, Bolcom, and Beethoven.

Other public events during the Linden’s residency include:

  • Wednesday, Feb. 27: “Under The Hood”: Behind the scenes with the Linden Quartet, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Riverside Recital Hall
  • Thursday, Feb. 28: Chamber music master class, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., University Capitol Centre Recital Hall
  • Friday, March 1: 4-5 p.m., Frank Conroy Reading Room, Iowa Writers’ Workshop (limited seating)
  • Sunday, March 3: Performance at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (limited seating)
  • Tuesday, March 5: Reading of movements of piano quintets (Brahms, Dvorak, Schumann and Shostakovich) with UI student pianists, 7-9 p.m., UCC Recital Hall

Founded in spring 2008 at the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Linden String Quartet has enjoyed remarkable success in four short years, winning the Gold Medal and Grand Prize of the 2009 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the Coleman-Barstow Prize at the 2009 Coleman National Chamber Ensemble Competition, First Prize at the 2010 Hugo Kauder Competition, and most recently, the ProQuartet Prize at the Ninth Borciani International String Quartet Competition.

Now based in Cleveland, the Linden Quartet recently completed the two-year Graduate String-Quartet-in-Residence program at Yale University School of Music, where the ensemble was mentored by the Tokyo String Quartet. Previous mentors have included the Cavani String Quartet, Peter Salaff, and Paul Kantor.

More information on the UI String Quartet Residency Program can be found at uisqrp.wordpress.com.

The School of Music is part of the Division of Performing Arts in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. For accommodations at the concert contact the School of Music at 319-335-1603. For a UI arts calendar and details about upcoming events visit the new Arts Iowa website.