Cassatt String Quartet

April 23 at 8pm

Muneko Otani and Jennifer Leshnower, violinists,
Anna Griffis, violist, Gwen Krosnick, cellist

plus special guests

Jazz vocalist Dominique Eade and bassist Peter Weitzner

The renowned Cassatt String Quartet will present premiers of: Chris Arrell’s Voyagers, inspired by the Voyager Interstellar Mission; Shirish Korde’s Moods of Ellington, featuring award-winning Jazz vocalist Domonique Eade and written in celebration of Duke Ellington’s anniversary, and God Bless the Child, for vocalist and cello based on the Billi Holiday classic. The program will also include the String Quartet No. 1 (1929) by Florence Price which  was inspired by African American folk and sacred music. 

For more information on the performers visit:
dominiqueeade.com
cassattquartet.com

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The Cassatt String Quartet’s residency will also include:

Special Composition Workshop
Julianna Stratton ’26 and Nate Murray ’26
with the Cassatt String Quartet
Monday April 22, 4:30pm, Luth Concert Hall

Masterclass with members
of the Cassatt String Quartet featuring
Holy Cross musicians
Date, time and location to be announced

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For information about masterclasses and workshops, which are also open to the public, contact Alice Resker, aresker@holycross.edu.

Sponsored by the Scholarship in Action Program, with support from the Department of Music. 

The Department of Music