Harlem In Detroit: Harlem Quartet Offers Mix Of Jazz, Classical In Midtown Nov. 3

The Harlem Quartet returns to the Chamber Music Society of Detroit Midtown Series Friday, November 3, 8 PM, following an enthusiastically received, sold-out debut on the series last fall. The concert takes place at Schaver Music Recital Hall, located at 480 W. Hancock (between Cass and Second Avenues) in Detroit. The Quartet's program, a mix of classical music and jazz, includes Claude Debussy's String Quartet, Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95, Antonio Carlos Jobim's The Girl from Ipanema, Dizzy Gillespie's A Night in Tunisia, and Guido Lopez Gavilán's Cuarteto en Guaguancó.

Tickets for this concert are $30 ($15 for students) and are available by phone at 313-335-3300 or online at www.CMSDetroit.org. $5 Student Rush tickets are also available at the box office only, beginning fifteen minutes before concert start time.

Concert Information at a Glance:

Friday, November 3, 2017, 8 PM

Harlem Quartet

Schaver Music Recital Hall, 480 W. Hancock, Detroit, MI

Program:

Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op.10

Antonio Carlos Jobim/Arr. Dave Glenn: The Girl from Ipanema

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie/Arr. Dave Glenn: A Night in Tunisia

Guido Lopez Gavilán: Cuarteto en Guaguancó

Beethoven: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 "Serioso"

Tickets: $30 general admission, students $15, purchase online at www.CMSDetroit.org or by phone at 313-335-3300. $5 student rush tickets are also available beginning 15 minutes prior to the 8 PM concert start time, at the box office only.

The Harlem Quartet advances diversity in classical music while engaging new audiences with varied repertoire that includes classical masterworks, jazz and works by minority composers. Their mission to share their passion with a wider audience has taken them around the world, from a 2009 performance at The White House for President Obama and First Lady, Michelle Obama, to a highly successful tour of South Africa in 2012, and numerous venues in between. The musically versatile ensemble has appeared with such distinguished performers as Itzhak Perlman, Ida Kavafian, Carter Brey, Fred Sherry, Misha Dichter, Jeremy Denk, and Paquito D'Rivera. Their 2013 recording Hot House, with jazz master Chick Corea and percussionist Gary Burton, was a multi-Grammy Award winner. The Harlem Quartet can "perform the classics very well, but few other quartets swing correctly when playing music that requires that, and few other groups can call up so many authentic playing styles from all over the world," remarked distinguished American composer William Bolcom recently. "They're sifting through our rich culture, bringing musical nuggets from all corners to delight their very wide audience."

Based in New York, the Harlem Quartet was originally formed in 2006 by the Detroit-based Sphinx Organization. Its original four members were all first prize laureates of the Sphinx Competition. The Organization wanted to create a group comprised of first place laureates to achieve the overall mission of bringing classical music to inner-city school children, and throughout its history the Quartet has continued to fulfill this mission. In addition to touring worldwide, the Harlem has been a leading ensemble in educational and community engagement performances across the U.S. Beginning this it is serving a three-year residency at London's Royal College of Music. In conjunction with its Midtown series concert, the Quartet will be in residence with CMSDetroit for the second consecutive year, giving presentations and coachings for students at three of Detroit's high schools, Detroit School of Arts, Cass Technical High School and Renaissance High School.