Fry Street Quartet Concert and CD Release Celebration

A one-of-a-kind collaboration, The Crossroads Project exemplifies the FSQ\u27s intellectual and musical curiosity. Joining science and art, the project aims to inspire reflection, foster engagement and incite action at a pivotal moment for our environment. On their new album, the Fry Street Quartet brings together works commissioned by Grammy winner Libby Larsen and Pulitzer Prize nominee Laura Kaminsky to create a thought provoking, viscerally affecting exploration of global sustainability. The quartet gratefully acknowledges the generous support provided by Utah State University for both the project and the commissioned works, and we thank all of you for joining us this evening to celebrate the release of the new album!https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs/1027/thumbnail.jp

Fry Street Quartet with Guest Artists Madeline Adkins & Jason Hardink

2017-2018 Visiting Artists & Scholars Series present the Fry Street Quartet with guest artists Madeline Adkins & Jason Hardink.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs/1145/thumbnail.jp

Fry Street Quartet and Friends

The Fry Street Quartet preform with guest artists Brant Bayless on the viola, Kathryn Eberle on the violin, and Jason Hardink on the piano.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs/1041/thumbnail.jp

James Dunham, Pei-Shan Lee, Paul Katz with the Fry Street Quartet

The performance with the Fry Street Quartet is part of the Visiting Artists and Scholars Series.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs/1227/thumbnail.jp

V!ola Day!!! 2.0

Viola Day is presented by the Utah Viola Society. It includes masterclasses, instrument trials, performances, and more!https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs/1215/thumbnail.jp

Tragedy Triumph Transformation

A premiere of the Crossroads Project: Emergence.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs/1229/thumbnail.jp

Emergence

Tonight’s performance marks the world premiere of Emergence written by Libby Larsen for the FSQ and the Crossroads Project, funded with support from the Tanner Foundation, the CCA Dean’s Office and the Department of Music.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs/1228/thumbnail.jp

Fry Street Quartet

FRY STREET QUARTET - The remarkable Fry Street Quartet ­hailed as a triumph of ensemble playing by the New York Times - is a multi-faceted ensemble taking chamber music in new directions. Touring music of the masters as well as exciting original works from visionary composers of our time, the Fry Street Quartet has perfected a blend of technical precision and scorching spontaneity (Strad). Since securing the Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the quartet has reached audiences from Carnegie Hall to London, and Sarajevo to Jerusalem, exploring the medium of the string quartet and its life-affirming potential with profound understanding ... depth of expression, and stunning technical astuteness (Deseret Morning News). Reaching in new directions, The Fry Street Quartet has commissioned and toured new works by a wide range of composers. Pandemonium by Brazilian composer Clarice Assad received its Fry Street premiere with the San Jose Chamber Orchestra; Michael Ellison\u27s Fiddlin\u27 was co-commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music Series and the Salt Lake City based NOVA series; Laura Kaminsky\u27s Rising Tide was commissioned especially for the quartet\u27s global sustainability initiative, The Crossroads Project, toured with projections of paintings created for the project by artist Rebecca Allan, talks by physicist Dr. Robert Davies and photographs by acclaimed environmental photographer Garth Lenz. The quartet\u27s 2014- 2015 season included its premiere of Kaminsky\u27s new chamber opera, As One with soprano Sasha Cooke and baritone Kelly Markgraff at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, as well as a new work by Libby Larsen entitled Emergence, which anchors the Crossroads Project\u27s Second Chapter, Crossroads: Emergence for string quartet, film, and actor.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs/1090/thumbnail.jp

Fry Street Quartet

This program features music by composers who were enchanted by different idioms found in folk music. Michael Ellison and Antonín Dvořák were deliberate in their use of folk models. Melodies and textures that evoke Czech, American, and Turkish folk music play a central role in the respective musical identity of each composer.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs/1204/thumbnail.jp

Fry Street Quartet

A performance by the Fry Street Quartet with special guests Kathryn Eberle and Jason Hardink.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs/1226/thumbnail.jp