Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma: Auburn Symphony String Quartet
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Slavonian Hall,
Tacoma,
WA,
United States
Online and in-person
Free
Florence Price
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String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
William Grant Still — Lyric Quartette
Emilie Mayer — String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 14
William Grant Still — Lyric Quartette
Emilie Mayer — String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 14
The Auburn Symphony String Quartet will perform compositions by women and people of color: String Quartet No. 1 in G minor by Emilie Mayer (a prolific German composer born in 1883), String Quartet No. 2 in A minor by Florence Price (b. 1887 in Little Rock, also a pianist and organist), and Lyric Quartette: Musical Portraits of Three Friends composed in 1960 by William Grant Still (b. 1895 in Mississippi, he is considered to have been part of the Harlem Renaissance).
Members of the string quartet are Emili Choi and Kimmy Harrenstein, violins, Joyce Ramee on viola, and Brian Wharton on cello.
All ages are welcome! Masks are optional.