JACK QUARTET

Christopher Otto, violin; Ari Streisfeld, violin; John Pickford Richards, viola; Kevin McFarland, cello

Praised for its "powerhouse playing" by the Chicago Sun-Times and its "extraordinary precision" by the Boston Globe, the JACK Quartet has quickly established a reputation for giving high-energy performances of today's most demanding works for string quartet. The New York Times called the quartet's performance of Iannis Xenakis' complete string quartets one of the "most memorable classical music presentations of 2008," and in 2009, the quartet received an ASCAP/Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music. Members of the quartet are Christopher Otto and Ari Streisfeld, violist John Pickford Richards, and cellist Kevin McFarland. The Krannert performance will feature the premiere of a new work by UI faculty composer Zack Browning plus works by Xenakis, Sharp, and an arrangement of music by Guillaume de Machaut

JACK quartet

Tuesday, 11/17/2009, 7:30 pm

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Foellinger Great Hall

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