Name: Four Corners Ensemble + Argus Quartet “Migration"
Start: 2019-11-23T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2019-11-23T21:00:00-05:00
Location: OPERA America

Four Corners Ensemble + Argus Quartet “Migration"

The Four Corners Ensemble (4CE) is a non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status. It was founded to promote contemporary classical music and cultural diversity. With members originally from different countries and cultural backgrounds, 4CE is dedicated to the mission of cultivating diversities and international collaboration through creating and performing contemporary music with musicians from different cultures, and bringing high-quality concert experience to a variety of communities around the globe.​Founded in 2017, 4CE has been featured in collaborated with the Hartford Opera Theater, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and has also initiated the first Operation Opera festival at the University of Michigan where the premiered 8 contemporary operas with musicians coming from all over the world in May 2018. During the 2018-2019 Season, 4CE has been presented as the ensemble-in-residence at the 20th International Chopin & Friends Festival in New York, and has performed at the Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall (NY), the Polish Consulate-General New York, Arete Venue and Gallery, University of Hartford (CT), University of Michigan (MI), and Kerrytown Concert House (MI). In May 2019, 4CE traveled to China for the inaugural Jimo Ancient City International Classical Music Festival in Qingdao, as well as residencies at the Qingdao University of Science and Technology and Shanghai Conservatory of Music to perform its core project, “World Map Concerti Series."4CE future engagements include residencies at the International Chopin and Friends Festival sponsored by New York Dance & Arts Innovation, the "World Map Concerti Series” Album recording and release, and its 2019-20 Season program, “Migration,” which drives the exchange of diverse ideas, serving as a catalyst for a more universal understanding of what it means to be human. For more information, please visit https://www.fourcornersensemble.org.

Four Corners Ensemble

Join Four Corners Ensemble's 2019-20 Season Program, "Migration," featuring Argus Quartet, in celebrating cultural diversity!

OPERA America

Since before the age of national borders, humans have migrated throughout the world, bringing with them their unique experiences and practices. These ideas continue to be exchanged as people embrace different aspects from myriad cultures. Four Corners Ensemble's 2019-2020 season examines the concept of migration from several angles, exploring the manifestations of the combined influences of cultural heritage, family tradition, and present circumstances. Migration drives the exchange of diverse ideas, serving as a catalyst for a more universal understanding of what it means to be human. Composers featured this season:Matt Browne, Michael-Thomas Foumai, Sawyer Harrington-Verb, Molly Joyce, Shuying Li, Reinaldo Moya, Ken Steen, Christopher Theofanidis, Reza Vali.A highlight of the program — Four Corners welcomes the award-winning Argus Quartet to join the “Migration”concert as the guest ensemble. Argus Quartet will present two string quartet works: "Conference of the Birds" by Christopher Theofanidis, based on 12th-century Persian poem, and “A Strange Story — Ms. Ying-Ning” by Shuying Li, based on Chinese ancient ghost story, "Ms. Ying-Ning.” In addition, Argus Quartet’s violinists Clara Kim and Giancarlo Latta will perform wind chimes and viola with Four Corners Ensemble’s members in Reza Vali’s piece, “Love Songs,” a nice reversal and collaboration that both ensembles are excited about.Four Corners Ensemble: Erika Boysen, Joshua Anderson, Christina Adams, Horacio Contreras, Annie, Jeng.Argus Quartet: Clara Kim, Giancarlo Latta, Maren Rothfritz, Jo Whang.

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