MusicUNB Concert - Quartet + 1-FR

Event date(s): February 23, 2025
Time(s): 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Category: Fredericton
Location: Fredericton

MusicUNB is excited to introduce a new series “Quartet +”, featuring the Saint John String Quartet and friends. Uncover hidden masterpieces of the string quartet’s repertoire in a program which illuminates each composer’s world.

Opening the concert is the “dean of Afro-American composers” William Grant Stills. HisLyric String Quartette (subtitled Musical Portraits of Three Friends) explores a deeply personal world. It is followed by Florence Price’s epic String Quartet No. 2, brilliantly blending influences of African American spirituals and dance with early twentieth-century classical conventions.

Closing the concert, a work of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, inspired by traditional African American music. This subtle, sophisticated clarinet quintet draws on the influences of folk music and Romanticism, reminiscent of Dvorak. 

Come on a journey of discovery while we celebrate Black History month with these evocative masterpieces.

Sun., Feb. 23, 2025 at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets at the door
$30 Regular | $15 Students | $50 date night/family pass
Memorial Hall Auditorium

Building: Memorial Hall

Room Number: Auditorium