October 3, 2006 Source: :
http://www.brandonu.ca/news/article.asp?A_ID=1114 Pro Series Celebrates Mozart's 250th
Birthday In Style BRANDON,
MB – The BU School of Music's Mozart Series marks the 250th anniversary of
Mozart's birth with performances of his greatest chamber works by the Jarvis
Quintet. The Mozart Series takes place on Tuesday, October 10, and Thursday,
October 12 at 8:00 p.m., in the Lorne Watson Recital Hall. Admission to the
concerts is free, though seating is limited and tickets are required.
Tickets may be ordered through the School of Music office at 727-9631. The Jarvis Quintet made a brilliant debut in January at the
Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society’s special Mozart's Birthday
concert. The Quintet includes BU string faculty violinist Kerry DuWors,
violist Nancy Nehring, and cellist Mark Rudoff, known throughout Canada for
their solo and chamber performances. Joining the Brandonites are violinist
Min-Jeong Koh (who will be remembered by Manitoba audiences as the
second-prize winner in the 2006 Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition) and
Winnipeg-born violist Karen Moffatt. Mozart's string quintets are his crowning achievement in chamber music,
earning special favour among scholars and performers for the creativity,
virtuosity and expressive richness Mozart displays in these rarely heard
works. The Jarvis Quintet's performances will take the Pro Series audience
on a musical tour through Mozart's life, from the early experiments of his
teen years to the mature eloquence of his last years in Vienna. BU’s Mozart
Series is one of only three performances of the complete quintet cycle
presented in North America this year, and the only one in Canada. The Mozart
Series is a must-hear for the Mozartomane – and maybe even more enticing for
the music lover who likes but has not yet been thrilled by Mozart. The concerts start at 8:00. Admission to the concerts is free, though
seating is limited and tickets are required. Tickets may be ordered through
the School of Music office at 727-9631. For more information, please contact: Heather Beesley
School of Music
Brandon University
Phone: (204) 727-7388
Email: beesleyh@brandonu.ca - 30 -
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