The Asheville Chamber Music Series (ACMS) will present the Harlem Quartet in concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 1, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville. “We have had an outstanding season this year and we will be ending it on a high note with this wonderful ensemble,” says Polly Feitzinger, ACMS president.
Following its public debut at Carnegie Hall in 2006, the New York-based ensemble has performed throughout North America, Europe, Central America, and in South Africa.
Each member of the quartet is a seasoned solo artist, having appeared with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Pops and the Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, National, Utah, Puerto Rico, Juilliard, New World and Pittsburgh symphony orchestras. They have also performed for President and Mrs. Obama at the White House.
The program will include pieces by Felix Mendelssohn, Dizzy Gillespie, Ludwig van Beethoven, Billy Strayhorn, and others. Tickets are $38 and available online at ashevillechambermusic.org or by calling Nathan Shirley at 828.575.7427.
