Ivalas Quartet to Visit MacPhail for Weeklong Residency, Free Performance October 29
Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 3:37AM
October 29th 7:00pm concert is free and open to the public. All are welcome - RSVPs are requested to reserve space.
The Ivalas Quartet, Julliard’s 2022-23 Quartet in Residence, will visit MacPhail Center for Music October 23-29 for a week as Madeline Island Chamber Music’s Emerging Artist Quartet in Residence.
Composed of violinists Reuben Kebede and Tiani Butts, violist Aimée McAnulty and cellist Pedro Sánchez, Ivalas Quartet is challenging the status quo of the classical world as they dedicate their artistry to the celebration of BIPOC voices and composers. During their time in Minneapolis, the Ivalas Quartet will visit MacPhail’s location in the Mill District, along with a number of MacPhail’s school partnership locations and a pre-forum concert at Westminster Presbyterian Church, as they connect with students and the community. The weekend culminates with a concert in Antonello Hall entitled “First Light.”
The Quartet notes, “Whether watching movies like Star Wars, reading books like Dune, stargazing, or visiting the planetarium, our quartet has always felt fascinated by outer space. In fact, a few decades ago our violist Aimée’s grandmother completed sketches and illustrated materials for the Voyager, and today we are proud to contribute to the conversation with our own craft, aided by the music of three amazing composers. We’re thrilled for you to join us in this voyage to outer space and help us think about these questions as we perform Tenebrae by Osvaldo Golijov, Eleanor Alberga’s first string quartet, and Beethoven’s op. 130.”
