The Telegraph Quartet To Perform At Grace Presbyterian Church In October

TUSCALOOSA, AL — Chamber Music Tuscaloosa will open its 2025–26 concert season with a performance by the Telegraph Quartet on Oct. 13 at Grace Presbyterian Church.

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The 7:30 p.m. concert, titled “Haydn and All That Jazz!,” will blend classical masterworks by Joseph Haydn and Claude Debussy with arrangements of Jerome Kern’s popular songs and jazz selections by Wynton Marsalis.

Formed in 2013, the Telegraph Quartet includes Eric Chin and Joseph Maile on violins, Pei-Ling Lin on viola, and Jeremiah Shaw on cello.

The group has been praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “an incredibly valuable addition to the cultural landscape” and a “powerfully adept” ensemble.

They are the current quartet-in-residence at the University of Michigan and previous winners of the Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the Grand Prize at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.

The quartet has performed across the United States and abroad, including at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Town Hall in New York City; San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre; the Philharmonie de Paris; and festivals such as Interlochen, Kneisel Hall, and Emilia Romagna.

They served as quartet-in-residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music from 2017 to 2024.

The upcoming program will feature Haydn’s String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54 No. 2, often cited as one of his most extraordinary quartets for its virtuosity and Hungarian folk influences.

The performance will also include Debussy’s 1893 String Quartet, infused with impressionist textures; Kern’s Academy Award-winning tune “The Way You Look Tonight” arranged for string quartet; and selections from Marsalis’ "At the Octoroon Balls" — a work inspired by nineteenth-century New Orleans society.

Admission is a suggested $20 donation, with free entry for students.

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