Homewood Museum’s “Peabody at Homewood” Concert Series

From a Johns Hopkins News Release:

Johns Hopkins’ Homewood Museum announces the 12th edition of its “Peabody at Homewood” annual spring concert series, which showcases some of the top young talents from the university’s Peabody Institute. The performances are presented amid the splendid Federal-era architecture and furnishings of Homewood. This season, the concerts will be held at 5 p.m. on five consecutive Tuesdays, April 10, 17, and 24, and May 1 and 8. Guests are invited to meet the musicians at a reception following each performance.

The concerts will be held in the Reception Hall of the museum, located on The Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus at 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $10 for the general public and $5 for students. Due to the intimacy of the space, seats are limited to 40 and advance reservation is strongly recommended. For reservations, directions and parking information, the public may call 410-516-5589 or visit http://museums.jhu.edu.

The first two concerts feature students in the Peabody Institute’s Bachelor of Music Program in Jazz Performance. Guitarists Kevin B. Clark and Michael Benjamin will open the series on April 10. On April 17, Kevin B. Clark returns with Hannah Elson on vocals and Jon Guo on bass. Both programs will provide an energetic take on a wide selection of jazz standards.

The up-and-coming János Quartet performs on April 24. The ensemble of violinists Colin Sorgi and Michelle Skinner, violist Jaclyn Dorr and cellist Mia Barcia-Colombo formed at Peabody under the guidance of cellist and chamber musician Michael Kannen and has since been named the conservatory’s graduate honors string quartet. Their compelling program includes Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat, Op. 18, no. 6 and Bartok’s String Quartet No. 4.

The May 1 concert features a performance by Croatian-born classical guitarist and composer Branimir Krstic. Krstic graduated from the Cologne University of Music in Germany where he worked with Ansgar Krause and Johannes Fritsch. His compositions have been performed across the United States and Europe by the Ensemble Hebrides, James Clarke, Andrew Haveron and other distinguished musicians. Krstic, unaffiliated with the Peabody Institute, currently lives in Baltimore and is active as a composer, performer and teacher. His cross-over program includes music by Senleches, Schumann, Bach and Lennon-McCartney.

The final concert, on May 8, will feature a performance by the Kubrick Quartet, comprised of Peabody violinists Orin Laursen and Songeun Jeong, violist Dian Zhang and cellist Javier Martin Iglesias. Formed recently in 2011 under the guidance of Michael Kannan, the ensemble has already displayed a high level of performance, both musically and technically, earning the 2011-2012 Peabody Conservatory Honors Ensemble award. The quartet performs Bartok’s String Quartet No. 2 and Mozart’s String Quartet in C major, K. 465, “Dissonance.”