Grammy Nominated Musicians to Perform at Drew University

Grammy nominated chamber musicians will perform at Drew University’s Concert Hall on Saturday, Feb. 7. The acclaimed Orion String Quartet will perform the works of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, and Boccherini.

As part of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center series in the Drew University’s Concert Hall at the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, the Orion String Quartet will be joined by Tara Helen O’Connor, flute, and Ida Kavafian, violin and viola.

The Orion String Quartet offers diverse programs including classic work and contemporary composers. Its members include brothers Daniel and Todd Phillips, who share first chair violin equally, violist Steven Tenebom, and cellist Timothy Eddy. The quartet serves as Artists of the Chamber Music Society and Quartet-in-Residence at New York’s Mannes College of Music.

O’Connor is the winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and is a two-time Grammy nominee. She is a Wm. S. Haynes flute artist and regular participant in prominent music festivals, including the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Mainly Mozart, and Spoleto USA. Kavafian serves on the board of directors of the Curtis Institute and is the artistic director of the Music from Angel Fire festival. She also performs with the groups OPUS ONE and Trio Valtorna.

It is the eighth year the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has partnered with Drew for its annual chamber music series, which takes place in the Concert Hall at the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts. The society’s connection to Drew began in 2006 and with its establishment, the town-and-gown ties have only deepened.

This years’ series will wrap up on March 28 with a performance of Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Brahms, at which the Concert Hall will celebrate its 10th anniversary

The performances begin at 8 p.m., with pre-concert conversations with the artists in the Concert Hall at the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, on Drew’s Madison campus. Single-event tickets are available for $55 each. For more information or to purchase tickets, click here or call the Drew University box office at 973.408.3917.

About Drew University

Drew University is a private, liberal arts university located in Madison, New Jersey, in the New York City metro area. Ranked among the top liberal arts institutions nationwide by U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, and Washington Monthly, Drew is also listed in Princeton Review’s Best 379 Colleges.

The Drew promise—We Deliver Full-Impact Learning to the World—emphasizes the university’s commitment to borderless education that enables a student’s greatest success in a globally connected world.

Drew has a total student enrollment of more than 2,000 in three schools: the College of Liberal Arts, the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, and the Drew Theological School. The undergraduate program offers degrees in 30 different disciplines, while Caspersen and the Theological School offer degrees at the master’s and doctoral levels.

Information courtesy of Elizabeth Moore

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