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Ars Nova String Quartet Guest Artist Concert at Laidlaw September 6

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Keith Bohnet
Keith Bohnet

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"Famous Piano Quintets" with the Ars Nova String Quartet and USA Piano Professor Robert Holm.  
 
The Nashville-based String Quartet Ars Nova, comprised of sibling violinists Benjamin Hart and Caroline Maichel, violist Christopher Lowry and cellist Emily Nelson, will perform for the first time at USA Laidlaw Performing Arts Center on Saturday, September 6 at 7:30 p.m. The guest artist ensemble will be joined by pianist Robert Holm performing the Piano Quintet in E-flat, op. 44 by Robert Schumann and the Piano Quintet in F minor by Cesar Franck.
 
The Ars Nova String Quartet was formed in 2008 and they have performed throughout the U.S. including Moscow, Idaho, the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado and in Europe (Aix-en-Provence, France and in Vienna, Austria).
 
Tickets for this Musical Arts Series event will be sold at the door only.  Admission is $8 general and $5 for USA faculty & staff, USA students, youths under 18 and all senior citizens (cash or check only).  Persons needing more information about this event or in need of special accommodation may call (251) 460-7116 or (251) 460-6136.
 
Need directions to Laidlaw?  Just go to Google Maps at www.maps.google.com and enter "USA Laidlaw Performing Arts Center."  We're actually on the corner of University Blvd. and USA Drive South.
 
Musical Arts Series Season Pass Holders may now reserve their place at concerts if they contact events coordinator Keith Bohnet by 5:00 p.m. the day previous to the event!  Call (251) 460-7116 or email kbohnet@southalabama.edu.  Please mention the amount of seats needed AND be sure you are planning on being in place at least 20 minutes in advance of the concert!  (Pass Holders only please!  Held seats not claimed within 20 minutes of the performance may be offered to other concert attendees.)
 
For information on how to join the Musical Arts Society, visit our website at www.southalabama.edu/music and click on "events" to see everything you need to know about the Musical Arts Concert Series and USA's Musical Arts Society.
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