Beethoven & Bluegrass with Mark O'Connor, Maggie O'Connor, & The Vega Quartet
$60
- Mark O'Connor, violin & guitar
- Maggie O'Connor, violin & voice
- Emily Daggett Smith, violin
- Jessica Shuang Wu, violin
- Joseph Skerik, viola
- Guang Wang, cello
Mark O'Connor — String Quartet No. 2 "Bluegrass"
Mark O'Connor — Selected works
Maggie O'Connor — Selected works
Mark O'Connor — Appalachia Waltz
Grammy award-winning multi-instrumentalist and composer Mark O'Connor is joined by his wife Maggie O'Connor and the Vega String Quartet for this genre-blending program featuring Beethoven's String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95, O'Connor's Quartet No. 2, and bluegrass duos by the O'Connors. All the musicians come together to perform Mark's “Appalachia Waltz” as a grand finale.
About Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta
Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta is the Southeast’s largest and most active chamber music organization brings together some of the city's finest resident musicians with internationally-known performers who are dedicated to performing the most delightful, exciting, and interesting music from the chamber repertoire in some of the most acoustically and visually beautiful spaces in Atlanta.
https://chambermusicsociety.emory.edu/About Vega Quartet
The Vega String Quartet, Quartet-in-Residence at Emory University, is cultivating a new generation of chamber music lovers through dynamic performances and innovative community engagement. The New York Times raved that "[the Quartet's] playing had a kind of clean intoxication to it, pulling the listener along…the musicians took real risks in their music making" and the L.A. Times praised their "triumphant L.A. debut." They concertize both nationally and internationally. The Quartet's major performing projects at Emory have included performing the complete cycle of Beethoven quartets, as well as pairing Bach's complete works for solo violin, viola, and cello with the six Bartók quartets. They have also developed a series of "Jazz Meets Classics" programs, bringing the two genres together.
http://www.vegaquartet.com/About Mark O'Connor, violin & guitar
About Maggie O'Connor, violin & voice
About Emily Daggett Smith, violin
About Jessica Shuang Wu, violin
As a founding member of the Vega String Quartet, Quartet-in-Residence at Emory University, Jessica Shuang Wu has performed extensively throughout North America, Asia, and Europe. Born in Shanghai, China, Ms. Wu began her violin studies at the age of five and made her solo debut with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of twelve.
http://music.emory.edu/home/people/biography/wu-jessica.html