Candler Concert Series: Turtle Island Quartet – Island Prayers
$45 ($10 students)
- David Balakrishnan, violin
- Gabriel Terracciano, violin
- Benjamin "Benni" von Gutzeit, viola
- Naseem Alatrash, cello
David Balakrishnan — Little Mouse Jumps
Rhiannon Giddens — Pompey Ran Away
Jerod Impichcha̲achaaha' Tate — Little Loksi'
David Balakrishnan — Island Prayers
David Balakrishnan — Groove in the Louvre
Terence Blanchard — Turtle Trajectory
David Balakrishnan — The Second Wave
Winners of the 2006 and 2008 Grammy Awards for Best Classical Crossover Album, Turtle Island has merged classical quartet instrumentation with contemporary American musical styles. In the past three years, the group — resident composer, artistic director, and violinist David Balakrishnan with violinist Gabriel Terracciano, violist Benjamin von Gutzeit, and cellist Naseem Alatrash — has transitioned from an ensemble that primarily features a variety of arranged works to one that commissions and creates original music.
A major statement in the realm of original work, Island Prayers is an ambitious, multi-composer extravaganza co-commissioned by the Schwartz Center at Emory University, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Meany Performing Arts Center, The Music Hall (Portsmouth NH), and Savannah Music Hall. The project features new works by jazz composer Terence Blanchard, MacArthur Genius Fellow Rhiannon Giddens, New Music USA Composer-in-Residence Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, and Turtle Island Quartet founder David Balakrishnan.
About Emory University Music Department
The Department of Music at Emory recognizes the many and varied manifestations of music and hears in them a powerful means of understanding the human experience.
The mission of the department is to provide a dynamic and ever-changing environment in which students, faculty, and the greater Atlanta community can encounter music through performance, creation, listening, reflection, and analysis. We fulfill our mission by offering a broad array of courses and experiences in which students make and study many different kinds of music.
https://music.emory.edu/About Gabriel Terracciano, violin
About Benjamin "Benni" von Gutzeit, viola
About Naseem Alatrash, cello
Emerson Concert Hall at Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
1700 N Decatur RdAtlanta, GA 30307
United States