PRAx & Chamber Music Corvallis present: Brooklyn Rider: Upon One Note

Brooklyn Rider, Music at Oregon State University, and Chamber Music Corvallis

Saturday, April 19, 2025 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)

Lynne Hallstrom Detrick Concert Hall at PRAx, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States

$30-$40 ($5 student)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 "Dissonance"
Arvo Pärt — Solfeggio
TBA — Selected works

With their gripping performance style and unquenchable appetite for musical adventure, Brooklyn Rider has carved a singular space in the world of string quartets. They find equal inspiration in musical languages ranging from late Beethoven to Persian classical music to American roots music to the endlessly varied voices of living composers. Co-presented by PRAx and Chamber Music Corvallis, Brooklyn Rider will perform their program "Upon One Note," an exploration of ingenious work revolving around C, from Mozart's "Dissonance" Quartet to Arvo Pärt's Solfeggio.

PRAxKIDS is available for this event. We partner with KidSpirit to provide a supervised children's program. Visit our PRAxKIDS page for more details: https://prax.oregonstate.edu/visit/praxkids

About Michael Nicolas, cello

A “long-admired figure on the New York scene,” (The New Yorker), cellist Michael Nicolas enjoys a diverse career as chamber musician, soloist, recording artist, and improvisor. He is the cellist of the intrepid and genre-defying string quartet Brooklyn Rider, which has drawn praise from classical, world music, and rock critics alike. As a member of the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), he has worked with countless composers from around the world, premiering and recording dozens of new works. Another group, Third Sound, which Michael helped found, made its debut with an historic residency at the 2015 Havana Contemporary Music Festival in Cuba. Earlier in his career, he played with the wildly popular South Korean chamber group Ensemble Ditto, and also held a post as Associate Principal Cellist of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. His solo album, Transitions, is available on the Sono Luminus record label.

Of mixed French-Canadian and Taiwanese heritage, Michael was born in Canada, and currently resides in New York City. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School.

http://michaelnicolascellist.com/