Chamber Music Maryland: Ulysses Quartet with Oskar Espina Ruiz, string quartet & clarinet

Ulysses Quartet and Chamber Music Maryland (formerly Candlelight Concert Society)
Saturday, October 26, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Horowitz Center Smith Theatre at Howard Community College, Columbia, MD, United States
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Caroline Shaw — Plan and Elevation
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — String Quartet in E-flat major
Johannes Brahms — Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

The Ulysses Quartet, renowned for their "textural versatility and grave beauty" (The Strad), unites with the "phenomenal clarinetist" (CVNC) Oskar Espina Ruiz for their debut at Chamber Music Maryland. Highlighting the evening is a tribute to groundbreaking women composers: the innovative Caroline Shaw, recipient of both Grammy and Pulitzer Prizes, and the pioneering Fanny Mendelssohn, a 19th-century composer who redefined the norms of her time. The program also includes Brahms' Clarinet Quintet, composed at the height of his expressive powers, featuring some of his most beautifully composed music.

About Ulysses Quartet

Founded in 2015, the Ulysses Quartet believes in the power of music to inspire, enlighten, and bring people together, and aims to highlight BIPOC and female composers. Its interactive programs help demystify traditional classical music and introduce listeners to the inner workings of a string quartet while exploring the connections between classical music and our world today. The group's name "Ulysses" reflects Homer's hero Odysseus and his arduous homeward voyage, and underscores the quartet's constant pursuit of artistic and personal ideals.

http://www.ulyssesquartet.com/

About Chamber Music Maryland (formerly Candlelight Concert Society)

https://chambermusicmaryland.org/

About Christina Bouey, violin

https://www.christinabouey.com/

About Rhiannon Banerdt, violin

http://www.rhiannonbanerdt.com/

About Peter Dudek, viola

https://musicacademy.org/iox-profiles/peter-dudek/

About Grace Mei-En Ho, cello

Taiwanese-American cellist Grace Ho is an active cello soloist and chamber musician in the United States and Asia. Ms. Ho has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, Ho Chi Minh City Symphony Orchestra, Sun Taipei Philharmonic, Vienna Ensemble, Lewisville Lake Symphony Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Philharmonic Orchestra, Kansas Wesleyan Orchestra, and University of North Texas Chamber Orchestra.

https://www.gracehocello.com/

About Oskar Espina Ruiz, clarinet

https://oskarespinaruiz.com/

Horowitz Center Smith Theatre at Howard Community College

Campus Dr
Columbia, MD 21044
United States

https://www.howardcc.edu/discover/arts-culture/horowitz-center/about-us/venues/smith-theatre.html

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