Verona Quartet Begins Second Year at �鶹��Ƶ with Debut Recording and Concert</h1> <article> <h1>Verona Quartet Begins Second Year at �鶹��Ƶ with Debut Recording and Concert</h1> <p>eburnett — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:11:46 +0000</p> <span>Verona Quartet Begins Second Year at �鶹��Ƶ with Debut Recording and Concert</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-06-30T11:11:46-04:00" title="Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - 11:11">Wed, 06/30/2021 - 11:11</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The <a href="/node/304811">Verona Quartet</a>, �鶹��Ƶ’s ensemble in residence since fall 2020, will return to campus in that capacity for the 2021-22 academic year—and the quartet’s second season at �鶹��Ƶ begins with a bang: It <a href="http://www.veronaquartet.com/news/2021/6/27/check-out-our-newly-released-album">released its debut recording</a>, <em>Diffusion</em> (Azica Records), on June 25 and will <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/faculty_recital_verona_quartet_and_scott_cuellar_piano">team up with faculty pianist Scott Cuellar</a> for a 7:30 p.m. performance in the conservatory’s Stull Recital Hall on Wednesday, July 7.</p> <p>The concert marks �鶹��Ƶ’s first indoor performance to welcome a live audience since March 2020 and signals an anticipated return to regularly produced faculty and student concerts on campus in the fall semester and beyond.</p> <p>The July 7 recital will also be <a href="/conservatory/on-stage/live-webcasts/stull-recital-hall-live-webcast">livestreamed</a>.</p> <p>The program will open with Giacomo Puccini’s 1890 quartet <em>Crisantemi</em> (“Chrysanthemums”) and includes a late piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven—No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109—as well as Igor Stavinsky’s Concertino for String Quartet, Ernst Krenek’s Fünf Klavierstücke, Op. 39, and Grażyna Bacewicz’s Piano Quintet No. 1.</p> <p>Winner of Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award for 2020, the Verona Quartet devoted the past year to leading lessons and coaching chamber music with students from the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as collaborations with the �鶹��Ƶ Arts and Sciences Orchestra. The quartet presented a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obozzyJtuc0">virtual performance and discussion</a> on �鶹��Ƶ Stage Left in August 2020, and performed a livestreamed recital from Kulas Recital Hall in March.</p> <p>The Verona Quartet consists of violinists Jonathan Ong and Dorothy Ro, violist Abigail Rojansky ’11, and cellist Jonathan Dorman. Together, their membership represents the nations of Canada, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.</p> <p></p> <p>The new album celebrates cross-cultural connections through the music of Janáček, Szymanowski, and Ravel.</p> <p>“As a quartet of musicians hailing from across the world, we knew we wanted our first album to reflect the essence of the cultural migration that is such a big part of our identity," the quartet shares <a href="http://www.veronaquartet.com/">on its website</a>. "Through <em>Diffusion</em>, we celebrate the spirit of intercultural exploration that permeates many of the great works of the string quartet canon. This music and the weaving together of global traditions is incredibly meaningful to us and we hope that listeners will love it too.”</p> <p>A 2011 graduate of �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory, Scott Cuellar serves as assistant professor of class piano at the conservatory.</p> <p>In accordance with <a href="/campus-resources/bulletins/changes-campus-covid-19-protocols">campus guidelines</a>, fully vaccinated guests may visit campus without wearing face coverings. Unvaccinated guests are recommended to wear a mask and maintain distance when possible.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">July 7 recital with faculty pianist Scott Cuellar marks first live, indoor campus performance with an audience since March 2020.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-06-30T12:00:00Z">Wed, 06/30/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3476">Residencies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2974">Conservatory Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35116">Violin</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=36206">Viola</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35261">Cello</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/verona-quartet" hreflang="und">Verona Quartet</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/strings" hreflang="und">Strings</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/musical-studies" hreflang="und">Musical Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Verona Quartet to Hold 2020-21 �鶹��Ƶ Residency</h1> <p>eburnett — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:31:18 +0000</p> <span>Verona Quartet to Hold 2020-21 �鶹��Ƶ Residency</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-07-17T11:31:18-04:00" title="Friday, July 17, 2020 - 11:31">Fri, 07/17/2020 - 11:31</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The <a href="http://www.veronaquartet.com/">Verona Quartet</a>, winners of Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award for 2020, will serve as quartet in residence at �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory for the 2020-21 academic year.</p> <p>The ensemble’s focus includes secondary lessons and chamber music coaching with students from the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as collaborations with the �鶹��Ƶ Arts and Sciences Orchestra, which consists of standout musicians from the college as well as members of the community. The quartet will also perform a series of concerts throughout the upcoming season.</p> <p>Established by Chamber Music America in 1995, the Cleveland Quartet Award promotes the career development of young string quartets of exceptional promise. Previous winners include such renowned ensembles as the Pacifica, Jupiter, and Mirò quartets, all of which feature �鶹��Ƶ alumni.</p> <p>The Verona Quartet has earned acclaim for its championing of contemporary repertoire and composers, as well as its numerous interdisciplinary collaborations—among them performances with Dance Heginbotham of New York City, an artistic exchange with poets from the United Arab Emirates, and performances with the folk trio I’m With Her, made possible through the Kennedy Center’s Direct Current Festival. Hailed as “outstanding” by <em>The New York Times</em>, the quartet won the 2015 Concert Artist Guild competition and has performed in such famed venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Wigmore Hall. Its debut recording, <em>Diffusion</em>, featuring works by Ravel, Szymanowski, and Janáček, is forthcoming on Azica Records.</p> <p>The quartet consists of violinists Jonathan Ong and Dorothy Ro, violist Abigail Rojansky, and cellist Jonathan Dormand.</p> <p>The residency represents a homecoming for Rojansky, a 2011 �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory graduate. Like her Verona colleagues, she gravitated toward chamber music early in her career—and ultimately to the sort of boundary-bending collaborations that have become a hallmark of the Verona Quartet’s young career.</p> <p>“I have always been so thankful for the ways �鶹��Ƶ opens students up to opportunities and encourages you to pursue your passions,” Rojansky says. “I left �鶹��Ƶ with the sense that I could do whatever I wanted to. There were no limitations, and this quartet grew out of that same sensibility.”</p> <p>The Verona Quartet currently maintains residencies at Indiana University Summer String Academy, North Carolina’s Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, and the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance. Previous fellowships include the Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, and Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. Their mentors include members of the Cleveland Quartet, Juilliard Quartet and Pacifica Quartet.</p> <p>“With the Verona Quartet at �鶹��Ƶ, we will be providing our college students with the highest level of musical instruction,” says <a href="/node/44016">Sibbi Bernhardsson</a>, professor of violin at �鶹��Ƶ and a former coach of the quartet at Indiana, when he was also a member of the Pacifica Quartet.</p> <p>Bernhardsson notes that the quartet will live in �鶹��Ƶ for the 2020-21 season, the better to facilitate opportunities for robust collaboration with students.</p> <p>“Part of what I think is so exciting is that they are not commuting in and out of town and trying to fit �鶹��Ƶ into their tour schedule,” he says. “They will be here as part of our community, and they will be able to do very meaningful work with our students. They will serve as very important role models—not just for our college students, but for our conservatory students as well.”</p> <p>The Verona Quartet’s �鶹��Ƶ residency is made possible through the generosity of Richard L. Clark ’62, a physician and avid cellist who performed in the �鶹��Ƶ Orchestra while pursuing zoology studies at �鶹��Ƶ College, and by an anonymous gift from the family of a current �鶹��Ƶ student to support enhanced musical offerings for students in the College of Arts and Sciences.</p> <p>The residency’s emphasis on collaborations with college musicians and ensembles aligns with �鶹��Ƶ’s broader mission of providing vibrant, immersive opportunities in music for all students. Learn more about <a href="/node/372011">music opportunities at �鶹��Ƶ College</a>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-07-17T12:00:00Z">Fri, 07/17/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Winner of Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award, rising ensemble will mentor college musicians through lessons, chamber music, and more.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3328">Musical Opportunities for College Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2366">Guest Artists & Speakers</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3476">Residencies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35116">Violin</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=36206">Viola</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35261">Cello</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/sibbi-bernhardsson" hreflang="und">Sibbi Bernhardsson</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/strings" hreflang="und">Strings</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy Verona Quartet</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>