Chamber Music Series Continues at the Clark
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The second concert in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute’s chamber music series is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 8 p.m. and features the Miró String Quartet. The program includes the Beethoven String Quartet in C minor, Opus 18, No. 4, Barber Quartet Opus 11, and Dvořák’s Quartet No. 12, in F Major, Opus 96 (“American”).The critically acclaimed Miró Quartet is one of America’s highest profile chamber groups.Members studied at the Juilliard School, Cleveland Institute of Music and the Oberlin Conservatory. The group was founded in 1995 at the Oberlin Conservatory and met with immediate success winning first prizes at the Coleman, Fischoff and Banff competitions as well as the Naumburg Chamber Music Award. The Miró Quartet was also a recipient of the Cleveland Quartet Award and was the first ensemble ever to be awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant. In 2003, the Miró became the first faculty string quartet at the University of Texas at Austin. Its members teach and coach chamber music there, while continuing their active international touring and recording schedules. The Miró was Quartet-in-Residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two and was named to the Distinctive Debut Series of Carnegie Hall. At the invitation of Isaac Stern, they performed live at the Jerusalem Music Center in Israel.
Other scheduled concerts at the Clark include the Claremont Piano Trio on Aug. 17; and for the finale on Aug. 24, the Cavani String Quartet, winners of the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Award, the Coleman, Fischoff, Banff International and Cleveland Quartet competitions.
This concert series is funded by the Alice Shaver Foundation; additional support is provided by Legacy Portfolio Management.
Tickets are $21, $18 for Clark members and students with ID, and may be purchased at clarkart.edu, at 413-458-0524, or in person at the museum shop. A three-course fixed-price dinner is available at 6 p.m. for $25 and includes a choice of appetizer or soup, entrée, and dessert (meal cost does not include concert, beverage, tax, or gratuity). Reservations are required for the dinner, as seating is limited. The galleries and museum shop will remain open until 6.
The Clark is located at 225 South St. The galleries are open Tuesday through Sunday, from 10 to 5 (daily in July and August). Admission is free November through May. Admission is $15 from June 1 through Oct. 31. Admission is free for children 18 and younger, members, and students with valid ID. For more information, call 413-458-2303 or visit clarkart.edu.
