The Jupiter String Quartet

The Jupiter String Quartet Returns to Adelphi University on October 2, 2009

Garden City, NY
August 6, 2009

Adelphi University welcomes back the Jupiter String Quartet for its second season as Adelphi’s Ensemble-in-Residence. The group will perform its first of three programs on Friday, October 2, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. in the 500-seat acoustically state-of-the-art concert hall at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center (AU PAC), 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY.

Hailed as "one of the strongest young string quartets in the country" by the New York Sun, the Jupiter String Quartet is comprised of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel, and cellist Daniel McDonough. Their program includes Franz Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127, and the hauntingly evocative music of Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov’s Yiddishbbuk.  A post-concert discussion will follow the performance.

The quartet has received a number of honors, including first prize in the Banff International String Quartet Competition, grand prize in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award, and membership in the Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society Two, among many other notable distinctions. They have toured the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, and South America, and have graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, and the Library of Congress, as well as numerous other venues at home and abroad. Their most recent accomplishment was receiving an Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Reserved tickets for the event will be available for $20 (regular) and $15 (senior citizens). To learn more about the AU PAC and view the season schedule, please visit http://aupac.adelphi.edu/ or call the AU PAC Box Office at (516) 877-4000. All tickets go on sale Friday, August 14, 2009 at 12:00 p.m.

About Adelphi University: Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,500 students from 41 states and 63 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.


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