The UNLV Performing Arts Center and the department of music welcome the Fry Street Quartet as part of the Chamber Music Series at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22 in the Doc Rando Recital Hall of the Beam Music Center.
Hailed as "a triumph of ensemble playing" (The New York Times), Fry Street Quartet has performed for audiences from Carnegie Hall to Jerusalem, exploring the medium of the string quartet with "profound understanding,...depth of expression, and stunning technical astuteness" (Deseret Morning News).
The Fry Street Quartet - Robert Waters, violin; Rebecca McFaul, violin; Bradley Ottesen, viola; and Anne Francis Bayless, cello - was founded in Chicago in 1997 under the mentorship of Marc Johnson, cellist of the Vermeer Quartet. The group received rave reviews as prizewinners at the Yellow Springs Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition. The quartet traveled to Israel to participate in the International Encounters Chamber Music Seminar in 2000, where they studied with Isaac Stern.
Fry Street Quartet began its international career as cultural ambassadors to the Balkan States, sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the U.S. Department of State. Subsequent international appearances have included the ProQuartet Academy at Pont-Royal, France, the Prague Chamber Festival and Trutnov Autumn Festival in the Czech Republic, Kulturvereinigung Obersch?tzen in Austria and three visits to the Oficina de Musica de Curitiba, Brazil.
Tickets
Tickets to Fry Street Quartet are $25 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center Box Office at 895-ARTS (2787) or by visiting pac.unlv.edu. Student rush tickets are $10 each (not inclusive of the facilities fee), and available one hour prior to each event, based on availability and with valid student I.D. UNLV faculty and staff discounts also are available.
A $1.25 facilities fee, in addition to the ticket price, is charged on all Performing Arts Center tickets. The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Information about all of the season's performances can be found on the Performing Arts Center website, located at pac.unlv.edu.
About the Performing Arts Center
Founded in 1976, the Performing Arts Center at UNLV is Southern Nevada's original performing arts venue, celebrating nearly 40 years of arts in Las Vegas. Located on the north end of the UNLV campus, the PAC hosts a variety of performances and is home to the Charles Vanda Master Series. At the UNLV PAC, Southern Nevadans can enjoy the arts nearly every day of the year. The Performing Arts Center is home to productions presented by the Nevada Conservatory Theatre at UNLV and the UNLV music and dance departments, the Desert Chorale, and the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society. The Center also hosts more than 50,000 Clark County School District students yearly for productions, festivals and concerts.
