St. Lawrence String Quartet

October 16 @ 7:30 PM

Sponsored by the University of Mississippi Artist Series

$30 Orchestra/Parterre, $25 Mezzanine $20 Balcony
$30 Tier 1 Box Seat, $25 Tier 2 Box Seat

20% UM Faculty/Staff/Retiree Discount is available at the UM Box Office.
UM Student Tickets are $10 for all seats. Student tickets are available at the UM Box Office. UM student ID is required.

“Modern…dramatic…superb…wickedly attentive…with a hint of rock ‘n roll energy…” are just a few ways critics describe the musical phenomenon that is the St Lawrence String Quartet. The SLSQ is renowned for the intensity of its performances, its breadth of repertoire, and its commitment to concert experiences that are at once intellectually exciting and emotionally alive.

Recent highlights include performances with Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic and Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony in John Adams’s “Absolute Jest” for string quartet and orchestra, and the European premieres of Adams’s second string quartet.

Established in Toronto in 1989, the St Lawrence String Quartet quickly earned acclaim at top international chamber music competitions and was soon playing hundreds of concerts per year worldwide. They established an ongoing residency at Spoleto Festival USA, made prize-winning recordings for EMI of music by Schumann, Tchaikovsky, and Golijov, earning two Grammy nominations and a host of other prizes before being appointed ensemble-in-residence at Stanford University in 1998.