Jupiter Quartet Continues its Concert Series Presented by Krannert Center with Folk Encounters
Photo of the Jupiter Quartet by Todd Rosenberg available in high resolution at www.jensenartists.com/artists-profiles/jupiter-string
The Jupiter String Quartet Continues its Concert Series Presented by Krannert Center for the Performing Arts with Folk Encounters
Featuring Guest Violist Kirsten Docter
Performing Music by Su Lian Tan, Wynton Marsalis, and Antonin Dvořák
Friday, November 10, 2023 at 7:30pm
University of Illinois | Foellinger Great Hall
500 S Goodwin Ave. | Urbana, IL
Tickets and Information at
https://krannertcenter.com/events/jupiter-string-quartet-kirsten-docter-viola
“technical finesse and rare expressive maturity”
– The New Yorker
Urbana, IL – The Jupiter String Quartet – the quartet-in-residence at the University of Illinois since 2012 and internationally acclaimed winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition – continues their 2023-2024 concert series presented by Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Foellinger Great Hall (500 S. Goodwin Ave) on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 7:30pm, in a collaborative performance with violist Kirsten Docter. The Jupiter’s series at Krannert Center also includes a third performance on February 6, 2024.
The Jupiter Quartet will perform a program of works that spans more than a century and highlights a range of musical styles, including excerpts from "At the Octoroon Balls," String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis (1995), Antonin Dvořák’s Viola Quintet In E-flat Major “American,” Op. 97 B. 180 (1893), and Su Lian Tan’s “Life in Wayang” (2002).
The Jupiter Quartet says of collaborating with Kirsten Docter:“We are so pleased to bring one of our longtime mentors, the wonderful violist Kirsten Docter, to campus to share the stage with us and give wise advice to our students. Antonin Dvorak’s viola quintet is a fantastic, joyful work, and we are excited to share it with our hometown crowd at Krannert.”
Based in Urbana and giving concerts all over the country, the Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Brought together by ties both familial and musical, the Jupiter Quartet has been performing together for 23 years. Exuding an energy that is at once friendly, knowledgeable, and adventurous, the Quartet celebrates every opportunity to bring their close-knit and lively style to audiences.Their connections to each other and the length of time they’ve shared the stage always shine through in their intuitive performances.
Up next on February 6, 2024, the Jupiter Quartet will conclude its concert series with a program that features the work of Michi Wiancko, Béla Bartók, and Johannes Brahms, with Soyeon Kate Lee joining the Quartet on piano.
More About Jupiter String Quartet: This tight-knit ensemble is firmly established as an important voice in the world of chamber music. Artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana since 2012, the Jupiter Quartet maintain private studios and direct the University’s chamber music program.
The Jupiter Quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, and Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall. Their major music festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Music Festival, Music at Menlo, the Seoul Spring Festival, and many others. In addition to their performing career, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign since 2012, where they maintain private studios and direct the chamber music program.
Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; the Young Concert Artists International auditions in New York City; the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America; an Avery Fisher Career Grant; and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two.
About Kirsten Docter: Kirsten Docter is associate professor of viola and chamber music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. First-prize wins at the Primrose International and American String Teachers Association Viola Competitions launched her on a career that includes a 23-year tenure with the Cavani Quartet, concerts on major series and festivals, and numerous appointments as a master class clinician and teacher.
Docter’s festival appearances include performances at the Aspen Music Festival, Seattle Chamber Music Society, and Kneisel Hall. Her work can be heard on the Azica, Albany, and New World labels. Docter formerly served on the chamber music and viola faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of Michigan. She has been a jury member of the Primrose International Viola, Fischoff National Chamber Music, and Sphinx competitions. In the summer she serves on the viola faculty of the Perlman Music Program and Bowdoin International Music Festival.
For Calendar Editors:
Description: The Jupiter Quartet, the Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign who are described by The New Yorker as having “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity,” is presented by Krannert Center for a performance with violist Kirsten Docter in Foellinger Great Hall (500 S Goodwin Ave.). The ensemble will perform a stylistically diverse, collaborative program that includes excerpts from "At the Octoroon Balls," String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis, and Su Lian Tan’s Life in Wayang. and Antonin Dvořák’s Viola Quintet In E-flat Major “American,” Op. 97 B. 180, performed with violist Kirsten Docter.
Short description: The Jupiter Quartet, who are described as having an ensemble of “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity” (The New Yorker), is presented by Krannert Center for a performance with violist Kirsten Docter, featuring the music of Wynton Marsalis, Su Lian Tan, and Antonin Dvořák.
Concert details:
Who: Jupiter String Quartet and violist Kirsten Docter
Presented by Krannert Center
What: Music by Su Lian Tan, Wynton Marsalis, and Antonin Dvořák.
When: Friday, November 10, 2023 at 7:30pm
Where: University of Illinois, Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Tickets and information: www.krannertcenter.com/events/jupiter-string-quartet-kirsten-docter-viola