July 30; Aug. 1 & 2: Bay Chamber Presents Jupiter String Quartet and GRAMMY®-winning Pianist Michelle Cann in Machias and Camden, Maine
L-R Jupiter Quartet, credit to Todd Rosenberg; Michelle Cann, credit to Titilayo Ayangade
Bay Chamber Presents Jupiter String Quartet and
GRAMMY®-winning Pianist Michelle Cann
in Machias and Camden, Maine
July 30: Centre Street Congregational Church | 9 Center St. | Machias, ME
Presented by Machias Bay Chamber Concerts
7:00pm: Tickets and Information
August 1: Hammer Hall at Bay Chamber | 5 Mountain St. | Camden, ME
5:30pm: Tickets and Information
8:00pm: Tickets and Information
August 2: Hammer Hall at Bay Chamber | 5 Mountain St. | Camden, ME
8:00pm: Tickets and Information
“The Jupiter String Quartet, an ensemble of eloquent intensity, has matured into one of the mainstays of the American chamber-music scene.” – The New Yorker
www.jupiterquartet.com | www.michellecann.com | www.baychamber.org
Machias & Camden, ME – Bay Chamber Concerts will present the internationally esteemed Jupiter String Quartet – winner of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition – in four concerts with GRAMMY®-winning pianist Michelle Cann, who is described by Gramophone as “a pianist of sterling artistry.” On Tuesday July 30, 2024 at 7pm, the Quartet and Michelle Cann will be presented by Bay Chamber’s sister organization Machias Bay Chamber Concerts, in Machias, ME at the Centre Street Congregational Church (9 Center St). The Jupiter and Cann give the Opening Night Concerts of Bay Chamber’s summer festival on Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 5:30pm and 8pm and perform a program titled Resonance on Friday, August 2, 2024 at 8pm, all at Bay Chamber’s new home – the renovated Hammer Hall (5 Mountain Lane) in the Bixler Music Center.
On July 30 in Machias, the Jupiter Quartet will perform Mozart’s String Quartet in D Major, K. 575. They will then be joined by Michelle Cann for a performance of Antonin Dvořák’s vivid Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81. They repeat this program on August 1 for Bay Chamber’s Opening Night concerts at Hammer Hall in Camden. On August 2, in a program entitled Resonance, the Jupiter will perform excerpts from At the Octoroon Balls, String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis; Michelle Cann will perform Margaret Bonds’ Spiritual Suite and Florence Price’s Fantasie Nègre No. 1 In E Minor; and together, they will combine to perform the final movement of Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet, Op. 67.
The Jupiter Quartet says, “We are so pleased to return to the wonderful Bay Chamber concerts series, a favorite venue of ours since we first performed there over 15 years ago. We look forward very much to our first collaboration with the fantastic pianist Michelle Cann, and hope audiences will enjoy the selection of works we have chosen to play, which represent a wide variety of perspectives and styles.”
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). Founded in 2001, the Jupiter Quartet was brought together by ties both familial and musical. 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. The 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.
GRAMMY®-award winning pianist Michelle Cann is lauded as “technically fearless with…an enormous, rich sound” (La Scena Musicale). Cann has become one of the most sought-after pianists of her generation. She made her debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2021 and has recently performed concertos with The Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, and Cincinnati. Highlights of her 2023-24 season included appearances with the Charlotte, Hawaii, Indianapolis, Québec, Sarasota, and Winnipeg symphony orchestras, and recitals in New York City, Portland, Berkeley, Beverly Hills, and Denver. Cann was the recipient of the 2022 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization. She also received the Cleveland Institute of Music’s 2022 Alumni Achievement Award and the 2022 Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award.
More About Jupiter String Quartet: The Jupiter String 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, Tucson Winter Music Festival, the Seoul Spring Festival, and many others. In addition to their performing career, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois 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.
The quartet's latest album is a collaboration with the Jasper String Quartet (Marquis Classics, 2021), produced by GRAMMY®-winner Judith Sherman. This collaborative album features the world premiere recording of Dan Visconti’s Eternal Breath, Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat, Op. 20, and Osvaldo Golijov’s Last Round. The quartet’s discography also includes numerous recordings on labels including Azica Records and Deutsche Grammophon. The quartet chose its name because Jupiter was the most prominent planet in the night sky at the time of its formation and the astrological symbol for Jupiter resembles the number four.
More about Michelle Cann: Lauded as “exquisite” by The Philadelphia Inquirer and “a pianist of sterling artistry” by Gramophone, Michelle Cann has become one of the most sought-after pianists of her generation. She made her debut in 2021 with The Philadelphia Orchestra and has recently performed concertos with The Cleveland Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São Paulo, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, and Cincinnati. Highlights of Cann’s 2023-24 season included appearances with the Charlotte, Hawaii, Indianapolis, Québec, Sarasota, and Winnipeg symphony orchestras, and recitals in New York City, Portland, Berkeley, Beverly Hills, and Denver.
Recognized as a leading interpreter of the piano music of Florence Price, Cann performed the New York City premiere of Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement with The Dream Unfinished Orchestra in July 2016. Her recording of the concerto with the New York Youth Symphony won a Grammy Award in 2023. Her acclaimed debut solo album Revival, featuring music by Price and Margaret Bonds, was released in May 2023.
Cann was the recipient of the 2022 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and an Artist’s Diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music. Cann joined the Curtis piano faculty in 2020 as the inaugural Eleanor Sokoloff Chair in Piano Studies, and she joined the piano faculty of the Manhattan School of Music in 2023.
For Calendar Editors:
Description: The Jupiter String Quartet, described as “an ensemble of eloquent intensity” by The New Yorker, is presented by Bay Chamber Concerts, in four performances with “exquisite” (Philadelphia Inquirer) GRAMMY®-winning pianist Michelle Cann. Bay Chamber is dedicated to bringing “transformative musical experiences to Midcoast Maine.” On July 30 in Machias, ME the Jupiter Quartet and Michelle Cann will perform works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonín Dvořák. For the following three concerts in Camden, ME on August 1 and 2, the Quartet and Cann will perform music by Mozart and Dvořák, as well as works by Margaret Bonds, Wynton Marsalis, Florence Price, and Amy Beach.
Concert details:
Who: Jupiter String Quartet and GRAMMY®-winning Pianist Michelle Cann
Presented by Machias Bay Chamber Concerts
What: Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonin Dvořák
When: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 7:00pm
Where: Centre Street Congregational Church, 9 Center St., Machias, ME 04654
Tickets and information: www.machiasbaychamberconcerts.com/performances/current-details.php/2024-07-30-00-00-00-36/
Who: Jupiter String Quartet and GRAMMY®-winning Pianist Michelle Cann
Presented by Bay Chamber Concerts
What: Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonin Dvořák
When: Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 5:30pm
Where: Hammer Hall at Bay Chamber, 5 Mountain St. Camden, ME 04843
Tickets and information: www.baychamber.org/calendar/michelle-cann-piano-530
Who: Jupiter String Quartet and GRAMMY®-winning Pianist Michelle Cann
Presented by Bay Chamber Concerts
What: Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonin Dvořák
When: Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 8:00pm
Where: Hammer Hall at Bay Chamber, 5 Mountain St. Camden, ME 04843
Tickets and information: www.baychamber.org/calendar/michelle-cann-piano-8
Who: Jupiter String Quartet and GRAMMY®-winning Pianist Michelle Cann
Presented by Bay Chamber Concerts
What: Music by Margaret Bonds, Wynton Marsalis, Florence Price, and Amy Beach
When: Friday, August 2, 2023 at 8:00pm
Where: Hammer Hall at Bay Chamber, 5 Mountain St. Camden, ME 04843
Tickets and information: www.baychamber.org/calendar/jupiter-string-quartet