The concert features music by two Rome Prize Fellows in musical composition, Eric Nathan and Dan Visconti, performed by the Jack Quartet and the oboist Peggy Pearson.

The program will include: Eric Nathan’s Four to One (2011) for string quartet; Omaggio a Gesualdo (2013, rev. 2014) for string quartet (world premiere); Quartet for Oboe and Strings (2012), with oboist Peggy Pearson; and Carlo Gesualdo (trans. Eric Nathan): "Ahi! Disperata Vita" from Madrigali a cinque voci Libro terzo (1594) for oboe and string quartet, with oboist Peggy Pearson; and Dan Visconti’s Black Bend (2003) for string quartet; New Work (2014) for string quartet; and Love Bleeds Radiant (2006) ­for amplified string quartet and CD playback.

Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. You are kindly requested to take your seat fifteen minutes before the beginning of the event.

The concert is made possible by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Fromm Music Foundation, the Herman Goldman Foundation, the Estate of Kent W. Kennan (1939 Fellow), and Janice and George Scantland. Arts events are also supported by the Syde Hurdus Foundation.