The Haven String Quartet is scheduled to present a full concert program of works by women in celebration of International Women’s Day, according to a release.
The concert is at 7:30p.m. March 10 at The Unitarian Society of New Haven, 700 Hartford Trpke., Hamden, the release said. It will be followed by a reception with the musicians. Tickets are $25, and $10 for students and Unitarian Society of New Haven members.
"Works by men traditionally dominate concert programs in the classical music world," the release noted. "One study undertaken by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra gathered data about the 2014-2015 season from 21 of the largest orchestras in the US and found that 9 out of 10 pieces programmed were written by men. Even when selecting just by works by living composers, more than 85 (percent) of works played were written by men."
“Pushing Boundaries: Women Who Compose” will "feature the Haven String Quartet along with Music Haven Resident Violinist Patrick Doane, and special guest artist, pianist Andruis Zlabys, playing works by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847), Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), and living composers, Jennifer Higdon (who hails from the southern US and currently lives in Philadelphia) and Aleksandra Vrebalov (from Serbia)," the release said.
"Their styles ranges from the height of the Romantic tradition (Mendelssohn-Hensel's Quartet) to the 20th century “aleatoric” style of Vrebalov's My Desert, My Rose, in which some elements of timing and tone are left to chance or the split-second decisions of the musicians."
All ticket proceeds benefit Music Haven’s tuition-free afterschool lessons program, the release said. Purchase tickets in advance at www.havenstringquartet.com.
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