HOUSTON, TX (January 25, 2016): Musiqa, two-time winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, presents a free loft concert, Island Time, at the Contemporary Arts Museum on Thursday, February 11 at 6:30 PM. The concert’s program is comprised of music by five American and British composers, and is structured around Joan Tower’s Island Prelude, a work originally written for oboe and orchestra and featured on this program in its incarnation for chamber ensemble. The concert also includes David Dzubay’s Threnody for string quartet, British composer Nicola Le Fanu’s Soliloquy for solo oboe, Welsh composer Hilary Tann’s Duo for oboe and viola, and Nina C. Young’sMeditation, a duo for violin and cello.
For this program oboist Alecia Lawyer who will be joined by violinists Natalie Lin and Lin Lin Huang, violist Suzanne LeFevre, and cellist Francesca McNeely.
The first program of the season of Musiqa’s loft series of informal, intimate concerts, Island Time is presented in collaboration with the CAMH exhibition of the same name; the exhibition features works by artists whose works have been exhibited at the Galveston Artist Residency.
Musiqa’s Island Time
Thursday, February 11
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
5216 Montrose Blvd.
Houston, TX 77006
6:30 PM – Performance
Admission is free
On the Program:
David Dzubay: Threnody for string quartet
Nicola Le Fanu: Soliloquy for solo oboe
Hilary Tann: Duo for oboe and viola
Joan Tower: Island Prelude for oboe and string quartet
Nina C. Young: Meditation for violin and cello