Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama Performs at Downtown Chamber Series in Phoenix November 17 & 18, 2012 at 8 PM

Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama, President of the American Viola Society, is featured at AfriClassical.com and Ngwenyama.com.  

The Downtown Chamber Series at Legend City
Phoenix, Arizona

November 17 & 18, 2012

Saturday and Sunday

8:00 p.m.

Legend City

521 W. Van Buren

Phoenix

Featuring music for string quartet, including the epic electric Black Angels by George Crumb. The work encompases the sounds of a troubled nation in 1970, struggling with the assasinations of MLK, Robert Kennedy, the burning of inner city neighborhoods, and the Vietnam War. "Things were turned upside down. There were terrifying things in the air... they found their way into Black Angels." -George Crumb 

Musicians:

Nokuthula Ngwenyama and

Tessa Gotman, violins

Mark Dix, viola

Jan Simiz, cello

Program:

Beethoven, String Quartet Op. 18 No. 4 in C-minor

Schubert, Death and the Maiden Movement II, Andante

Crumb, Black Angels for electric string quartet

Exhibition:

The annual Chaos Theory show featuring 60 artists