Dr. Quinton I. Morris
Violinist Quinton I. Morris will
be in concert on Saturday, January 11 – 2:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall at
Carnegie Hall, 154 West 57th St. in Manhattan. This concert is
presented by MidAmerica Productions and is sold-out.
Dr. Morris will be joined by hornist
David Jolley and pianist Alastair Edmonstone in performances of Beethoven’s Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 30, No. 1,
Grieg’s Sonata in C minor, Op. 45
and Brahms’ Horn Trio in E-flat
major, Op. 40
More
about the concert at http://www.midamerica-music.com/solo-and-chamber-music-series.
Dr. Quinton I. Morris is
Director of Chamber and Instrumental Music, and Assistant Professor of Music at
Seattle University. He has been on the faculty of the College of Arts and
Sciences since 2007. He enjoys a multifaceted career as a concert violinist,
chamber musician, educator and entrepreneur. He has performed solo and
chamber music performances all over the world: the United States, Europe,
Africa, Asia, Australia and Middle East. Career highlights include solo
guest appearances with the Seattle Symphony, a visiting research scholar post
at the University of Texas at Austin, two recording contracts with Naxos
International Records and a recent TED talk on “The Age of the Artist Entrepreneur”.
For the past two seasons, he has presented recitals in Weill Recital Hall at
Carnegie Hall to sold-out audiences.
Other notable concert
appearances include a recital with Indra Thomas and Byron Schenkman at Seattle’s
Benaroya Hall, concerto performances at the Champs-Elyseé Theatre in Paris, the
Guildhall School in London, the Roman Catholic Theatre in Bonn, Germany and the
Austin Chamber Music Center Chamber Orchestra in Austin, Texas. More about him at
http://www.seattleu.edu/artsci/faculty-staff/morris-quinton/.
David
Jolley has traveled extensively in North and South America, Europe, East Asia,
and Japan, sustaining an active performance career. Mr. Jolley has frequently
collaborated with such groups as the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, the
Guarneri Quartet, the American String Quartet, the Beaux Arts Trio, Musicians
from Marlboro, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mr.
Jolley is currently a member of the virtuoso wind quintet Windscape, the Trio
Valtorna, with violinist Ida Kavafian and pianist Gilles Vonsattel, and The New
York Brass Arts Trio (BAT), with trumpeter Joe Burgstaller and trombonist Haim
Avitsur.
Alastair
Edmonstone has performed as soloist, chamber musician and collaborative pianist
throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Performances this
season include a series of chamber concerts and collaborative recitals at
Morgan State University, Towson University, Peabody Conservatory, and Seattle
University.
For interviews, photos, press
inquiries or more information about violinist Quinton Morris, please contact
Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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