'The Young Eight' in 'Celebration of Black Composers,' Seattle University, Feb. 20

[The Young Eight]

TheYoungEight.com
February 17, 2010
“The Young Eight, America’s only professional string octet, will present a special Celebration of Black Composers concert on Saturday, February 20 – 7:30 PM in Seattle University’s Pigott Auditorium, 1016 E Marion Street in Seattle, Washington. The Young Eight is Ensemble in Residence at Seattle University. The octet will celebrate Black History Month with music by African and African-American composers. This special performance will be a reunion, as five of the original octet members will perform together after a three year hiatus.

"In addition to the standard classical repertoire, The Young Eight concert will feature special guests: spoken word artist Toyia Taylor, singer Angie Shields and dancer Kiana Harris. Tickets for the February 20 concert are $12 for public general admission, $8 for faculty and staff and $5 for Seattle University students. For more information, call 206-398-4994 or visit
http://www.seattleu.edu/events/detail.asp?sID=28055.

The Young Eight, consisting of Artistic Director Quinton I. Morris, Kayoung Nam, Timothy Peters and Chala Yancy, violins, Amber Archibald and Carl St. Jacques, violas and Caleb Jones and Tahirah Whittington, violoncelli, is an octet of African-American musicians from The Boston Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, Indiana University, The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music, New England Conservatory of Music and Peabody Conservatory of Music.

'The Young Eight' Presents Concert at Seattle University at 8 PM Friday, May 1

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“The Young Eight, America’s only professional string octet, will be in concert on Friday, May 1 – 8 PM in Seattle University’s Pigott Auditorium, 1016 E Marion Street in Seattle, Washington. The Young Eight is Ensemble in Residence at Seattle University. Concert repertoire will be Beethoven’s Duo for Viola and Violoncello (with two eyeglasses), Dvorak’s Terzetto, op. 74 in C Major for two violins and viola, Summertime for two violins, arranged by John Littlejohn, Michael DePaul’s Elegy for String Octet and the Mendelssohn Octet for Strings in E-flat major, op, 40 (in celebration of the bicentennial year of Felix Mendelssohn).” 

“The Young Eight, consisting of Artistic Director Quinton I. Morris, Kayoung Nam, Timothy Peters and Chala Yancy, violins, Amber Archibald and Carl St. Jacques, violas and Caleb Jones and Tahirah Whittington, violoncelli, is an octet of African-American musicians from The Boston Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, Indiana University, The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music, New England Conservatory of Music and Peabody Conservatory of Music.”

The Young Eight Will Perform in New York State on May 8, 9 & 12

The Young Eight, http://www.theyoungeight.com, America’s only African-American string octet, will present three concerts in New York State which are free and open to the public, on May 8, 9 and 12:

Thursday, May 8 – 12 noon – The Young Eight will be in concert at Hudson Valley Community College’s Maureen Stapleton Theatre, 80 Vandenburgh Avenue in Troy, New York as part of the college’s Cultural Affairs Series. For more information, call (518) 629-8072 or visit https://www.hvcc.edu/

Friday, May 9 – 8 PM – The Young Eight will be appear on the Main Stage Theater of the Performing Arts Center on the campus of York College CUNY – 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd, Jamaica, New York. For more information, call 718-262-3750 or visit http://york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events

Monday, May 12 – 7:30 PM - The Young Eight will perform at Advent Lutheran Church, 2504 Broadway at 93rd Street in Manhattan. For more information, call 212-866-2100 or visit http://www.adventnyc.org/musicmondays