Artist Residencies
Kenari Saxophone Quartet
Residency Week Schedule of Events
January 22-28, 2019
Chamber Music Tulsa has a long history of providing educational opportunities and community outreach to enhance its season of concerts by world class artists. In addition to the Kenari Quartet's regular Saturday Salon and Sunday Afternoon Series concert, the Kenari stayed in Tulsa for a whole week and perform various outreach events around town.
Events include performances at the Tulsa Central Library, Tulsa Boys Home, Day Center for the Homeless, and 12x12.
The public was invited to join us at the following events.
Jan 22, 2019
12:00 p.m.
Tulsa City-County Central Library
Downtown Tulsa at 5th & Denver Avenue
Free two-hour parking is attached garage
Take a lunch break and let the Kenari Quartet serenade you while you are surrounded by books!
Jan 24, 2019
8:00 p.m.
Duet Jazz
108 N Detroit Ave, Tulsa, OK 74103
If you haven’t been to DUET Jazz Club, now is a perfect time to experience this great new venue in Tulsa!
$10
Jan 26, 2019
10:30 a.m.
Into the Canon: Equity in Classical Music
TCC Center for Creativity - 910 S Boston Ave
Join us for a special presentation by Steven Banks, baritone saxophonist for the Kenari Saxophone Quartet.
Into the Canon: Equity in Classical Music
Classical music is relevant and meaningful to every member of today's society. Women and people of color have been composing and performing this music for hundreds of years, but you would never know by looking at the current landscape of the field. This Tedx style lecture will discuss how diversity and inclusion will allow the music we love to affect more lives than you could ever imagine.
This lecture is free and open to the public and will be followed by a brief performance by the Kenari Saxophone Quartet.
Jan 26, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Saturday Salon Concert
Our Salon Series is sold out to subscribers, but occasionally single tickets become available. If you would like to be put on our waiting list, please email manager@chambermusictulsa.org or call 918.587.3802
Program:
Handel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Desenclos: Quartet for Saxophones
Dundee: Shifting Gears
Bach: Italian Concerto
Love: In Memoriam
Kapustin: Selections from 24 Preludes
in Jazz Style
Jan 27, 2019
3:00 p.m.
Sunday Afternoon Concert
Tulsa Performing Arts Center, John H Williams Theatre
2:15 p.m. pre-concert lecture by Jason Heilman and members of the Kenari Quartet
3:00 p.m. performance
Sunday afternoon provides a full-length performance in the relaxed atmosphere of the Williams Theatre at the PAC. There is something special when the lights go down and the music begins.
Program:
Escaich: Tango Virtuoso
Mellits: Ex Machina
Nagao: Chercher and Aspirer from
Quartet for Saxophones
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Ticheli: Out of the Blue
Piazzolla: Adios Nonino
Tickets: $25 in advance, $35 at the door, and $5 for students.
About the Kenari Saxophone Quartet
Formed in 2012 at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, the award-winning Kenari Quartet has taken pride in delivering engaging performances through creative programming and compelling stage presence. The versatility of the saxophone is integral to the quartet, which presents music from a wide range of genres that is well informed by all periods of classical music as well as jazz, soul, and other genres. The group has earned top prizes at the M-Prize Chamber Music Competition, the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the J.C. Arriaga Chamber Music Competition, the Plowman Chamber Music Competition, Chesapeake Bay International Chamber Music Competition, and the Coleman Chamber Music Competition.
"Our primary goal is to spread awareness of the saxophone’s versatility, while at the same time, sharing our love for music and its power to inspire, unite, and fulfill. We accomplish this through programming a variety of works—including classical transcriptions, original repertoire, commissions, avant-garde contemporary pieces, as well as arrangements of jazz and popular tunes—all chosen for the particular ways that they impact us as performers and for the various emotional implications that they create for the listener."
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