Name: Kodak Quartet
Start: 2024-11-16T19:30:00-08:00
End: 2024-11-16T19:30:00-08:00
Location: The Great Hall

Kodak Quartet

A Night of Contemporary and Classical Masterpieces

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Date:: Saturday, November 16
Time:: 7:30 pm PST
Cost:: $20 - $40

Venue

: The Great Hall
: 1119 Eighth Avenue (enter on Eighth Avenue)
Seattle, 98101 United States + Google Map

Presented by Ladies Musical Club. For questions about this event, please contact Patron Services at patronservices@townhallseattle.org or (206) 504-2857.

All 4 members of the Kodak Quartet pose in front a stone wall, posing with their stringed instruments.

Rentals

Back by popular demand! NYC’s Kodak Quartet returns to Seattle to perform at Seattle’s iconic Town Hall under the auspices of the Ladies Musical Club. Winners of the Ladies Musical Club’s 2023 National Competition, Kodak dazzled audiences in September 2023 during their Seattle-area outreach tour. They will also be featured on Classical KING’s Northwest Focus Live on November 15th during their stay in Seattle, and have previously been featured on NPR’s Live Sessions (https://livesessions.npr.org/artists/kodak-quartet)

Program:

Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 No. 2 (1772)

Moderato
Adagio
Minuetto: Allegretto
Fuga a quattro soggetti

John Zorn, Cat o’ Nine Tails (1988)

INTERMISSION

Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 8 in e minor, Op. 59 No. 2 (1808)

Allegro
Molto Adagio, Si tratta questo pezzo con molto di sentimento
Allegretto. Maggiore – Thème russe
Finale. Presto

About Kodak Quartet:

Praised for their “electrifying eye contact and rhythmic flexibility” (Sean MacLean, KING FM), the award-winning Kodak Quartet is highly regarded for their work with contemporary composers on new compositions and for presenting traditional works with a contemporary flavor. Kodak Quartet formed in Rochester, New York while attending the Eastman School of Music and are currently based in New York, NY. Kodak’s members hail from the US, Canada and France.

The quartet won the first prize at the 2023 Frances Walton Competition and was honored with first prize and grand prize at the 2023 Coltman Chamber Music Competition. Their international performance career brings concerts to a great diversity of people, including concerts at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance, the Banff Centre, and MISQA. They have appeared on KING-FM Classical Northwest and have been featured on NPR Live Sessions. They have also performed for thousands of children at non-traditional performance venues such as school concerts, movie theaters, concert halls, and other outreach programs such as Rob Kapilow’s “What Makes it Great?” and James Blachly’s “Listening as Leadership.”

Kodak Quartet has performed with GRAMMY-winning artists Time for Three, Kronos Quartet, and JACK Quartet. They have worked with members of the Alban Berg, American, Beethoven, Danel, Juilliard, Pacifica, Verona, and Ying Quartets, among others. The Kodak Quartet is currently the Cuker and Stern Resident String Quartet at the Mannes School of Music.

To learn more, visit https://www.kodakquartet.com/

Kodak on NPR Live Sessions: https://livesessions.npr.org/artists/kodak-quartet

About the Ladies Musical Club:

Formed in 1891, the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle is a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to foster classical music amongst our members and in the community through education, performance, and awards. We do this by offering music and education programs to people of all ages and diverse backgrounds in Seattle and across Washington State.

About the Frances Walton Competition: For nearly 40 years, the LMC’s Frances Walton Competition has provided a unique opportunity for Classical musicians ages 20 to 35 to audition for an award package including generous cash prizes; a live performance on Classical KING, one of the premier classical music stations in the U.S.; and an outreach and recital tour of locations throughout Washington State. For more information, visit LMCSeattle.org/competition.