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NIU’s Avalon String Quartet will continue its complete Beethoven cycle at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. The Avalon will perform quartets Op. 18, No. 2 in G Major, No. 5 in A Major and No. 1 in F major. The concert is free and open to the public, and...

NIU’s Avalon String Quartet will begin its concert year by performing one work from each period of the complete string quartets of Beethoven. The Avalon will begin with Quartet in D-Major, Op. 18, No. 3, followed by Quartet in F-minor, Op. 95 “Serioso,” and Quartet in F-major, Op. 135, No. 16. The concert begins at...

Anthony Devroye, NIU School of Music viola professor and violist of the Avalon String Quartet, will present a recital at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, in the Recital Hall of the Music Building. Guest pianist George Lepauw will join Devroye to feature the music of Beethoven, Schubert and Shostakovich. Admission is free. “This program is...

The NIU Chamber Choir will once again showcase their talents at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. They will present J.S. Bach’s Cantata Christ lag in Todes Banden, (Bach’s Easter Cantata) with guests the Avalon String Quartet. Also on the program is Son of God Mass, a piece...

THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELED. The Claremont Trio (piano, violin, cello) is widely regarded as the premier piano trio of its generation. First-ever winners of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award, and the only piano trio ever to win first prize at the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Claremont is consistently lauded for its “aesthetic maturity,...

NIU’s Avalon Quartet is the featured artist at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, for “WFMT Presents Live from Mayne Stage.” Presented by the NIU School of Music, the Avalon will play operatic quartets by Puccini (“Crisantemi”), Britten (“3 Divertimenti”) and Verdi (“String Quartet”) at Mayne Stage, 1328 W. Morse Ave. in Chicago. Tickets are $10...