Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle
Isidore String Quartet
June 15
The highly acclaimed Isidore String Quartet returns to Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle (HVCMC) for the second consecutive year with a program that includes In Memory by Grammy Award-winning composer Joan Tower, written in honor of the late Margaret Creal Shafer (Artistic Director HVCMC 1977–2000), alongside works by Haydn and Beethoven.
Program
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2Â
Joan TowerÂ
In Memory, String Quartet No. 2, dedicated to the late Margaret Shafer, Artistic Director of HVCMC 1977-2000
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127Â
Artists
Isidore String Quartet
Adrian Steele violin
Phoenix Avalon violin
Devin Moore viola
Joshua McClendon cello
Winners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the Isidore String Quartet was formed in 2019 with a vision to revisit, rediscover, and reinvigorate the repertory. The quartet is heavily influenced by the Juilliard String Quartet and the idea of ‘approaching the established as if it were brand new, and the new as if it were firmly established.’ The four began as an ensemble at the Juilliard School and, following a break during the global pandemic reconvened at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in the summer of 2021.
Highlights of their 23–24 season include appearances in Berkeley (Cal Performances), Boston (Celebrity Series), Washington DC (Phillips Collection), New York (92nd St. Y), Chicago, La Jolla, Aspen, Calgary, among many others. European highlights include Edinburgh, Lucerne, Amsterdam, and Hamburg’s ElbPhilharmonie.
Outside the concert hall, the quartet has worked with PROJECT: MUSIC HEALS US, providing encouragement, education, and healing to marginalized communities—including the elderly, disabled, rehabilitating incarcerated, and homeless populations—who otherwise have limited access to high-quality live music performance.
Plan Your Visit
Eat & Stay
Nearby villages and towns in the Hudson Valley boast a large selection of restaurants, as well as a variety of hotels, motels, inns, and bed & breakfasts.
Eat & StayDirections
Bard College’s main campus is located in Annandale-on-Hudson (a hamlet of Red Hook), New York, on the east bank of the Hudson River, about 90 miles north of New York City and 220 miles southwest of Boston. The Taconic State Parkway and the New York State Thruway provide the most direct routes to our campus. Click the Google map below, or get directions by entering the following address into your GPS: 35 Henderson Circle Drive, Red Hook, NY 12571.
From the East
If you are traveling from east of the Hudson River in New York State, take the Taconic State Parkway to the Red Hook / Route 199 exit, drive west on Route 199 through the village of Red Hook to Route 9G, turn right onto Route 9G, drive north 1.7 miles, turn left onto Entrance Road, then turn left onto Campus Road.
From the West
If you are traveling from west of the Hudson River, take the New York State Thruway (I-87) to exit 19 (Kingston), take Route 209 (changes to Route 199 at the Hudson River) over the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge to Route 9G, turn left onto Route 9G, drive north 3.3 miles, turn left onto Entrance Road, then turn left onto Campus Road.
About the Venue
Olin Hall
Accessible Seating
Wheelchair-accessible seating is available in all seating areas for patrons in wheelchairs and their companions.
Wheelchair-Accessible Restrooms
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All-Gender Restrooms
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