Shepherd School of Music

YING & TURTLE ISLAND QUARTETS

Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Houston Friends of Music
Ying Quartet and the Turtle Island String Quartet
Program: Ravel - Quartet in F Major; Milhaud - La Création du Monde (arr Seidenberg); and selections from the Grammy-winning album “4 + four.”
8:00 p.m., Stude Concert Hall
Admission (reserved seating): $19-$61.
For tickets call 713-348-5400.
Limited number of complimentary tickets for Rice faculty, staff, and students.

Ying and Turtle Island Quartets

The four Ying siblings joined as an ensemble in 1992; the very next year they rose to international prominence, winning the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Award. The Ying Quartet’s reputation for “instinctive unanimity” Philadelphia Inquirer and “astonishing, refreshing exaltation and exhilaration” Los Angeles Times is matched by its unparalleled success in making creative connections between chamber music and other art forms. Its collaboration with the Turtle Island String Quartet blends the classical string tradition with jazz, improvisation and contemporary composition. The Ying/Turtle Island CD “4 + Four” received a 2006 Grammy Award in the Best Classical Crossover Category.