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ReviewConcert review: Jack Quartet
Peter Quantrill attends a three-concert marathon by the US chamber group at London’s Wigmore Hall on 22 March 2025
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BlogsMarathon at Wigmore: The Jack Quartet has world-burning energy to spare
Jack Quartet violinist Austin Wulliman and violist John Pickford Richards speak with US correspondent Thomas May about their upcoming marathon at Wigmore Hall, where the ensemble will perform three signature programmes all on the same day
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News2025 Grammy nominations, strings edition
Here’s a list of all things strings related among the 2025 Grammy Award nominations.
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ReviewConcert review: Jack Quartet
Bruce Hodges hears the performance of Natacha Diels’s Beautiful Trouble at New York’s Roulette on 15 March 2024
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ReviewConcert review: Austin Wulliman (violin) Jack Quartet, Alec Goldfarb (electric guitar)
Bruce Hodges hears the Jack Quartet’s performance of a work by its own violinist, Austin Wulliman, at Roulette, NYC, on 15 February 2024
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NewsBalourdet Quartet wins 2024 Cleveland Quartet Award
Chamber Music America has also announced the JACK Quartet will receive the 2024 Michael Jaffee Visionary Award, while Herbie Hancock will receive the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award
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ReviewConcert review: Jack Quartet
Bruce Hodges hears the foursome perform at National Sawdust, New York, on 11 December 2020
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ReviewConcert review: Jack Quartet, Either/Or, Richard Carrick (conductor)
Columbia University’s Miller Theatre was the venue for the 25 September 2019 concert, as Bruce Hodges found out
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NewsNew String Quartet incorporating brain waves to be premiered by the JACK Quartet
During the performance, members of the quartet will be outfitted with sensors that detect brain activity
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NewsJACK appointed new Quartet in Residence at Mannes School of Music
The contemporary music ensemble begins ts tenure at the school this autumn, taking over from the Orion String Quartet
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NewsJACK quartet receives Fellowship to explore music and neuroscience
The ensemble is using portable EEG to map their brain waves while playing
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ReviewJack Quartet. John Luther Adams: Everything That Rises
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: April 2018 Description: A cloud of string harmonies conjures a visionary work of serene beauty Musicians: Jack Quartet Works: ADAMS Everything That Rises Catalogue Number: COLD BLUE MUSIC CB0051 Mississippi-born, long-time Alaska ...
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ReviewHolt: Third Quartet, Dennehy: The Weather of It, Gilbert: Haven of Mysteries
The Strad Issue: August 2017Description: Exciting performances of new music captured live in London Musicians: Jack Quartet, Doric Quartet, Carducci Quartet, Guy Johnston (cello)Composer: Holt, Dennehy, GilbertCatalogue Number: NMC NMCD216 Wigmore Hall shows its commitment to developing chamber music repertoire with Bracing ...
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ReviewFirst Performance IV. Carter: String Quartet no.3. Crawford-Seeger: String Quartet. G.F. Haas: String Quartet no.8. Rodericus: Angelorum psalat tripudium (arr. C. Otto)
The Strad Issue: July 2015Description: New (and nearly new) music given the full Jack treatmentMusicians: Jack QuartetComposer: Carter, Crawford-Seeger, G.F. Haas, RodericusFearlessly tackling the most cutting-edge contemporary music, the Jack Quartet is an exceptional group, so it’s no surprise that this disc – recorded live in Basel ...
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ReviewJ.L. Adams: The Wind in High Places; Canticles of the Sky; Dream of the Canyon Wren
The Strad Issue: June 2015Description: Eco-conscious introspection from Alaska-based Pulitzer Prize winnerMusicians: Jack Quartet, Northwestern University Cello Ensemble/Hans Jørgen JensenComposer: J.L. AdamsJohn Luther Adams won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2014 with his orchestral work Become Ocean. The Alaska-based composer, whose music is concerned with – ...
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ArticleMiller Theatre announces new series: Canine Composers
The Miller Theater in New York goes above and beyond in its quest to push the boundaries of contemporary music by launching a series of works by and for dogs. The clip features the Jack Quartet keeping admirably straight faces.Happy April Fools' Day one and all!Subscribe to The ...
