GRAMMY WINNING QUARTET TO HEADLINE WAU CONCERT, MASTER CLASS

Takoma Park, MD. (October 15, 2018)—The Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet will headline the next Anna H. Wang Presidential Concert Series performance on the campus of Washington Adventist University (WAU) on Saturday evening November 10.

Following a busy 2017-18 season that had the ensemble crossing North America for performances and residencies around the United States, including for the Schubert Club, the Parker Quartet finished its fourth year in-residence at Harvard University.

The Parker Quartet has distinguished itself with acclaimed recordings on numerous labels.  Its most recent recording featuring Mendelssohn’s Quartets Op. 44, Nos. 1 and 3, was lauded by press around the world.

Inaugurated last year, the Anna H. Wang Presidential Concert Series commemorates the life of a remarkable woman whose great passions were music and education. Anna Wang devoted her life to service, both in nursing and health care administration, and was honored posthumously at the 2017 WAU Visionaries Gala for her Excellence in Benevolent Service to Humanity.  Ticket sales for the performances will contribute to the building of the new concert hall, which will complete Phase II of the Leroy and Lois Peters Music Center.

“We are deeply indebted to the family of Anna Wang for making it possible for our school to present these preeminent artists to our neighbors in the Washington-area community,” said WAU President Dr. Weymouth Spence.  “This world-class ensemble shines a distinctive highlight of excellence on our growing music program at Washington Adventist University.”

 

CONCERT

What:  Anna H. Wang Presidential Concert Series Performance featuring The Parker Quartet performing works by Debussy, Janáček, and Brahms.

When:  Saturday, November 10, at 8:00 p.m. (VIP reception at 7:30 p.m.)

Where:  The Leroy and Lois Peters Music Center’s James T. Bingham Rehearsal Hall at Washington Adventist University, 7711 Greenwood Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912.

 

MASTER CLASS
What:  Parker Quarter will work with selected WAU students

When:  Sunday, November 11 at 11:00 a.m.

Where:  The Leroy and Lois Peters Music Center’s James T. Bingham Rehearsal Hall at Washington Adventist University, 7711 Greenwood Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912

 

For more information about the Anna H. Wang Presidential Concert Series, or to learn more about how to contribute to the new concert hall, please contact Executive Director of Development Tanya R. Sweeney at tsweeney@wau.edu or 301-576-0105.

Washington Adventist University is Montgomery County’s only four-year private college. Part of the Seventh-day Adventist system of higher education, Washington Adventist University has been educating college students since 1904 on a 19-acre campus in suburban Takoma Park, close to the nation’s capital. Approximately 1,100 students of all faiths participate in the university’s eight graduate and 42 undergraduate programs. The 2018 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked Washington Adventist University among the best regional colleges in the north.

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