Internationally acclaimed Brooklyn Rider Quartet to perform at USCB Festival Series

Beaufort, SC-  University of South Carolina Beaufort welcomes the internationally acclaimed Brooklyn Rider Quartet for their first performance in Beaufort on Feb 19. The quartet will join artistic director and cellist Edward Arron in performing music by Purcell, Boccherini, Beethoven, and Sollima, to name a few.

The USCB Center for the Arts on 801 Carteret Street in Beaufort will open at 4pm, and the quartet will start performing at 5pm.  Tickets start at $40 and can be purchased at the door the day of the event, or in advance by calling 843-208-8246. For more information, please see www.uscb.edu/festivalseries.

About the Brooklyn Rider Quartet

The Brooklyn Rider Quartet is comprised of Johnny Gandelsman-violin, Colin Jacobsen-violin, Nicholas Cords-viola, and Eric Jacobsen-cello. They combine a wildly eclectic repertoire with a gripping performance style that is attracting legions of fans and drawing critical acclaim from classical, world and rock critics. NPR credits Brooklyn Rider with “recreating the 300-year-old form of string quartet as a vital and creative 21st-century ensemble." The musicians play in concert halls and clubs, in venues as varied as Joe's Pub in New York City, the San Francisco Jazz Festival, Todai-ji Temple in Japan, the Library of Congress and the South By Southwest Festival. Through creative programming and global collaborations, Brooklyn Rider illuminates music for its audiences in ways that are “stunningly imaginative” (Lucid Culture).

MEDIA CONTACT:                                                                                                              

Candace Brasseur
USCB Public Information Director
843-208-8030 
brasse@uscb.edu