Quartet 131 to perform in Arion Chamber Music Series February 21 in NYC

Qurartet 131 will be featured in the Arion Chamber Music Series in a concert celebrating music of inclusion Friday, February 21 at 8PM in New York City. The concert will take place at Christ and St. Stephens Church, 120 W. 69th Street in the Lincoln Square Arts District. Ticekts for General Admission are $30; students under 25 with ID are $15 at the door. Tickets may be purchased on line at www.arionchambermusic.org.

Quartet 131, whose members include violinists Lilit Gampel and Laura Jean Goldberg, violist Andy Lin and cellist Robert La Rue, will perform a program probing three distinctly American Music traditions: Native American song, African American spirituals and American film scores.

The first half of the program will feature works by Charles Griffes: Sketch Based on Native American Theme (Chippewa Farewell Song), Florence Price: Five Folksongs in Counterpoint and a little known concert work by cinema's renown film scorer Bernard Herrman: Echoes. The concert concludes with Quartet op. 9, no. 5, F minor by the great Czech composer Antonin Dvorak, known for his lifelong inspiration by folk indioms, both Slavic and "New World" who came to NYC and articulated the American musical identity.

Quartet 131 combines the four, established careers of violinists Lilit Gampel and Laura Jean Goldberg, violist Andy Lin and cellist Robert La Rue. Their individual years of performance as soloists, chamber and orchestral musicians inspire a profound dedication to exploring celebrated masterworks and unsung works for the string quartet. They also share uncommonly varied titles of teacher, coach, arranger, artistic director and music festival founder - a breath of resources which guides their vision of reaching new audiences of all ages and an openess to playing in unusual venues.