Applauded by The Washington Post as “a perfect encapsulation of today’s trends in chamber music,” and by The New Yorker as “independent-minded,” the GRAMMY nominated PUBLIQuartet’s modern interpretation of chamber music makes them one of the most dynamic artists of their generation. Dedicated to presenting new works for string quartet, PUBLIQuartet rose on the music scene as winner of the 2013 Concert Artists Guild’s New Music/New Places award, and in 2019 garnered Chamber Music America’s prestigious Visionary Award for outstanding and innovative approaches to contemporary classical, jazz, and world chamber music. PQ’s genre-bending programs range from 20th century masterworks to newly commissioned pieces, alongside re-imaginations of classical works featuring open-form improvisations that expand the techniques and aesthetic of the traditional string quartet.
PUBLIQuartet has served as artist-in-residence at top institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and National Sawdust and has appeared at a wide variety of venues and festivals, from Carnegie Hall and the Newport Jazz Festival to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Their latest album, the GRAMMY-nominated Freedom and Faith, debuted atop the Billboard Classical Charts in May 2019. The 2019-2020 season brings a diverse array of programs to venues across the United States and abroad, including an appearance at the String Quartet Biennale in Amsterdam.
Founded in 2010, PUBLIQuartet is currently based in New York City.
Program
MIND | THE | GAP: What Is American
Improvisations on Antonín Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 12, Op. 96 “American”
I Allegro ma non troppo
MIND | THE | GAP: Pavement Pounding Rose
Improvisations on “Honeysuckle Rose” by Fats Waller
Henry Threadgill – Sixfivetwo (2018)
Duke Ellington – Come Sunday from Black, Brown, and Beige (1943)
Jeff Scott – Blues for Buddy
-intermission-
Fodé Lassana Diabaté, Sunjata’s Time (2015), arr. Jacob Garchik
MIND | THE | GAP: Free Radicals
Improvisations on “Law Years” and “Street Woman” by Ornette Coleman
Vijay Iyer – Dig the Say (2012)
I. carry the ball
IIa. this thing together
IIb. up from the ground
III. to live tomorrow