THIS EVENT IS CANCELED.
Now enjoying their sixteenth year together, the Jupiter String Quartet is a tight-knit ensemble and firmly
established as an important voice in the world of chamber music.
The quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and major music festivals. Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two. Since 2012, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, where they maintain private studios and direct the chamber music program. The quartet performed the world premiere of “The Sower” in Joplin in 2006.
Formed at Oberlin Conservatory, the Jasper Quartet began pursuing a professional career in 2006 as Rice University’s Graduate Quartet-in-Residence. In 2008, the quartet continued its training with the Tokyo String Quartet as Yale University's Graduate Quartet-in-Residence and then swept through the competition circuit. The quartet is currently the Professional Quartet in Residence at Temple University's Center for Gifted Young Musicians and the Founder and Artistic Director of Jasper Chamber Concerts. The Quartet launched their inaugural season of the series in 2016 and continued with the third season in 2018-19. While this is the Jasper Quartet’s first appearance in Joplin, they are uniquely suited to join the Jupiter Quartet to form a string octet for this performance.
The
public performance of the Jupiter & Jasper Quartets is sponsored, in part,
by Russell & Wendy Fugate, Freeman
Health Systems, Leggett & Platt, Inc., Liberty Utilities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and
the Missouri Arts Council, a state
agency. Arts Education Events are
sponsored, in part, by Freeman Health
Systems, Leggett & Platt, Inc., and Liberty Utilities.
