2017-2018 Season: Discover Outstanding Chamber Ensembles, Artists, and Works
In 1957, when the series was founded, excellent financially and physically accessible chamber music was a rarity. Lincoln Center had just been built, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center was still more than a decade away. Founding artistic director Alexander Schneider saw a need and brought outstanding, affordable concerts to The New School. He led brilliant chamber orchestra performances, introduced exceptional young artists and ensembles, and brought new music to the series — all at ticket prices anyone could afford. Six decades later, audiences still need outstanding, accessible, affordable, and adventurous concerts, and the Schneider Concerts continues to provide them.
Outstanding young artists from the United States and abroad join the ranks of the illustrious musicians who performed in the series early in their careers — artists including Peter Serkin, Yo-Yo Ma, and the Guarneri String Quartet.
Alexander Schneider, founder and music director (1957–1993)
Music advisors: John Dalley, Pamela Frank,* Jennifer Koh, Jaime Laredo, Cho-Liang Lin,* Anthony McGill,* Kurt Muroki,* Tara O'Connor, Arnold Steinhardt, Michael Tree
Advisory committee members: Mark Epstein, Fiona Fein, Theodore Harris, Elisabeth Lorin, Frank Salomon, Linda Strommen,* Jani Tree, Helen Wright
*Alumna or alumnus of the
New York String Orchestra Seminar
All concerts take place at The New School's Auditorium, located at 66 West 12th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues).
Subscriptions are on sale now — download the form with the link to the right. Single tickets can be purchased online beginning in mid-August 2017.
Schneider Concerts' Sixty-second Season
ARGUS STRING QUARTET
Sunday, October 1, 2017, 2:00 p.m.
Program approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, including intermission
"Supreme melodic control and total authority" — Calgary Herald
Clara Kim and Jason Isoksson, violin
Dana Kelley, viola; Joanna Whang, cello
Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in C Major, Op. 74, No. 1 (1793)
Garth Knox Satellites (2015)
Leoš Janácek String Quartet No. 2 (Intimate Letters) (1928)
ROLSTON STRING QUARTET
Sunday, November 12, 2017, 2:00 p.m.
Program approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, including intermission
"Highly sensitive, delicately transparent" — Südwest Presse (Germany)
Luri Lee and Jeffrey Dyrda, violin
Hezekiah Leung, viola; Jonathan Lo, cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387 (Spring) (1785)
Murray Schafer String Quartet No. 2 (Waves) (1976)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 (1871)
OMER STRING QUARTET
Sunday, December 3, 2017, 2:00 p.m.
Program approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, including intermission
"Discovery and adventure ... considerable finesse" — San Diego Times Union
Mason Yu and Erica Tursi, violin
Jinsun Hong, viola; Alex Cox, cello
Béla Bartók String Quartet No. 3 (1927)
Pierre Jalbert Icefield Sonnets (2004)
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 (1807)
DONALD SINTA SAXOPHONE QUARTET with ANTHONY McGILL, CLARINET
Sunday, January 7, 2018, 2:00 p.m
Program approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, including intermission
"Astonishing virtuosity, subtly beautiful phrasing" — Palm Beach Daily News
Dan Graser, soprano saxophone; Zach Stern, alto saxophone
Joe Gerard, tenor saxophone; Danny Hawthorne-Foss, baritone saxophone
David Kechley Rush (2002)
Dmitri Shostakovich/arr. Graser String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110 (1960)
David Biedenbender Cerulean (2017) — World Premiere
Carl Maria von Weber/arr. Graser Clarinet Quintet in B-flat Major, Op. 34 (1815) — with Anthony McGill, Clarinet
ARIEL STRING QUARTET
Sunday, February 4, 2018, 2:00 p.m.
Program approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, including intermission
"Vitality, clarity of sound, depth of line" — The Strad
Alexandra Kazovsky and Gershon Gerchikov, violin
Jan Grüning, viola; Amit Even-Tov, cello
Menachem Weisenberg Between the Sacred and the Profane (1998)
Mohammed Fairuz Prophecies (2017)
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132 (1825)
VERA STRING QUARTET
Sunday, April 22, 2018, 2:00 p.m.
Program approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, including intermission
Grand Prize 2017, Plowman Competition
Pedro Rodríguez Rodríguez and Patricia Quintero García, violin
Inés Picado Molares, viola; Justin Goldsmith, cello
Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74, No. 3 (Rider) (1793)
Thomas Adès Four Quarters, Op. 28 (2010)
Benjamin Britten String Quartet No. 2 in C Major (1945)
Contact Us
New School Concerts
55 West 13th Street, room 929
New York, NY 10011
212.229.5873
Fax: 212.229.5306
nsc@newschool.edu
Founded at The New School in 1957 as New School Concerts, this series was renamed the Schneider Concerts in 1993 in honor of founding artistic director Alexander Schneider. Its mission is to provide exposure for outstanding emerging professional chamber artists and to present high-quality chamber music performances at modest ticket prices to ensure access for all New Yorkers.
The Schneider Concerts Series is made possible with support from our subscribers and the Alexander Schneider Foundation and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Please call 212.229.5873 or email nsc@newschool.edu if you would like to join our supporters and to find out more about planned giving.
