On Sunday, September 21, the Odeon is excited to welcome the Assembly Quartet for a special matinee performance. The quartet most recently performed in Mason in February at the annual fundraiser for the Mason Chamber Music Festival. The Assembly Quartet is a professional chamber music ensemble whose mission is to promote music education and expand the enjoyment of music for people of all ages.
Originally formed in 2003 by graduate students at the University of South Carolina, including Mason’s own Adam Estes, the Assembly Quartet features a beautifully blended sound and a wide concert repertoire. The Quartet’s principal objective remains to engage with audiences in public schools and communities, working with students and audiences that often have limited experience with chamber music or with the music of our time.
Committed to furthering the saxophone quartet repertoire, the ensemble has commissioned and premiered works by many composers, including Marilyn Shrude, Carlos Simon, Grace Baugher Dunlap, Andrew David Perkins, Om Srivastava, Ryan Todd, Martin Bresnick, Bill Ryan and Misha Zupko. The group has been featured in performances with the Minot Symphony Orchestra, the Aiken Concert Band, the Motor City Symphony Orchestra, the Oakland Symphony Orchestra (MI), and the University of Mississippi Symphony Orchestra.
The Assembly Quartet was the inaugural performer in Conundrum Theater’s “Not So Classical” new music series in Columbia, SC and as a part of the Spartanburg Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Music Series. In past years, Assembly has been featured in the Columbia Museum of Art’s French Impressionist Art/Music Collaboration, on South Carolina public radio, and regularly at meetings of the North American Saxophone Alliance, the International Saxophone Symposium, and the World Saxophone Congress.
Tickets are $20 per person if purchased in advance or at the door (cash only at the door). Tickets may be purchased below with a credit card or Paypal. All sales are final. Please note, tickets are NOT issued. Your receipt from PayPal is your ticket. Please print and bring with you or be able show receipt on your phone. Your name will appear on the WILL CALL list at the door.
NEW: Students 18 and under $10 at the door, if seats are available
For additional concert information and questions regarding reservations, email concerts@TheOdeonTheater.com.
Doors open at 2:15 p.m. Open seating.