UA’s School of Music Welcomes Celebrity Series Group Kronos Quartet

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama’s School of Music is proud to welcome Kronos Quartet to the UA campus. The group is the last Celebrity Series concert of the 2003-04 season. They will perform on Tuesday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building.

Synonymous with musical innovation, the Kronos Quartet is known for its unique artistic vision and fearless dedication to experimentation. Since its inception in 1973, Kronos has assembled a body of work unparalleled in its range and scope of expression and in the process has captured the attention of audiences worldwide.

Kronos has been commissioning new work since its earliest days and more than 450 pieces have been written or arranged for the group. The group performs annually in many cities and tours extensively with more than 100 concerts each year in concert halls, clubs and at jazz festivals throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Mexico, South America, Russia, Asia and Australia.

Recent tours have included appearances at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Kennedy Center, University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium, Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival, Moscow’s Conservatory of Music, Prague Spring International Music Festival, Sydney Opera House, Southern California’s Eclectic Orange Festival, London’s Royal Festival Hall, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, La Scala, Theatre de la Ville in Paris and Vancouver’s Chan Centre.

Kronos has won numerous international awards, including three Edison Awards (Netherlands), Jahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (Germany), Rolf Schock Prize in Music (Sweden), eight ASCAP/Chamber Music America Awards for Adventurous Programming (United States), Australian Broadcasting Company Classic FM Best International Recording of the Year (Australia), Le Diapason d’Or de Mai (France) and others.

The Quartet records exclusively for Nonesuch Records and their recorded performances have been heard throughout the world on radio and television, in films and in live dance and theater performances. Of the 30 records released on Nonesuch, six have been Grammy nominees.

Single ticket prices are $22 and $15 for general audiences and $7 for students with valid IDs. For ticket information or an immediate credit card purchase call the School of Music Box Office at 205/348-7111.

The School of Music is a department of the College of Arts and Sciences, UA’s largest division and the largest public liberal arts college in the state, with approximately 5,500 undergraduates and 1,000 graduate students. The College has received national recognition for academic excellence, and the College’s students have been selected for many of the nation’s top academic honors, including 13 Rhodes Scholarships, 14 Goldwater Scholarships, seven Truman Scholarships, and 16 memberships on USA Today’s Academic All-American teams.