BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4423@lickingevents.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261027T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261027T210000 DTSTAMP:20260827T183950Z URL:https://lickingevents.com/events/the-vail-series-presents-the-green-ro om-ensemble-featuring-eleanor-alberga/ SUMMARY:The Vail Series presents The Green Room Ensemble featuring Eleanor Alberga DESCRIPTION:The Green Room Ensemble is thrilled to present the US Premiere performance cycle of Eleanor Alberga’s Three String Quartets\, along wit h the World Premiere of her Piano Quartet No. 2 “Stark” with the compo ser herself at the piano\, joined by Thomas Bowes and Nathan Meltzer\, vio lins\; Jordan Bak\, viola\; and Sterling Elliott\, cello.\n\nThe Green Roo m Ensemble is a performance organization dedicated to expanding and enrich ing the landscape of classical chamber music. Comprised of a rotating rost er of around a dozen musicians\, the Green Room Ensemble performs a wide r ange of music\, with emphasis on new music and historically unexplored or neglected works by composers from a variety of backgrounds and heritages. \n\nThe Green Room Ensemble draws values from the two components of its na me. A “green room” is traditionally a space where performers can relax before going on stage - a setting that celebrates shared humanity\, perso nal connection\, and the artistic process. It is a place where artists can freely express their true selves\, experiment with their craft\, and enga ge with colleagues and audiences alike. It is the space that exemplifies t he context around the art. This atmosphere is what the Green Room Ensemble strives to create for both its musicians and its audiences. The term “E nsemble” further reflects our commitment to connection and collaboration . While each concert will feature different members from our roster\, toge ther we form a unified group with shared musical goals and ideals\, all wh ile emphasizing the interpersonal joys of collaboration. \n\nNathan Meltze r \n\nRecipient of a 2026 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the 2023 Concert Artists Guild Competition\, violinist Nathan Meltzer is establish ing a holistic and multi-faceted career as both a soloist and chamber musi cian. A major prize winner at the 2022 Sibelius and Singapore Internationa l Violin Competitions\, he has performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra\, the Finnish RSO\, the Helsinki Philharmonic\, and the Alabama\, Charlotte \, Indianapolis\, Montreal\, and Pittsburgh Symphonies\, among others. As a chamber musician\, Nathan has performed at festivals including ChamberFe st Cleveland\, Krzyzowa Music\, Moritzburg Festival\, and Music@Menlo. He is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of The Green Room Ensemble\, a cha mber music organization dedicated to new music and historically underrepre sented works. A Juilliard graduate and student of Li Lin and Itzhak Perlma n\, Nathan plays on a 1682 Andrea Guarneri violin. \n\nThomas Bowes \n\nTh omas Bowes is one of the UK’s most versatile and accomplished violinists - as a soloist\, chamber musician\, concertmaster and artistic director. Between 1988 and 1993 he was the founding leader of the Maggini String Qua rtet and together with his wife\, the composer and pianist Eleanor Alberga OBE\, he formed the duo Double Exposure in 1995. The duo toured extensive ly with concerts and broadcasts in the United States and Europe and togeth er they made a major tour of China in 1997\, winning the hearts of their a udiences wherever they played. They returned to China in November 2019. Bo wes has been a constant advocate of Alberga’s music and has given first performances and made recordings of many of her works including her two vi olin concertos. Bowes is privileged to own and play a violin by one of the great Cremonese makers—a splendid 1659 Nicolo Amati. \n\nJordan Bak \n\ nAward-winning Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak has achieved internati onal acclaim as a trailblazing artist\, praised for his radiant stage pres ence\, dynamic interpretations\, and fearless power. Critics have describe d him as “an exciting new voice in Classical performance” (I Care If Y ou Listen)\, “a powerhouse musician\, with a strong voice and compelling sound” (The Whole Note) and lauded his “haunting lyrical grace” (Gr amophone). The recipient of the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s ‘Alexa ndra Jupin’ Award and former Young Classical Artist Trust’s (YCAT) ‘ Robey Artist\,’ Bak was also a prizewinner in the Sphinx\, Lionel Tertis \, and Concert Artists Guild Competitions\, and has received accolades fro m ClassicFM\, MusicalAmerica\, and WQXR. \n\nSterling Elliott \n\nAcclaime d for his stellar stage presence and joyous musicianship\, cellist Sterlin g Elliott is a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient and the winner of the Senior Division of the 2019 National Sphinx Competition. Still in his mid-twenties\, Elliott has appeared with orchestras including the Philadel phia Orchestra\, the New York Philharmonic\, the Boston Symphony\, the Cle veland Orchestra\, the Los Angeles Philharmonic\, the Detroit Symphony and the Dallas Symphony. As a chamber musician\, he continues his residency i n the Bowers Program of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center\, appe aring with CMLSC at Alice Tully Hall and on tour throughout the United Sta tes. \n\nHe is an ambassador of the Young Strings of America\, a string sp onsorship operated by Shar Music. He performs on a 1741 Gennaro Gagliano c ello on loan through the Robert F. Smith Fine String Patron Program\, in p artnership with the Sphinx Organization. \n\nEleanor Alberga \n\nEleanor A lberga is a highly-regarded mainstream British composer with commissions f rom the BBC Proms and The Royal Opera\, Covent Garden. With a substantial output ranging from solo instrumental works to full-scale symphonic works and opera\, her music is performed all over the world. In 2015\, her commi ssioned work Arise Athena! for the opening of the Last Night of the BBC Pr oms\, was seen and heard by millions and cemented her reputation as a comp oser of huge originality and consummate skill. \n\nEleanor has gathered a number of awards\, most notably a NESTA Fellowship in 2000 and a Paul Haml yn Foundation Award in 2019. In 2020 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. Eleanor was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Ho nours 2021 for Services to British Music.\n\nDENISON COMMUNITY TICKETS \n\ nTickets are free for Denison students\, faculty\, and staff. \n\nPUBLIC T ICKETS \n\nWe share these experiences with our larger community by making a limited number of tickets available for public sale on a first come\, fi rst served basis at $20 each. \n\n___ \n\nThe Vail Series was endowed in 1 979 by a generous gift from the late Mary and Foster McGaw in honor of Jea nne Vail\, class of 1946. Just as it was intended to do\, the Series enric hes the artistic experience of the entire Denison community. Programmed cr eatively with the mindful pursuit of learning across traditional academic boundaries\, more than 100 individual Vail Series artists have found their way to Denison’s classrooms and stages\, but that doesn’t include the dozens of ensembles or full symphony orchestras that have played here ove r the years. CATEGORIES:Entertainment LOCATION:Swasey Chapel Denison Unversity\, 200 Chapel Drive\, Granville\, O H\, United States GEO:40.071116;-82.52164 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=200 Chapel Drive\, Granvill e\, OH\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Swasey Chapel Denison Un versity:geo:40.071116,-82.52164 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR