PUBLIQuartet

Music

Friday, November 22

7:30 - 9:30 pm (Doors open at 7 PM)

Wisconsin Union Theater | Shannon Hall

Cost: $8-$66

This innovative string quartet's latest program, Rhythm Nation, explores works that draw inspiration from a wide range of American rhythmic traditions.

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This event is part of the annual Classical Series.

PUBLIQuartet does more than push the boundaries of the string quartet. It actively breaks down barriers to create live concert experiences that are accessible to and representative of the widest possible audiences. The group’s innovative programming foregrounds new works and marginalized composers, centers improvisation and reinterpretation, and invites audiences into the music by connecting to personal experience. Hear its latest program, Rhythm Nation, which explores works that draw inspiration from a wide range of American rhythmic traditions, from the African rhythms that inspired Trevor Weston to the hip-hop beat breaks that appear in the work of Daniel Bernard Roumain.

PUBLIQuartet will host a free, open-to-public studio class at Shannon Hall on Friday, Nov. 22 at 3 PM. Stay tuned for more info!

The Program:

Jesse Montgomery, “Voodoo Dolls” (2008)

Jeff Scott, Blues for Buddy (2024)

Rhiannon Giddens, At the Purchaser's Option (2016, arr. PUBLIQuartet 2021)

Daniel Bernard Roumain, Excerpts from Hip Hop Studies and Etudes, Book I (2006)

Jessie Montgomery, Break Away (2013) 

INTERMISSION

Eddie Venegas, Cachumbandeando En Clave (2024)

Jlin, Baobab (2024)

Julia Perry, Prelude for Piano (1946, rev. 1962), arr. Hamilton Berry

Duke Ellington, Come Sunday from Black, Brown, and Beige (1943)

Vijay Iyer, Dig the Say for string quartet (2012)

PUBLIQuartet, Voodoo Dolls, by Jessie Montgomery

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Single ticket pricing:

• UW-Madison Student (1 per ID, must show ID): $12 / $10 / $8

• General Public: $66 / $51 / $30

• Wisconsin Union Members: $60 / $47 / $33

• Student (any): $60 / $47 / $33

• Youth (17 and under): $15