The Music Graduate Student Association and the Duke Music Composition PhD Student Group present a night of world premieres written for the visiting ensemble Orange Road String Quartet. This concert features a bill of all-new pieces written by Duke music composition PhD students:
Erich Barganier Ethan Foote Josue Collado Fregoso Auburn Lee Monthati Masebe Ronja Mokranova Chris Williams
Orange Road began as The New Sounds Quartet in residence at the University of South Carolina in 2021, where they have enjoyed the mentorship of Ari Streisfeld, co-founding member of the JACK quartet. The current members are Miguel Calleja and Holly Workman, violins, Nicky Moore on viola, and Jordan Bartow on cello. Orange Road's members enjoy robust and varied careers as international soloists and interdisciplinary artists and hold multiple chairs in regional orchestras. Orange Road recently joined The New School as the Cuker and Stern Quartet in Residence, where they will be mentored by the current members of the JACK quartet, carrying on the seed of inspiration that began with their cherished mentor, Ari.
Special thanks to Duke Music and Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Nicholas Stoia, for funding this collaboration.
