Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 3 p.m.

NAS Auditorium
2101 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
Photo ID required.

 Martha Woods interviews the Fry Street Quartet (mp3, 12 mins)

Hailed as “a triumph of ensemble playing” (New York Times), the Fry Street Quartet has perfected a “blend of technical precision and scorching spontaneity” (Strad). Since securing the Millennium Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in 2000, the Fry Street Quartet has reached audiences from Carnegie Hall to Sarajevo and Jerusalem, exploring the medium of the string quartet and its life-affirming potential with “profound understanding, …depth of expression, and stunning technical astuteness” (Deseret Morning News). Fry Street Quartet began its international career in 2002 as cultural ambassadors to the Balkan States, sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the U.S. Department of State. This tour featured the European debut of J. Mark Scearce’s “Y2K,” commissioned for Fry Street with a grant from Meet the Composer. Subsequent international appearances have included the ProQuartet Academy at Pont-Royal, France, the Prague Chamber Festival and Trutnov Autumn Festival in the Czech Republic and Kulturvereinigung Oberschützen in Austria.

Program:
Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Bartok: String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor
Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96  ("American Quartet")

Doors to the auditorium open 30 minutes prior to the performance.

Visit the Fry Street Quartet's website

Directions to the National Academy of Sciences

For more information, email cpnas@nas.edu or call (202) 334-2436