Muir Quartet headlines Montana Chamber Music Festival at MSU
The Montana Chamber Music Society (MCMS) celebrates the 30th Annual Montana Chamber Music Festival on Thursday, July 12th at 7:30pm in Reynolds Hall at Montana State University. This performance features the Grammy-winning Muir Quartet in its 40th season. The quartet, in residence at Boston University, has toured worldwide including concerts at the White House and Carnegie Hall plus over 50 tours of Europe and the Far East.
The July 12th concert will feature works by Madsen, Levin, and Dvorak. Guest artists will include longtime MCMS guest pianist Michele Levin, hornist William Scharnberg, bassoonist Kathleen Reynolds, violist Brant Bayless, and cellist Sara Stalnaker. In addition, the artists will perform July 13th at Big Sky’s “Strings Under the Big Sky,” July 14th for Trinity Episcopal Church’s 150th Anniversary in Ennis, and July 15th at St. Timothy’s Summer Concerts in Georgetown Lake.
Admission to all MCMS performances is $27 for adults, $20 for seniors, and $10 for students. Tickets may be purchased at www.montanachambermusicsociety.org. These are also available at Cactus Records in Downtown Bozeman and at the door, depending on availability. Net proceeds from these programs support MCMS’s mission to present great chamber music performances throughout Montana year-round. •