Sheldon Friends of Chamber Music features Cassatt Quartet Oct. 24
Released on 10/19/2010, at 12:00 AM
Office of University Communications
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010
WHERE: Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium, Sheldon Museum of Art
The Sheldon Friends of Chamber Music's season continues Oct. 24 with the Cassatt Quartet and Nicole Johnson in the Sheldon Museum of Art's Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium. The concert begins at 3 p.m.
The award-winning Cassatt Quartet has established relationships with living composers over its 25-year history. Cellist Nicole Johnson is the daughter of Lincoln native Mark Johnson, who is the retired cellist of the Vermeer Quartet.
The Cassatt Quartet will perform an all-American program, featuring the "lost" quartet by Howard Hansen of 1924, the Barbet String Quartet, the Daniel Godfrey String Quartet No. 2 and the Gabriela Frank: Quijotadas for String Quartet.
The concerts take place in the Sheldon Museum of Art's Abbott Auditorium. The museum is located at 12th and R Streets on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln city campus. Pre-performance lectures explore the concert content for the audience, and post-performance receptions offer wine, food and conversation with the musicians. The lecture on Oct. 24 begins at 2:30 p.m.
Season tickets for adults are $130 and for students, $30. New season subscribers may take 50 percent off the adult subscription price. Single tickets are available for $35 for adults and $8 for students. NET Radio members with a member card get a two for the price of one discount for one event, and Lincoln Arts Council donors with a Spark card receive a $5 discount on adult admission. For more information or to reserve tickets, call (402) 435-5454 or visit www.sfcm.org.
Sheldon Museum of Art houses a permanent collection of more than 12,000 objects focusing principally on American art. The Sheldon is open free to the public during regular hours. The museum's hours are: Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The museum is closed on Monday. For information or to arrange a tour, call (402) 472-4524. Additional information is also available on the Sheldon Web site, www.sheldon.unl.edu.