Dance Elite Ballroom Studio, Inc. is introducing ballroom dancing instruction to Oakland County residents ages 5 and over. Sept. 21 concert at the Seligman - Galimar played a pivotal role in the Performing Arts Center of Detroit development of countless chamber Country Day School. musicians, said Rhodes, "including, of The 8 p.m. concert, which also course, the Juilliard." includes Mozart's String Quartet in B- flat Minor, K458 (the "Hunt" quar- Inside The Juilliard Quartet tet) and Beethoven's String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135, is the Founded in 1946 by composer opening event in the 59th season of William Schumann, then president of Chamber Music Society of Detroit. the Juilliard School of Music, the Juilliard String Quartet almost imme- This makes CMS the 10th oldest chamber music organization in the diately earned a reputation as one of the world's premier chamber music United States — and one of the most financially secure. ensembles. "There is simply not enough praise Subscription ticket sales have increased more than 68 percent over available in the English language to do justice to the treasures the Juilliard the past two years, bucking a national Quartet has lavished on the music trend. In addition, this is the first year all world over the past 50 years," wrote Paul Festa, reviewer at the Internet eight of its subscription programs will magazine Salon.com and a violinist be sponsored by a single donor — himself, in a 50th-anniversary tribute Scott Shuptrine Furniture and Interior Design — with other donors to the quartet. And, in a recent article, Newsweek co-sponsoring some of the concerts. magazine referred to the Juilliard as While past years have seen some CMS concerts on Wednesday nights, "the yardstick against which all other and some taking place in Detroit, the groups are measured." Lois Beznos, president of Chamber 2002-2003 season consists of all Music Society, said she felt honored Saturday night concerts, each taking the Farmington Hills-based group had place at the Seligman, located on 13 Mile Road just west of Lahser. been chosen for the premiere of the The new work on the Sept. 21 pro- Schuller quartet. gram, Quartet No. 4, is by Pulitzer "The Juilliard String Quartet has performed for us frequently — most Prize-winning American composer Gunther Schuller. recently, they opened the 1998-99 - The piece is the result of a commis- season — and they're always very spir- ited and, of course, technically sion for the Juilliard Quartet in mem- superb," she said. ory of Galimar; who died in 1999. "Felix Galimar was involved for The quartet has an active repertoire of about 500 works, including 60 many years in the Marlboro [Vt.] world premieres by American com- Music Festival, so when a friend wanted to commission a work in his posers. As teachers, they've trained some of the world's foremost ensem- memory, he went to the head of Marlboro to ask for a recommenda- bles, including the Concord, tion," said Rhodes, who also serves on Emerson, La Salle, Shanghai, Tokyo the Marlboro faculty. "It was my idea and St. Lawrence quartets. In 1961, the Juilliard became the to get Schuller." Originally a French horn player, first American quartet to tour the Schuller, the son of German immi- USSR. In 1962, the group began a ' grants, has created nearly 200 compo- fruitful residency at the Library of Congress that continues to this day. sitions in nearly every musical genre, from string quartet to jazz band to The quartet's members, both indi- vidually and collectively, have won large symphony orchestra. The piece he has written for the awards and honors too numerous to count. The group also is unusual in Juilliard Quartet is about 20 minutes in length. Although not written in the the number of years its players stay. This will be the 34th year for violist jazz idiom that is frequently associated with Schuller, it does. share some Rhodes, who also is associated with rhythmical and harmonic aspects with the Tanglewood [Mass.] Music Festival. jazz, Rhodes said. It is fitting, he said, that Galimar, In addition to Rhodes, violinist Joel known as a champion of the music of Smirnoff and cellist Joel Krosnick are Jewish. Smirnoff has been with the his contemporaries Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg and Anton quartet for 16 years, Krosnick for 28. All four of the quartet members also Webern, should be represented by one of the finest of contemporary com- posers. 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