In the Blue Room with Del Sol String Quartet August 5, 2012

The San Francisco-based Del Sol String Quartet is known for working with living composers from a wide range of cultural perspectives, and for this evening's special chamber concert they have curated a program that includes the world premiere of Mason Bates' Bagatelles for Amplified String Quartet and Electronica, commissioned by Chamber Music America. Bates is perhaps best known for his expansion of the orchestra to include electronics, and his orchestral works have been featured at the Festival on three occasions. He currently serves as a composer-in-residence with the Chicago Symphony and spends many nights as DJ Masonic, a popular figure in the underground dance club scene. He joins us for the performance tonight when Del Sol String Quartet also performs works by Lou Harrison, Jose Evangelista, Elena Kats-Chernin, and Chinary Ung. The Quartet features violinists Kate Stenberg and Rick Shinozaki, Charlton Lee on viola, and Kathryn Bates Williams on cello.

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