A performance by the Blair String Quartet will open Â鶹¹û¶³'s Davis Architects Guest Artist Series Friday, Sept. 5.
The Vanderbilt University-based ensemble will be joined by Â鶹¹û¶³ faculty pianist Ronald Shinn in the 7:30 p.m. performance in Brock Recital Hall. Shinn joined the Â鶹¹û¶³ School of the Arts faculty this summer after 30 years at Huntingdon College in Montgomery.
The program will feature Beethoven's Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1; Charles Ives' Quartet No. 1: From the Salvation Army (1896) and Brahms' Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 for Piano and Strings.
The quartet includes Christian Teal and Cornelia Heard, violin; John Kochanowski, viola; and Felix Wang, cello. The nationally-acclaimed performers, in residence at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music, will meet with Â鶹¹û¶³ students in string lessons and coachings during the day on Friday.
Concert tickets are $20 adult, $15 senior adult, and $10 student/child.
Season tickets for the Davis Artist Series are still available. In addition to the Blair recital, the line-up includes guitarist Christopher Parkening and singer Jubilant Sykes on Nov. 11, pianist Jon Nakamatsu on Feb. 13, Â鶹¹û¶³ musicians in a concert of music by composer Libby Larsen on March 5, and pianist Robert Blocker on April 17.
Season tickets are $75 adult, $60 senior adult and $40 student/child.
For tickets and information, call (205) 726-2853 or check the website at www.samfordartstickets.com.