[Voxnovus] Today! January 27th 2023 2:00 PM EST (UTC-5) Vox Novus features Argus Quartet

[New Voice in New Music]

Contemporary Quartets features Argus Quartet presenting the works of 
Faingold, Hetz, Savage, and Schulze

Contemporary Quartets Project is creating a new way to produce 
contemporary String Quartets  
The live recorded virtual concert of Argus Quartet will be broadcasted 
on January 27th 2023 at 2:00 PM EST (UTC-5) The Argus Quartet will be 
performing the works of Noam Faingold, Matthew Hetz, Heather Niemi 
Savage, and Dustin Schulze.

Come see and listen LIVE ONLINE

Composer’s Voice features Contemporary Quartets with the Argus Quartet
January 27th 2023 2:00 PM EST (UTC-5)
On Vox Novus website:
http://www.voxnovus.com/composersvoice/featuring/contemporaryquartets/Argus/2023/

YouTube
https://youtu.be/j7ETmaFnnp0

Facebook
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Audiences members are encouraged to ask questions to the musicians and 
composers who will be participating LIVE online.

The Argus Quartet’s “vivacious foursome” (The New Yorker) is committed 
to bringing thoughtful and personal programs to both seasoned listeners 
and audiences new to classical music. The Quartet enjoys projects that 
celebrate collaboration, community, and risk-taking in venues of all 
shapes and sizes.  

Praised for playing with “supreme melodic control and total authority” 
and “decided dramatic impact” (Calgary Herald), Argus has quickly 
emerged as one of today’s most dynamic and versatile ensembles. Formed 
in Los Angeles in 2013, the Quartet has performed in some of the 
country’s most prestigious venues and festivals, including Lincoln 
Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Chamber Music Society of Detroit, the Ravinia 
Festival, the Albany Symphony’s American Music Festival, and Music 
Academy of the West. In 2017, Argus won First Prize at both the M-Prize 
Chamber Arts Competition and the Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh 
Competition.

Washington DC based composer/educator Noam Faingold's music has been 
described as "...lyrical...", "...exhilarating...", and "...a 
tour-de-force of Jazz melded with Classical..." by The New York Times, 
The BBC, and Downbeat Magazine, among others.

Faingold is passionate about composing for traditional and cross-genre 
projects. Highlights include works for NY Philharmonic oboist Rob Botti, 
cellist Inbal Segev, and the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra and 20th 
century poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko's family (an elegy in the poet's memory 
on Navona Records).

Matthew Hetz, a Los Angeles native, began piano lessons at age 16 whose 
primary teachers were Marlene Kendall and Howard Weisel, both students 
of Jakob Gimpel. He began playing the violin at age 23-he is primarily 
self-taught. Hetz studied composition with Marshall Bialovsky at Cal 
State Dominguez Hills, from which he graduated Cum Laude.

Hetz is an instructor at Emeritus/Santa Monica College. He is past 
president/executive director of the Culver City Symphony 
Orchestra/Marina del Rey Symphony, and also plays in the orchestra. He 
is an environmental and mass transit advocate.

Heather Niemi Savage is a Rhode Island-based composer and her works have 
been performed nationwide. Heather's work has been featured on the radio 
programs, "Music of Our Mothers and "Classical Discoveries." Her piece, 
Daughter of the Stars, placed second in the 2020 American Prize 
composition competition (pops/light-music division) and was released on 
Ablaze Records' Orchestral Masters Volume 7.

Dustin Schulze is a Texas born composer. He has been featured as an 
"Editors Choice" by the JW Pepper Music Publishing Company. Dustin's new 
release for concert band, Shades of Glass, was a finalist for the 2020 
American Prize in composition.

Contemporary Quartets and Composer’s Voice are Vox Novus projects, 
bringing new music to audiences everywhere.

Come see and listen LIVE ONLINE
Composer’s Voice features the Argus Quartet
January 27th 2023 2:00 PM EST (UTC-5)
On Vox Novus website:
http://www.voxnovus.com/composersvoice/featuring/contemporaryquartets/Argus/2023/

YouTube
https://youtu.be/j7ETmaFnnp0

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/events/1582670555551669


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