The KAUST Community is invited to attend three special classical concerts as part of the upcoming Enrichment in the Fall program. Over a three day period October 19-21, The Amici String Quartet will host and perform a Family Concert, an Evening of Classics, along with a Lunchtime Concert. The The Amici String Quartet are: James Park (violin), Jonathon Park (violin), Wendy Keyes (viola) and Larissa Koehler (cello). The quartet will introduce their string instruments in a lecture/demonstration format, and then discuss the pieces they will perform.
Family Concert
Sunday, October 19, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
University Library
The Amici will be joined by members of the Community Orchestra in a special performance of “The Carnival of the Animals” by Camille Saint-Saëns, with KAUST soloists, Melanie Agustina, flute; Wiebke Wackerow, clarinet; Eduardo Regula, xylophone; David Keyes, piano; and Library Director, Molly Tamarkin, narrator.
Children are encouraged to attend the “Family Concert” with their parents.
Evening of Classics
Monday, October 20, 8:00 – 9:15 p.m.
Auditorium (building 20)
This concert will feature a full-length string quartet by W. A. Mozart, one movement of a string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven, and the first movement of Robert Schumann’s “Piano Quintet” with TKS Performing Arts teacher, Eduardo Regula.
Lunchtime Concert
Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Auditorium (building 20)
The musical variety of composers and siblings, Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, will be explored in this concert as well the first movement of Maurice Ravel’s string quartet.
For more information email artsoffice@kaust.edu.sa
Enrichment in the Fall website http://fep.kaust.edu.sa/
Sponsored by Office of the Arts and Office of Enrichment Programs