Quartet to perform works by Mozart

By Kelly Marino
Staff Reporter

The TCU School of Music is presenting the Faculty Quartet Concert’s evening of chamber music at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Pepsico Recital Hall.

Pianist John Owings, violinist Curt Thompson, violist Misha Galaganov and cellist Brinton Averil Smith will perform musical works from Mozart and Faure.

Galaganov, a lecturer in viola at TCU, said the pieces are an interesting combination, and she said she is excited to perform them for an audience.

“Chamber music is much more intimate than other music, and I hope to communicate how great it is to the audience,” Galaganov said. “I hope it has a huge (impact) on students and will allow any non-music majors to become more interested.”

Owings, a music professor, said it is important for students to attend because the concert will be an educational experience.

“We are all teachers and this performance is another way of teaching,” Owings said. “The performance is important because it involves the piano, strings, voice and is comprehensive.”

Even though this is not the first chamber music performance, this is the first time these performers will play together as a quartet.

The performers will also be performing the quartet in Houston today at the High School of Performing Visual Arts. Owings said that when they perform in Houston, they hope to reach other people outside of the TCU community.

“We hope with this performance we can encourage students to come to TCU, and we want to get our name out to other communities,” he said.

Thompson, assistant professor of violin and director of chamber music, said this performance is a nice balance of musical work.

“We hope that the audience will fill the house,” Thompson said. “We have rehearsed and prepared for this concert and would love to share it with everyone.”

Kelly Marino
k.a.marino@student.tcu.edu