Neah-Kah-Nie Project String Quartet
Sunday, April 19, 2–3 p.m.
The Neah–Kah–Nie Project String Quartet was formed in 2007 to record the string quartet music of Ferdinand Sorenson and Sorenson’s grandson Dana Carlile. Sorenson’s music was featured in the documentary Susie Fennell Pipes and the The Neah–Kah–Nie String Quartet.
The current members of the quartet are four Oregon Symphony Orchestra string players: violinists Julie Coleman and Erin Furbee, violist Brian Quincey and cellist Justin Kagan. The original 1930 The Neah–Kah–Nie String Quartet included the founder Susie Fennell Pipes, Russian violist Alexander Vdovin, Dutch cellist Michel Penha and Ferdinand Sorenson’s son Hubert Sorenson.
Note: This concert will be followed by a screening of the documentary Susie Fennell Pipes and the The Neah–Kah–Nie String Quartet and a short documentary about the composer Ferdinand Sorenson at 3:30 p.m. in the U.S. Bank Room
Read more about The Neah–Kah–Nie Project String Quartet and listen to samples of their music at http://cdbaby.com/cd/neahkahnie.