Classic Underground at The Betsy-South Beach
Saturday, 03/23/2013, 03:00 pm –
The Betsy Hotel
1440 Ocean Drive,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
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Featuring The Amernet Quartet performs Beethoven’s Op. 18, a brand new quartet by Jeff Briggs, and two (new) standards by William Bolcom and Chinary Ug, with a guest appearance by songstress Nicole Henry performing arrangements from the Great American Songbook.
(Composer) Chinary Ung’s music is noted for combining traditional Cambodian musical elements with western instrumentation; his series of pieces titled Spiral has received considerable acclaim. Ung teaches at the University of California, San Diego.
(Composer) William Elden Bolcom has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, two Grammy Awards, and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. Bolcom’s other works include “Recuerdos” for Two Pianos, commissioned by Miami’s own Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation.
(Composer/Arranger) Jeff Briggs’ concert music has been performed widely in traditional venues, and he has also reached millions of multi-media aficionados, on computer screens through his varied career as a computer games composer, designer, producer, and software entrepreneur.
Amernet String Quartet – Lauded for their “intelligence” and “immensely satisfying†playing by the New York Times, the Amernet in residence at FIU, has garnered recognition as one of today’s exceptional string quartets.
(Singer) Nicole Henry’s beauty and on-stage rapport combines confidence, sincerity and a touch of sass, confirming her as an all-around beguiling performer to audiences in over 15 countries.
