Harlem Quartet to join Cliffe College Performing Arts Series

The 2024-25 Cliffe College Performing Arts Series will continue this spring as it welcomes Harlem Quartet for a performance Saturday, February 22, at 7:00 PM at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Youngstown.

Harlem Quartet is a New York-based string group that aims to advance diversity in classical music with varied repertoire, including works by minority composers. Since its public debut at Carnegie Hall in 2006, the quartet has appeared throughout the U.S. as well as in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, France, Panama, South Africa, Venezuela, and the U.K.

Currently quartet-in-residence at the John J. Cali School of Music and the Royal College of Music in London, Harlem Quartet is a leading ensemble in both educational and community engagement capacities. The group has written several successful grants and often collaborates with other distinguished artists, including classical and jazz pianists, violists, cellists, clarinetists, saxophonists, and other musical groups.

The quartet also performs a variety of works written for both solo string quartet and orchestra, including giving the world premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story,” as arranged for string quartet and orchestra by Randall Craig Fleischer.

Entry to this event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. They can be obtained by visiting ysu.tix.com. Free parking is available on-site.