The university can be a dangerous place for art-makers, because its security blunts the risks of failure. Often art in the academy has lost its highs and lows. But first-rate artists do sometimes ...

The Rolston Quartet. Photo courtesy of the Rolston Quartet. The Rolston Quartet, the new quartet-in-residence at Rice University’s Shepherd School, presents a recital Sunday afternoon at the MFAH in ...

The great American philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson played an integral role in the foundation of the philosophy of “American pragmatism.” This system tried to fuse American industry with ...

A movie last year called A Late Quartettold the traumatic story of what happens when a famous string quartet has to change personnel. But, in fact, most string quartets — like symphony orchestras, ...

The Rolston String Quartet. Photo courtesy of the Rolston Quartet. The Aperio, Music of the Americas chamber series begins its season Sunday with “American Dreams,” the first Houston recital by the ...

The Fab Four of classical music are to be no more. The Emerson String Quartet are calling it quits, their last Boston gig coming Jan. 22 at Jordan Hall. It might be a stretch to call them the Beatles ...

Duke Performances hosts Cuarteto Casals, the first internationally famous string quartet from Spain. Since its founding in 1997, the foursome has recorded 11 CDs and played throughout Europe, North ...

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WNCT) – The American Music Festival of Morehead City will host the Balourdet String Quartet on Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. It will be the first of four concerts. The Balourdet Quartet is ...

Even many diehard classical music fans haven’t heard of Pavel Haas. But after a young string quartet bearing his name takes the Cabell Hall Auditorium stage in the next Tuesday Evening Concert Series ...