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String Quartet’s Las Vegas Concert To Celebrate The Music
Of John Coltrane And Jimi Hendrix
Tickets are on sale now for the March 2 performance of the Grammy Award-winning Turtle Island Quartet in downtown Las Vegas. Presented by the city of Las Vegas, the 7 p.m. concert will celebrate the music of John Coltrane and Jimi Hendrix in the Historic Fifth Street School, located at 401 S. Fourth St. Tickets, priced at $10 in advance and $15 on event day, may be purchased online at www.artslasvegas.org or by calling (702) 229-3515.
These classically trained musicians are internationally recognized performers and composers. Group founder David Balakrishnan (violin, baritone violin) graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in music composition and violin, and earned a master’s degree in music composition at Antioch University West.
Mark Summer (cello) is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and a recipient of their 2007 Distinguished Alumnae award. Summer was a tenured member of the Winnipeg Symphony for three years before leaving the orchestra to perform in several Canadian contemporary and baroque ensembles, as well as his own group, The West-End String Band.
Mads Tolling (violin) has received Denmark’s Sankt Annae’s Award for Musical Excellence as well as grants from Queen Margaret, the Sonning Foundation and the Berklee Elvin Jones Award. Tolling grew up in Copenhagen, and moved to the United States at the age of 20 to pursue jazz studies. He graduated summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2003.
Jeremy Kittel, (viola) was the 2000 U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion and Junior National Champion of 1998 and 1999. In 2003, he competed in the first American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Alternative Styles Competition, winning the Alfred Award for Best Improvisation, the Mark O’Connor Award of Merit, and International Association for Jazz Education Award for Best Jazz Performance. Since then, Kittel has been awarded the Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin, the 2004 Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Acoustic Instrumentalist, 2005 and 2006 Detroit Music Awards for Outstanding Folk Artist, 2006 Detroit Music Awards for Outstanding Jazz Album and Outstanding Jazz Composer, and the ASTA Alternative Strings Award for Music Traditions. He graduated from the University of Michigan at age 20, earning its highest musical honor, the Stanley Medal, and has a master of music degree from the Manhattan School of Music.
The concert is supported by Target, The Nevada Arts Council, The Western States Arts Federation, the National Endowment for the Arts and Nevada School of the Arts. For more information on the Turtle Island Quartet, go online to http://turtleislandquartet.com/.
