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Bell Art Quartet Presents
an Exciting Tribute to Chamber Music!

Sunday, March 15
12:30 pm

Bellas Artes

by Tim Hazell

Many of you have attended and enjoyed our Pro Musica Youth Chamber Orchestra’s energetic performances of classical music, Sundays at Bellas Artes/Centro Cultural “El Nigromante.”  Worthy of note is that the chamber orchestra has also served as the vehicle to bring like-minded musicians together who have formed their own duos, trios, quartets and quintets.

These smaller ensembles are now featured in their own “Alternative Sunday” concerts, with an upcoming performance by Queretaro’s Bell Art Quartet.  Two of the members, violist Alejandra Cruz Pérez and Christopher Morales Guaneros are part of our larger orchestra and will be joined by colleagues violinists Beatriz Olvera Contreras, cellist Luis Guillermo Martinéz Jimenéz and guest artist for a special concert on Sunday, December 1, 12:30 pm in the historic Miguel Malo Auditorium on the Bellas Artes second floor.

Their exciting Mexican music program will include Mexican composers, as well as Latin American and European contemporary and classical era masterworks.

Bell Art has been an innovative string quartet since its inception in 2012.  One of its objectives has been to strive for the integration of musician and audience through activities linked to music and other arts related disciplines.  The ensemble was awarded the National Arts and Culture Award in the city of Monterrey in March 2018.

The Classical era and flowering of the Romantics changed the face of Western society.  Franz Schubert’s personality and style exemplified the Romantic ideal.   Later Expressionist composers such as Schoenberg and Paul Hindemith took chamber music into uncharted territory.  Trios and quartets provided the perfect medium for expressive sonic palettes.

Compact size and close proximity to the audience bring eye contact and body language closer.  An intimate concert of great ensemble playing elicits a chemistry that can only come from a synthesis of performer and spectator.  Audiences and musicians are set adrift in private gardens of reverie.

At its most provocative, modern chamber music is volatile.  We empathize with a passion that runs the gamut of emotions.  The virtuosity of a youthful ensemble such as Bell Art is never a passive listening experience!

To encourage all ages to attend there will be no admissions charge.  However, because these Alternative  Sunday recitals will depend on public support, voluntary donations of any amount are gratefully accepted.

Please join our Bell Art Quartet and special guest for an exciting midday concert tribute to Mexican and European chamber music Sunday, December 1, in the Miguel Malo Auditorium at beautiful Bellas Artes!