Name: Guitar Duos~Fall 2023 Jazz Ensemble Season
Start: 2023-11-30T20:00:00
Location: Arnhold Hall

The New School College of Performing Arts

Violist Dana Kelley, celebrated chamber musician and associate principal of the National Symphony goes in depth exploring works being performed during the Schneider Concerts 2025-2026 season at The New School in four pre-concert talks in December, January, March, and April. Join us for one or all four.


Schneider Concerts Presents | Dana Kelley, April Preconcert Talk

The New School

The season closes with the Katarina String Quartet, 2025 Grand Prize winner of the Fischoff Competition. Selected by curating/performing ensemble Ulysses Quartet, the Katarina will perform works by Vivian Fung and Franz Joseph Haydn, and be joined by the Ulysses Quartet in a performance of Felix Mendelssohn's Octet.

Schneider Concerts Presents | Katarina String Quartet

Guitar duos their skills as accompanists, including in a wide variety of styles and rhythmic grooves (medium swing, up-tempo, bossa nova, funk, samba, ballad, waltz), "orchestral" accompaniment (as for a vocalist or a lyrical horn player), and applied reharmonization. In addition, guitarists broaden their repertoire, and get experience performing in the context of the guitar duo.