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UIowa School of Music Chamber Music Summer Tour
May 14 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
We are excited to partner with UI Chamber Residency Program again to host the annual Summer Chamber Music Tour. Join us on May 14 at 6:30pm!This event is free and open to public. Free-will donations welcome to support UUS Music Outreach Program
Repertoire:
String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111 by Johannes Brahms
Plan and Elevation by Caroline Shaw
String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59, No. 1, I. Allegro
Group Bio:
Formed in 2024, Leo Quintet consists of violinists Hugo Kaut and Renee Santos, violinist and violist Ollie Bostian, violist Allie Schumacher, and cellist Celia Phillips. An ensemble of the University of Iowa’s Chamber Music Residency Program, Leo Quintet is coached by Prof. Elizabeth Oakes and has studied with members of the Takács, Elias, Aizuri, and JACK quartets. Members of Leo have played with orchestras in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo/Cedar Falls, and Omaha, and in masterclasses with Caroline Shaw, Liza Ferschtman, Jinjoo Cho, Choong-Jin Chang, and Clive Greensmith. Members of the quintet have served as concertmaster, assistant concertmaster, principal viola, and assistant principal cello of the University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra. Violist Allie Schumacher recently performed as a soloist with the University of Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra as the winner of the UNI Viola Festival Concerto Competition.
In December of 2023, members of the Leo gave a full-length recital, performing Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 7 and Caroline Shaw’s Plan and Elevation. This summer, Leo Quintet will join other ensembles from the University of Iowa in a tour across the state of Iowa.