june, 2018
12jun5:45 pm- 6:15 pmDownside-Up5:45 pm - 6:15 pm St. James CathedralPrograms:Rush Hour Concerts

Event Details
Anton Arensky - String Quartet in A Minor John Macfarlane, violin Anthony Devroye, viola Brant Taylor, cello Kenneth Olsen, cello 5:00pm - Doors Open 5:15pm - Pre-Concert Conversation 5:45pm - 30-Minute Concert FREE John Macfarlane, violin • Assistant principal second violin,
Event Details
Anton Arensky – String Quartet in A Minor
John Macfarlane, violin
Anthony Devroye, viola
Brant Taylor, cello
Kenneth Olsen, cello
5:00pm – Doors Open
5:15pm – Pre-Concert Conversation
5:45pm – 30-Minute Concert
FREE
John Macfarlane, violin
• Assistant principal second violin, Lyric Opera Orchestra
• Conducted Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in Iowa City and was also assistant conductor for Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and Bernstein’s Candide at Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
• Conducted performances of Poulenc’s Le bal masqué, Wagner’s Sigfried Idyll and Copland’s Appalachian Spring for previous Rush Hour Concerts
Anthony Devroye, viola
• Violist of the Avalon String Quartet and Associate Professor at the Northern Illinois University School of Music
• Artistic Director of Rush Hour Concerts since 2014
• Born in Belgium but raised in New Jersey (a progression that a prominent acquaintance once described as “anti-climactic”)
Brant Taylor, cello
• Cellist in Chicago Symphony Orchestra and faculty at DePaul University School of Music
• Holds a private pilot’s license
• Completed a 10-day silent meditation retreat in 2016
Kenneth Olsen, cello
• joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as assistant principal cello in 2005
• A native of New York, Kenneth is a founding member of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, a conductorless string orchestra comprised of young musicians from orchestras and ensembles all over the country.
• Kenneth is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and a winner of the school’s prestigious concerto competition. His other awards include first prize in the Nakamichi Cello Competition at the Aspen Music Festival and second prize at the 2002 Holland-America Music Society Competition.
Time
(Tuesday) 5:45 pm - 6:15 pm