Chesapeake-area residents will have their say in the Presidential primaries today. They'll also have a number of opportunities this week to catch Kronos Quartet, which comes to College Park for three events at the University of Maryland's Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
On Wednesday, Kronos offers an informal reading of works by students at the UM School of Music. The free reading begins at 7 PM at the Center's Dance Theatre.
The next afternoon, the Quartet conducts a free, open working rehearsal with composer Aleksandra Vrebalov, whose new piece, hold me, neighbor, in this storm ..., the group will premiere this fall. The Valentine's Day event will take place at 2 PM in the Center's Dekelboum Concert Hall.
The culminating event of the Kronos residency at the University will be the Sunday, February 17, performance of Tan Dun's Ghost Opera and Terry Riley's The Cusp of Magic. The Quartet will be joined by special guest Wu Man, with whom both pieces were recorded for Nonesuch. Their recording of The Cusp of Magic is available now in the Nonesuch Store.
For information on all these events, visit claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.