Expressions of the Inner Self
The Telegraph Quartet and Musicians of the University of Michigan present
the deeply expressive works of Schoenberg, Webern and Bartok.

Telegraph Quartet:
Joseph Maile, violin
Eric Chin, violin
Pei-Ling Lin, viola
Jeremiah Shaw, cello

University of Michigan:
Frances Norton, violin
Spencer Quarles, viola
Anna Sykes, viola
Katarina Elise, cello
Adam Zeithamel, cello

Program:
Anton Webern - Fünf Sätze for String Quartet, Op. 5
Eric Chin and Frances Norton, violins
Spencer Quarles, viola
Adam Zeithamel, cello

Béla Bartók - String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Sz. 67
Telegraph Quartet

Arnold Schönberg - Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for String Sextet, Op. 4
Eric Chin and Joseph Maile, violins
Pei-Ling Lin and Anna Sykes, violas
Jeremiah Shaw and Katarina Elise, celli

The Telegraph Quartet will be joined by five amazing string students from the University of Michigan, who will be performing alongside the members of the Quartet after intensive work this past Fall Semester!

Please join us for a concert celebrating the tumultuously personal chamber music of the early 20th Century - all three of these masterworks feature music that expresses the unrest of both this time period, of the composers in their search for a new style of expression and of the grasping of late romanticism as it turns inward to plumb the depths of the inner psyche. Both Webern and Bartok's early string quartets deal with dark material, from the former's mourning of his mother's passing to the latter's experiences of civilian life during World War I. To close the program, inspired by the then scandalous poetry of Richard Dehmel, Schönberg's "Transfigured Night" begins in despair and dread only to be utterly transformed by empathy and hope.

The Telegraph Quartet (Eric Chin and Joseph Maile, violins; Pei-Ling Lin, viola; Jeremiah Shaw, cello) formed in 2013 is a previous recipient of the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the Grand Prize at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. The Quartet has performed in venues across the United States and abroad, including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Town Hall, San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre, the Philharmonie de Paris, and the Schoenberg Center in Vienna.

The Telegraph Quartet
Friday, November 07, 2025 at 7:00pm
This concert is $50

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Ben Goldberg • Todd Sickafoose • Scott Amendola

The trio behind last year's "HERE TO THERE" brings a concert of mysterious, fluid music to Berkeley's historic Maybeck Studio.

"Simple replication is a dead end when bending tradition to suit your interests. This trio of long-time West Coast collaborators knows about that particular cul de sac, so they chop and channel yesteryear ideas to tickle their modern fancy. Here To There (Secret Hatch) is one of 2024's more intriguing albums not because the clarinetist, bassist, and drummer use Monk source material while creating these wholly new, and rather clever, pieces...but because they use so little of it. Goldberg, Sickafoose and Amendola came up with the notion of addressing only the bridges of Monk nuggets as starting points for their own creations, and it's a paydirt idea. The maestro's writing doesn't get wrung out, and the band's imaginative excursions speak for themselves. "Sad Trophy" ambles down a forlorn path on wisps of "Epistrophy" before venturing into amiable abstraction. "Self Evident" establishes a mysterious vibe while gently hinting at Monk's "Evidence." By mixing them with some enticing original motifs - nuggets from Goldberg's "Porch Concert Material" and three discrete themes Amendola deems his "Lions Heart" series - the rest of the program's improvisations are just as captivating." – Jim Macnie (Lament For a Straight Line)

Ben Goldberg – clarinets
Todd Sickafoose – acoustic bass
Scott Amendola – drums / electronics

Goldberg, Sickafoose & Amendola
Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 3:00pm
This concert is $40

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