PMP ALUMNI
Tobias Quartet
November 15, 2023
7:00 PM
Sarasota Art Museum, Thomas McGuire Hall | 1001 S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236
Tickets $20
We will have seat cushions and a stage for your viewing comfort
This concert is sold out!
email info@pmpsuncoast.org for a spot on the waitlist
Encore Performance by the TOBIAS QUARTET
Free outdoor concert!
November 18, 2023
5:00 PM
The Green at UTC | 125 N Cattlemen Road, Sarasota, FL 34243 (adjacent to Rocco’s Tacos)
Limited seats available: first come, first seated, or bring your own.
The concert will be followed by UTC’s Holiday Light Show, choreographed to music, at 6:30pm
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18 No. 2 in G Major
Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F Major
PMP Alumni are young, professional emerging artists who present outreach programs and recitals in public venues, retirement centers, private communities, places of worship, and public schools throughout Sarasota and Manatee counties. These recitals delight audiences with energetic performances by these outstanding artists who perform chamber quartet repertoire in smaller settings, providing a unique opportunity to interact with them through Q&A sessions and post-concert receptions.
About the Tobias Quartet
Members of the Tobias Quartet initially connected during summers spent at the renowned Perlman Music Program on Shelter Island, NY. They reunited during their studies at the Juilliard School and the quartet ultimately formed in the summer of 2021 at the Music from Angel Fire Festival, located in New Mexico. During their residencies at Music from Angel Fire in 2021 and 2022, the quartet performed a wide range of repertoire including the world premiere of an octet by Elise Arancio in collaboration with the Vera Quartet. The Tobias Quartet is passionate about outreach and has had the opportunity to curate concert programs for children of all ages. They also created an acclaimed educational video series which was sent to schools throughout New Mexico. The name of their ensemble pays homage to Toby Perlman, to whom they are eternally grateful for her
infinite wisdom and inspiration.
Violinist Oliver Neubauer attends the Juilliard School where he is a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship and a student of Li Lin and Donald Weilerstein. Prior to his studies at Juilliard, Oliver attended the Perlman Music Program, the Juilliard Pre-College Division, and the Dalton School in NYC. Oliver has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras, including the National Repertory Orchestra, the Sound Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony of Westchester, and will make his debut with the Springfield Symphony later this year with the Korngold Violin Concerto as winner of the 26th Hellam Competition (2023). Highlights of the 2023-24 season include a concert and recording in Rome for ArsClassica and a performance of the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante along with his father, Paul Neubauer. Oliver plays on a 1780 J.B. Guadagnini violin, generously on loan to him from the Juilliard String Instrument Collection. He is the founder and co-president of the Juilliard chess club.
Violinist Jeremiah Blacklow began studying the violin when he was three. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed at important cultural centers across the globe including Incheon’s Tri-Bowl, Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Neue Galerie. He was concertmaster of the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra from 2018-20 and concertmaster of The Juilliard Orchestra on multiple occasions in 2021. He is the founding second violinist of the Renaissance String Quartet, which gave a featured performance at PMP Suncoast last season. Jeremiah recently graduated from his Masters degree at Juilliard, where he studied with Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho as a recipient of the Fidelity Foundation Scholarship and the Dorothy Starling Scholarship. In 2022, he won Grand Prix at the Marker and Pioneer International Music Competition. He plays an 1856 Giuseppe Rocca violin, formerly used by legendary violinist Maud Powell. performances.
Violist Samuel Rosenthal grew up in Cleveland, Ohio where he began his musical studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Since the summer of 2016, Sam has attended the Perlman Music Program on Shelter Island, NY. As a member of the Razumovsky Quartet, he received the Silver Medal in the Junior Division of the 2018 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. He was also the Third Prize winner in the 2018 Johansen International Competition for Strings in Washington, D.C. Sam is a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship at the Juilliard School where he studies with Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang. More than anything, Sam enjoys playing chamber music with his incredible colleagues and friends.
Cellist Sterling Elliott is a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient and the winner of the Senior Division of the 2019 National Sphinx Competition. He has performed as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Detroit Symphony, and the Dallas Symphony. Sterling was just selected by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for its Bowers Program. As a Bowers Program artist, he will participate in CMS tours nationally, and perform in subscription concerts at Alice Tully Hall. Sterling is currently a Kovner Fellow at the Juilliard School where he recently completed his Master of Music degree studying with Joel Krosnick and Clara Kim. He completed his undergraduate degree in cello performance at Juilliard in May 2021. He currently performs on a 1741 Gennaro Gagliano cello on loan through the Robert F. Smith Fine String Patron Program, in partnership with the Sphinx Organization.
Performance Venue: Sarasota Art Museum | 1001 S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236
