Second City Chamber Series commemorates its first half-century with a concert celebrating the United States, 250 years after its independence from Great Britain. Celebrate America’s unique multi-cultural kaleidoscope with string quartets.

Program

• Caroline Shaw: Plan & Elevation: The Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks

• Antonín Dvórák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96

• Jessie Montgomery: Strum

• Peter Schickele: String Quartet No. 1, “American Dreams”

Featuring

• Svend Rønning, violin

• Emily Acri, violin

• Padua Canty, viola

• Christopher Young, cello