IF YOU GO* What: String Theory concert.* When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday (concert talk at 6 p.m.).* Where: Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View.* Admission: $18 for Hunter members, series donors and students with valid ID; $25 others.* Phone: 267-0968.* Website: www.huntermuseum.org/learn/string-theory.SAVE THE DATESeason* Nov. 18: Borromeo String Quartet* Dec. 16: Pianists Ning An and Gloria Chien* Jan. 27: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center* Feb. 17: St. Lawrence String Quartet* April 13: David Shifrin, James Ehnes, Andres Diaz and Gloria ChienNote: Season tickets for the six shows are $90 for Hunter members, $130 for nonmembers.Special event* March 23: David Finckel and Wu Han, artistic directors of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln CenterNote: This String Theory benefit concert is not included in season ticket package. To purchase tickets, call 731-414-4539 or e-mail stringtheorycms@gmail.com.
A trio of talented classical musicians will open the second season of the String Theory Concert Series on Thursday.
Demarre McGill (flute), Marc Johnson (cello) and Gloria Chien (piano) will combine their talents to present works by Haydn, Beethoven, Rorem and Weber.
All of the upcoming six concerts, as well as a special-event benefit, take place at the Hunter Museum of American Art, a co-sponsor of the series with Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn.
Pianist Chien, the series founder and artistic director, is associate professor of music at Lee.
All concerts are preceded by a talk by the artists. WSMC-FM 90.5 will broadcast the concerts on the Friday before the next concert.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
* Demarre McGill: Principal flutist with San Diego Symphony; winner of 2003 Avery Fisher Career Grant; co-founder and artistic director of Art of Elan, a chamber music organization in San Diego meant to expose new audiences to classical music; featured on a PBS “Live From Lincoln Center” broadcast with Chamber Music Society; performed on A&E network special “The Gifted Ones”; guest on “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.”
* Marc Johnson: Became the youngest member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra at age 18, playing for four seasons; won first prize in Washington International Competition; performed for 35 years with world-renowned Vermeer Quartet; appears in recitals and as soloist since quartet’s retirement in 2007; co-director of Bay Chamber Concerts, the Next Generation, a series of free chamber music seminars for students in Maine.
* Gloria Chien: Assistant professor of music at Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn., and member of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston; picked by The Boston Globe as a Superior Pianist of the Year; prizes include first place in Harry Dubbs Memorial Competition and New England Conservatory Piano Department