Student Compositions to Be Premiered by Formalist Quartet in February
January 23, 2015
Conservatory Communications Staff
![Formalist Quartet working in Clonick Hall.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_760/public/content/news/image/formalist_quartet_in_clonick.png?itok=znV0P9Wo)
Ten students, chosen through a competitive application process, spent Winter Term composing string quartets, taking lessons, and participating in master classes with composition professor Lewis Nielson.
![Composition professor working with student.](/sites/default/files/content/conservatory/images/aaron_helgeson_with_comp_student.png)
The month culminates in a rare opportunity for the students to have their compositions played and recorded by a professional string quartet. The Formalist Quartet—an ensemble focused on pioneering contemporary music and world premieres—is in residence February 2 through February 5. The ensemble will record and workshop the student compositions, present a seminar on string quartet literature, and offer a public performance of its own music.
Founded in 2006, the quartet has performed frequently across the United States and Europe in concert halls, festivals, art galleries, cafés, and homes.
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