Market Square Concerts presents SUMMERMUSIC 2007: Beethoven and More,  with  The Fry Street Quartet and guest artists oboist Gerard Reuter, violinist/violist Odin Rathnam, and pianist Stuart Malina.  

The three-concert festival begins on Wednesday, July 18 at 8 PM in Market Square Church, at Second and Chestnut in Harrisburg. Oboist Gerard Reuter and pianist Stuart Malina will open the program with the Schumann Romance.  The Fry Street Quartet will perform Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op. 130 and will also join Maestro Malina for the Brahms Piano Quintet.

SUMMERMUSIC 2007 moves to the historic Glen Allen Mill in Mechanicsburg for the concerts on Saturday, July 21 at 8 PM and Sunday, July 22 at 4 PM.  Saturday evening’s program includes the Britten Phantasy for Oboe and Beethoven’s string quartets, Op. 135 and Op. 59, No. The Glen Allen Mill is located on the Yellow Breeches Creek on McCormick Road between the villages of Lisburn and Bowmansdale.  Concert-goers are invited to picnic (BYO) on the grounds from 6 PM.  Concerts will occur rain or shine in the temperature-controlled Mill.  Parking is provided.

Sunday’s 4 PM concert at the Glen Allen Mill includes the Fry Street Quartet in a performance of Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 4 and Mozart’s Quintet in C Minor, K. 406 with  Gerard Reuter, oboe, and Odin Rathnam, viola.  The Glen Allen Mill grounds will be open for post-concert picnicking until 8 PM. 

Tickets at $22 for individual concerts or $60 for all three are available by calling THE BOX at 214-6787.  Remaining tickets will be available at the door. 

For information on Dining with the Artists on Friday, July 20, contact Market Square Concerts at 221-9599 or lucymiller@marketsquareconcerts.org.

Founded in Chicago in 1997 under the mentorship of Marc Johnson, cellist of the renowned Vermeer Quartet, the Fry Street received rave reviews as prizewinners at the Yellow Springs Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition.  The quartet traveled to Israel to participate in the International “Encounters” Chamber Music Seminar, where they studied with Isaac Stern.  Mr. Stern invited the quartet to the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshop in New York City, and subsequently arranged for the quartet’s Carnegie Hall debut.  “Fry Street” was the location of the quartet’s first rehearsal space in the Chicago neighborhood once ruled by Al Capone.  Apprehensive concertgoers can rest assured that there are only violins in those violin cases…

Members of the Quartet are William Fedkenheuer, violin, Rebecca McFaul, violin, Russell Fallstad, viola, and Anne Francis, cello.

GERARD REUTER, Oboe, winner of the prestigious Pro Musicis International Award, is a member of the Dorian Wind Quintet. He has appeared as soloist with orchestras

and festivals throughout the United States.

ODIN RATHNAM, Viola, is well-known to local audiences as Concertmaster of the Harrisburg Symphony.  Since his Lincoln Center debut in 1993, he has performed worldwide including appearances at Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Recital Hall.

STUART MALINA, Piano recently completed his seventh season as Music Director of the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra. Known for his innovative programming, engaging stage manner,and commanding artistry, his equally impressive credits as a pianist include participation in the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition.

Complete information and photographs are available at summermusic.marketsquareconcerts.org