Mt. Moran String Quartet Summer Recital

Performance: June 25, 2014 7:00 pm

The Jacob Spori Art Gallery at BYU-Idaho is pleased to welcome back Mt. Moran String Quartet for  their 7th summer recital. The Mt. Moran Quartet was established in 2005 by the principal string players of the Rexburg Tabernacle Orchestra.  They have had numerous performances throughout Southeast Idaho, including an annual capstone performance in the Jacob Spori Gallery since 2008.  Each member of the quartet grew up in Rexburg, Idaho, and is a former member of the Madison High School and Ricks College Symphony Orchestras.  


The quartet is composed of Richard and KaraLyn Ferguson, violins, Ryan DaBell, viola, and James Gordon, cello.  Richard and KaraLyn are the owners of Ferguson Music Company in Rexburg and the founders of Mountains and Strings, a summer chamber music camp for teens.  Ryan is a faculty member in chemistry at BYU-Idaho, and James is a project manager in the BYU-I Academic Discovery Center.  Each also has experience in teaching their own music students.
This year's performance features the Quartet in C Minor, Opus 18, No. 4 of Beethoven, and the String Sextet in A by Dvorak.  For the Dvorak, the quartet is joined by Marta Smith, viola, and Robyn Brown, cello.  Both are music degree graduates of BYU. 

Student Art Show
Exhibit: June 27 - July 23, 2014  

Award Ceremony & Opening Reception: June 26, 7:00-9:00 pm

Jacob Spori Art Gallery will show works of current BYU-Idaho Visual Arts students, selected by the art department faculty.  This exhibition is an excellent opportunity for the campus community to see art produced by students in various forms from sculpture to painting, design to photography and pottery to printmaking, and is an exciting occasion for students to show their work to their peers and the public.