Verona Quartet at Poets House

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
7:00 PM | Poets House

This evening’s event will be threaded through with poetry readings by artist, poet, and cultural critic Wayne Koestenbaum.

String Quartet No. 2 “Company” (1983)
by Philip Glass (b. 1937)

“Lyric” for String Quartet (1946)
by George Walker (1922-2018)

MoonStrike (2019)
by Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate (b.1968)

Prologue (Calusa/Seminole) – Calusa Corn Dance
I. Origin of the Moon (Kalispel) – Rockies Powwow Song, Apache Bird Song
II. The Man who Married the Moon (Isleta Pueblo) - Pueblo Lullaby, Choctaw Hymn 139
III. Raven Steals the Moon (Haida) – Haida Play Song and War Song
Epilogue (Calusa/Seminole) – Calusa Corn Dance

Narrator | Byron Singleton

Twenties Tunes Jazz Suite (2022)*
arr. by Peter Myers (b.1985)

I. Cotton Club Stomp (Duke Ellington)
II. I’m Coming Virginia (Donald Heywood)
III. In the Dark (Bix Beiderbecke)
IV. Tea for Two (Vincent Yourmans)

Verona Quartet
Violin | Jonathan Ong, Dorothy Ro
Viola | Abigail Rojansky
Cello | Jonathan Dormand

* NY Premiere

With deep gratitude to Margo & Anthony Viscusi for making this evening’s concert at Poets House possible.

With thanks to the patrons & partners whose generosity has made this evening possible:

Poets House
Boylan Bottling
Brotherhood Winery
Carl Brandt
Niederegger
Radeberger Gruppe USA
WQXR

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