Brewery Music

Hear the music of composer Kevin Wilt performed by the Con Brio String Quartet and guest percussionist Matthew Nichols at Rule G Brewing Co. in Coconut Creek, Florida. This event features several world premieres and a repeat performance of Tavern Music. This multi-part piece for string quartet is inspired by Irish, Celtic, Scottish, and other pub musical traditions, as well as the ways those traditions have been filtered through fantasy stories such as Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, and The Name of the Wind. Although it is a piece written for a classical string quartet, it is very much written to be enjoyed by a general audience unfamiliar with classical music.
Funded in part by the Broward County Cultural Division’s Artist Support Grant.

Kevin Wilt is a classical music evangelist, composing music to introduce new audiences to the joy, drama, and adventure of classical music. His recent collaborators include The Florida Orchestra, the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Contemporary Orchestra, the Boston New Music Initiative, Fifth House Ensemble, and the h2 Quartet. He is equally at home composing for film and television, earning him a Michigan Emmy® Award Nomination for Best Musical Composition. Kevin is Associate Professor of Music, Composer-in-Residence, and Chair of the Florida Atlantic University Department of Music in Boca Raton.

Comprised of award-winning international musicians, Con Brio Quartet members are violinists Marina Lenau and Evgeniya Antonyan, violist David Pedraza, and cellist Aziz Sapaev. They perform as soloists and orchestral members with prestigious ensembles around the world. Currently, they are all members of several local musical organizations including Palm Beach Symphony, Symphony of the Americas, Florida Grand Opera, and Palm Beach Pops.