Lawrence Dillon's String Quartet No. 2 to Receive World Premiere by Daedalus Quartet on November 20 - Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina WINSTON-SALEM - On Thursday, November 20th at 8 PM, the Daedalus String Quartet will present the World Premiere of Lawrence Dillon's "String Quartet No. 2" at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 2250 Reynolda Road in Winston-Salem, NC. The performance will be the first of four the Daedalus Quartet will give in North Carolina, as part of the their 03-04 tour. Dillon's second string quartet, part of a cycle of six quartets in progress, is comprised of six fugues, each exploring flight from a different perspective. For more information about the work, visit http://www.lawrencedillon.com/flight.php. The Daedalus String Quartet was Grand Prize Winner of the 2001 Banff International String Quartet competition, and was a finalist in the 2003 Naumberg Competition. The quartet performs nearly 50 concerts during the 2003-2004 season, including recitals in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Baltimore, Providence, Philadelphia, and the Republic of Panama. They also serve as the Ernst Stiefel Quartet in Residence at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. Visit their website at http://besenarts.com/daedalus/. Tickets for the November 20 concert are $8 adults, $5 students and seniors. For tickets, directions or other information, contact Reynolda House at 336-758-5150 or visit them online at http://www.reynoldahouse.org/. Dean of the North Carolina School of the Arts, Lawrence Dillon was awarded a special commendation by the 2003 Masterprize panel in London, and was chosen as contemporary competition composer for the 2002 Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition in Kharkov, Ukraine. His educational piece "Snegglish Dances" was commissioned and premiered by the Louisville Orchestra, which subsequently won the 2001 Leonard Bernstein Award for Educational Programming from ASCAP and the American Symphony Orchestra League. Visit him online at http://www.lawrencedillon.com/. Dillon's first string quartet, a meditation on scherzi, is available from Albany Records in a performance by the Mendelssohn String Quartet. You can learn more about the CD at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/july02/LD_cd.htm. For more information about Lawrence Dillon, this piece, or to obtain a perusal score, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or [log in to unmask] Jeffrey James Arts Consulting E-mail: [log in to unmask] Website: http://www.jamesarts.com