The Beo String Quartet: A Chamber Music Concert at Gualala Arts

     The Beo String Quartet comes to the Mendonoma Coast for the first chamber music event of 2023. The concert is Sunday, January 15 at 4:00pm in Coleman Hall  at Gualala Arts. “This is an ensemble whose music making speaks to the heart as well as the mind,” offered Grammy-award winning composer Richard Danielpour.

     The group includes founding member and violinist Jason Neukom; Andrew Giordano, violin; Sean Neukom, viola; and Ryan Ash, cello.

     Beo String Quartet embraces the breadth and depth available to a string quartet in the 21st- century. By crafting original music and projects, engaging listeners through entertainment and thoughtful demonstration, collaborating with living composers, performing quartet masterpieces in a wide array of settings, and exploring technology’s capacity as a musical and social tool, Beo is expanding the role of chamber musicians in today’s global culture. Now in its seventh season, Beo has performed over 100 concert works in the US and Europe– including over 45 world premieres.

     In addition to its many recordings, videos, and covers, Beo regularly performs original works and projects – repertoire you cannot hear any other ensemble perform. Works such as Haydn Recycled and Projection1: Triple Quartet combine virtuosic quartet writing and staging in various forms that employs the use of electronics, pre-recorded music, video projections, live sound processing, and spatial audio manipulation. Beo’s newest original works, such as 19-20 and triggerLand, use video and animation to place a strong narrative focus on social issues.

     Tickets are available at Gualala Arts, the Dolphin Gallery and online at EventBrite.com.