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Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP beginning Thursday, January 23, at 9 a.m.

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Hailed by The New York Times as an “outstanding ensemble,” The Verona Quartet include violinists Jonathan Ong and Dorothy Ro, violist Abigail Rojansky, and USC Thornton alumni cellist Jonathan Dormand.

The celebrated musicians will celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth by performing the famed composer’s last quartet. The String Quartet No. 16 is punctuated by a three-note theme—Must it be?—that Beethoven posed while considering the end of his life.

The performance will include collaborations with student writers, dancers, and musicians from across USC who were asked to probe the question, along with a beautifully contemplative, contemporary piece, The Weather of It, by Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy.

Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by the USC Thornton School of Music.

Photo: Kaupo Kikkas