2pm, Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Throughout the course of their exciting journey as a group, the members of Axiom Quartet have won over the hearts of music lovers across the globe. Performing at a variety of venues and making countless public appearances, this talented quartet has earned the admiration and affection of critics and fans alike.
They will perform “Screen to Stage: Axiom’s favorite movie music alongside string quartets film composers Rózsa and Korngold.
About the composers:
Miklós Rózsa, an intellect and a gentleman of the old school, was an artist with an enormous contribution to the art of film music. His music has been both light in tone and heavily dramatic in feeling, and he was one of very few film composers highly regarded enough to be accepted to the classical stage as well as in the motion picture studio. His music is timeless, his melodies are of rare beauty, his approach was always unique having the ability to deepen to the story of a film, enhancing the drama and revealing everything that is not shown on the big screen. During his work in Hollywood, Miklós Rózsa won three Academy Awards (“Spellbound”, “A Double Life” and “Ben-Hur”) and was nominated 17 times. Although certainly one of the most gifted of the last century’s composers of classical works, Rózsa had a vibrant rapport with the dramatic, which combined with his interest and background in musicology and a highly individualistic style, has made him an ideal composer for the screen.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Korngold, born in 1897 to an already musical family (with older brother Hans becoming a musician, and father Leopold a music critic), and quickly became a musical prodigy – able to play complex piano pieces competently at the age of 5, and beginning his first foray into composing at age 7. By 11, he was composing full ballets, the first of which was The Snowman (Der Schneemann), which was performed at Vienna Grand Opera. Korngold later fled Europe amidst the rise of Nazism, with a lucrative offer to move to Hollywood to score for notable director Max Reinhardt. What followed was a career split between classical work and scoring for Hollywood films, winning multiple Oscars (for his Anthony Adverse and The Adventures of Robin Hood scores) and gaining a reputation as a pioneering composer in the golden age of Hollywood.
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About the musicians…
Dominika Dancewicz, violin
Dominika is originally from Poland. She completed violin performance degrees at the Music Academy in Krakow (Poland), Rice University Shepherd School of Music in Houston, TX, and Denver University Lamont School of Music. With various ensembles, she has performed on the world’s most prestigious stages including the Berlin Philharmonic, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Pleyel in Paris, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and Carnegie Hall in New York.
Matt Lammers, violin
Violinist Matt Lammers earned his DMA at Rice University, where he was the Itzhak Perlman Fellow. He remains on the Preparatory Violin Faculty of the Shepherd School of Music and is a coach, founder, and director of the Opus 1 Chamber Music School. During summers, he teaches privately and coaches chamber music at the Stringwood Chamber Music Festival. His teachers include Paul Kantor, Carolyn Huebl, Christian Teal, and Ray Shows.
Katie Carrington, viola
Katie originally hails from Chicago and made her Carnegie Hall debut performing the Telemann Viola Concerto. She holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Rice University, where she had the pleasure of working with Heidi Castleman, Hsin-Yun Huang, and James Dunham. Katie previously played in the Louisiana Philharmonic as well as Principal Viola in the Breckenridge Music Festival. She currently serves as Principal Viola in the Mercury Chamber Orchestra.
Patrick Moore, cello
Patrick grew up in Midland, TX, and is a proud product of the Texas Music Educators Association. He had incredible orchestra directors growing up named Shari Allison and Karen McAfee.Several of his other spectacular cello teachers include Jeffrey LaStrapes, Alex Ezerman, Barbara Haffner, Chris French, and Lynn Harrell. Recently he has started Suzuki training under the inspiring Alice Ann O’Neil. The majority of my music career has been in Houston as it is one of the best classical music centers in the world. He attended Texas Tech University and studied music at Roosevelt University, and Rice University.
For more information about each musician, visit the Axiom Quartet website.
Performance Location: The Centrum, 6823 Cypresswood Dr., Spring 77379
Date & Time: 2:00 p.m., May 13, 2025
Tickets: $18 Adult, $15 Senior, $12 Child/Student, $12 Groups of 6 or more
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