(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Cellist Edward Arron leads a string quintet performing works by Mozart, Brahms, Arvo Pärt, and Giya Kancheli.at The Clarkon Sunday, November 17, 2013, at 2 pm. Arron will be joined by world-renowned violinists Jennifer Frautschi and Tessa Lark and violists Che-Hung Chen and Max Mandel, all performing artists in residence at The Clark.

Concertgoers are invited to meet the artists at a wine and cheese reception following the performance. Tickets are $25 ($20 for Clark members; free for students with college ID). To order tickets, visit www.clarkart.edu or call 413 458 0524.

Edward Arron has garnered recognition worldwide for his elegant musicianship, impassioned performances, and creative programming. In spring 2013, he completed a ten-year residency as the artistic director of the critically acclaimed Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert. He is resident performer of the Musical Masterworks concert series in Old Lyme, Connecticut and is also artistic director of the Caramoor Virtuosi, the resident chamber ensemble of the Caramoor International Music Festival. Arron, who currently serves on the faculty of New York University, plays a cello made by Giovanni Grancino in Milan in 1700. Arron is a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble.

Jennifer Frautschi is a two-time Grammy nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recipient violinist selected by Carnegie Hall for its Distinctive Debuts series. She is both an international soloist and a chamber artist who has performed with the Boston Chamber Music Society, Caramoor, and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, among many others. She performs on a 1722 Antonio Stradivarius violin known as the “ex-Cadiz,” on generous loan to her from a private American foundation.

Tessa Lark won the prestigious Walter W. Naumburg International Violin Competition in New York in 2012. She was a featured soloist at the Forbidden City Concert Hall with the Beijing Symphony and was a featured soloist at Music Hall with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. She plays a 1675 Tononi violin on loan to her from the Steans Institute for Young Artists.

Che-Hung Chen has been a member of The Philadelphia Orchestra since the spring of 2001. He has served as principal viola of the Curtis Symphony and has recently appeared as guest principal viola with the San Diego Symphony and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He performs on a viola made by Carlo Antonio Testore in Milan, Italy, c. 1756.

Max Mandel, an active chamber musician, was named a Susan and Joseph Handelman Rising Star in 2000 and 2001; he has appeared at Caramoor more than thirty times, including performances in August 1999 as part of a three-day “Parade of Stars” series. He plays a 1973 Giovanni Battista Morassi viola loaned to him by Lesley Robertson of the St. Lawrence Quartet.

Ed Arron and violinist Jennifer Frautschi will teach a chamber music master class on Saturday, November 16, at 10 am in Brooks Rogers Recital Hall at Williams College. The public is invited to attend.