Friday, May 5, 2023 7:30 p.m. (Doors open 7:00) Free admission, seating is first come, first served St. Cecilia Music Guild Marian Anderson String Quartet "On Being Enslaved" Marianne Henry, violin Nicole Cherry, violin Diedre Lawrence, viola Prudence McDaniel, cello On September 30, 1989 the members of the Marian Anderson String Quartet, then known as the Chaminade Quartet, came together; unaware that they would soon change history. In 1991, the Quartet won the International Cleveland Quartet Competition, becoming the first African American ensemble in history to win a classical music competition. To highlight this singular achievement the members of the quartet asked permission of the great contralto, Marian Anderson, to use her name as their own. Miss Anderson responded with heartfelt approval and, in a memorable show of gratitude, the Marian Anderson String Quartet played for its legendary namesake and her nephew, conductor James DePriest.