March Madness for the ears! In its fifth year and slated for yet another highly successful and sold-out performance, this NCAA-inspired tournament competition brings original string quartet compositions head-to-head in front of a live audience.
A panel of judges – including composer/musicians Maja S.K. Ratkje of Norway, Erdem Helvacioglu of New York City, and Eun Lee with the nonprofit The Dream Unfinished – selected the sixteen finalist compositions to be performed live at the “String Quartet Smackdown” at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. Invoke will perform the compositions in four bracketed rounds.
The live audience in attendance will determine the winner by voting for their favorite pieces in each round. The winner of each round moves on in the tournament… and the champion will receive a grand prize of $1,500! Hosted by Graham Reynolds and Kate Murray.
Golden Hornet is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department, as well as private donations and grant sources. For more information please visit www.goldenhornet.org.
Tickets are $12 each, and available now! They can be purchased on Alamo Drafthouse’s Website.
Email: info@goldenhornet.org
2019/02/23 - 2019/02/23
Alamo Drafthouse - South Lamar
1120 South Lamar, Austin, TX 78704
Parking is available in Lamar Union’s parking garages. We recommend entering the parking garage located off Treadwell. From Lamar, go west on Treadwell and the garage entrance will be immediately to your left. For Thursday openings and most Friday or Saturday evenings, allow some additional time to find a space.