May Treat Morrison Chamber Music Center {College of Liberal & Creative Arts}

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Timeline

1939

May Treat Morrison Trust established

1952

Edward Hohfeld and Ferenc Molnar establish Morrison Chamber Music Center

1956

Morrison Chamber Music Center becomes permanent

1970

Andor Toth, artistic director

1972

Lazlo Varga, artistic director

1989

  • Alexander String Quartet, quartet-in-residence
  • Saul Gropman, artistic director

1990

San Francisco debut

Eroica Trio

1992

San Francisco debut

St. Lawrence String Quartet

1995

San Francisco debut

Gilles Apap, violin, and The Transylvanian Mountain Boys

1996

The Morrison Artists' Series, originally established at SFSU in 1956 to "offer the finest music in the most accessible way," opens its 40th anniversary season of free concerts by world-renowned chamber music groups. This alliance between a large public university, a private trust and a nonprofit performing arts presenter is recognized nationally as a model of cooperation and innovation.

San Francisco debuts

  • Palladian Ensemble (early music)
  • The Zephyros Woodwind Quintet

1997

San Francisco debuts

  • Gilles Apap, violin with Wendy Cheng, Piano
  • New Millennium Ensemble

1998

San Francisco debut

Trio Voronezh

2000

San Francisco debuts

  • eighthblackbird
  • Singphoniker
  • Thibaud String Trio
  • Vida

2004

San Francisco debut

FLUX Quartet

2005-06

50th anniversary season

2010

Ronald Caltabiano, artistic director

2011

Richard Festinger, artistic director

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