Join us for a live performance of chamber music celebrating Public Domain Day 2025, featuring musical works entering the public domain in the U.S. The event will include remarks on the music, recent copyright developments, and Ohio State resources and events that promote musical works from 1929 entering the public domain for the first time. This event is presented by The Ohio State University Libraries.
The Ohio State University School of Music Professor Emeritus Mark Rudoff’s Janus String Quartet will perform Mexican composer Manuel Ponce’s Four Miniatures and the String Quartet no. 3 by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Questions about public domain, the composers and performers, and the music itself will be welcomed following the performance.
The Janus String Quartet takes its name and inspiration from Janus, the Roman god of time and transitions, presenting faces that look to the past and the future. The ensemble features violinists Devin Copfer and Kelsey Broker Shaheen, violist Nancy Nehring, and cellist Mark Rudoff. Their programs seek to be “Tugging on threads that connect old and new music and weaving those threads into the broad tapestry of the humanities.” Program and bios
This event is free and open to the public; registration is not required.
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