Ohio University Killing Off 60-Year-Old Quartet?

The Oxford String Quartet is 60 years old. But its future is in doubt as Miami University of Ohio has declined to replace a departing violinist. “A group of distraught fans in Oxford, Cincinnati and as far away as Cologne, Germany, are campaigning to ‘save the quartet.’ They say the school’s prestige is at stake. But the dean of MU’s School of Fine Arts, Jose Antonio Bowen, thinks it’s a non-issue, and that eventually the school will want to emphasize other areas, such as world music.”