The UNO Maverick String Quartet (Drs. Olga Smola & Mary Perkinson, violin; Professor Tyler Sieh, viola; Professor Gregory Clinton, cello), host guest artist Regina Shenderovich for Franck’s Piano Quintet at Gallery 1516 (1516 Leavenworth) on Sunday November 1, 11:30am. Free admission

The UNO Maverick String Quartet, founded in 2016, serves on the faculty of the UNO School of Music. Individually and collectively, the members have careers as orchestral musicians, chamber musicians, soloists, executive directors, program founders, and educators, with performances and speaking engagements throughout North and South America, Europe, Russia, and Asia. The quartet presents annual chamber music concerts and regularly collaborates with guest artists from Omaha and beyond.

Russian-American pianist Regina Shenderovich received her early training at the Special Music School of the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia. She holds her Bachelor of Music degree from the Boston Conservatory and Master of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University where she studied with Leon Fleisher. The winner of numerous awards, she has won prizes in piano competitions and performed internationally as a solo recitalist and in chamber and orchestral concerts. Ms. Shenderovich has also been featured in film and television programs and documentaries. She has taught students of different ages, been a faculty member at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia and been a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Regina Shenderovich earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the UIUC, where she studied with Professor Ian Hobson.