Local musicians will perform Shostakovich's String Quartet no. 8

A quartet of young local musicians will perform Shostakovich's "String Quartet no. 8" and the first movement of Schubert's "String Quartet 'Death and the Maiden'" at 2 p.m. Saturday at Warren Township Library.

The quartet will include North Plainfield residents Johanna Nowik and Lucia Nowik, on viola and first violin, Warren resident and Watchung Hills Regional student Cecelia Sha, on cello, and Scotch Plains student Alex Wang, on second violin.

All four musicians are members of the New Jersey Youth Symphony. This fall, Lucia will be attending the Juilliard School in New York City, where she will be majoring in violin performance. Violinist Alex Wang attends Union County Magnet High School for Math and Science, and studies violin under Yousun Kin, of Warren.

Pre-registration is required to attend this concert, which is geared toward adults only. To register online, please go to www.sclsnj.org/warren.htm  and click on "Adult Programs" under "Links of Interest," find the program on the calendar and double-click to register. Or call 908-754-5554 for more information or assistance with registration.

The Warren Twp Library, a branch of the Somerset County Library System, is located at 42 Mountain Boulevard, Warren, NJ 07059. The Somerset County Library System has branches in Bridgewater, Bound Brook, Hillsborough, at the Mary Jacobs Library in Rocky Hill, North Plainfield, Peapack & Gladstone, Somerville, Warren Township and Watchung.