McGill/McHale Trio
The McGill/McHale Trio was founded in September 2014 when clarinetist Anthony McGill and his brother, flutist Demarre McGill, were featured artists in a residency at Bowling Green University in Ohio. While there, pianist Michael McHale joined them in concert for the first time, and it was immediately clear that the Trio would have a great future making music together.
Andrei Ioniță | Enescu: Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 8
George Enescu’s Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra holds a special place in Andrei Ionita's heart.
William Hagen, Andrei Ioniță & Orion Weiss
William Hagen, Andrei Ionita, and Orion Weiss are available on very select dates to perform trio programs together. These three powerhouse young soloists — each an important artist in their own right — prioritize chamber music, musical collaboration, and artistic partnership in their careers.
Arod Quartet | Ménage à Quatre
In 2023, the Arod Quartet released their new documentary, Ménage à Quatre, created by French film-maker Bruno Monsaingeon.
Gryphon Trio with violist Masumi Per Rostad
The Gryphon Trio teams up with the Grammy Award-winning violist Masumi Per Rostad - who has received praise for his tremendously rich and expressive tone, energy, and commanding presence - to offer piano quartets.
Moonshine Ballads and Various Charms
The Gryphon offers a new Americana program called Moonshine Ballads and Various Charms with their longtime collaborator Patricia O’Callaghan which is an evening of music that, as they put it, "evokes open skies, dark tales, and lazy afternoons.
Karen Slack | African Queens
This special commissioning project produced by and featuring soprano Karen Slack takes the form of a full evening vocal recital of art song on the theme of African Queens to celebrate the history and legacy of seven fierce African Queens who were revered as rulers and warriors, though not widely heralded in the West.
Ariel Quartet | Beethoven Cycle
The Ariel Quartet first performed the Beethoven cycle in Cincinnati five years ago. Since then, they have gone to perform the complete cycle in Berlin and for Napa’s Music in the Vineyards Festival. The Ariel also presented a groundbreaking Beethoven cycle performed at New York’s SubCulture that featured a midnight performance of the Grosse Fuge.
American String Quartet with Nancy Allen
The American String Quartet offers a collaboration together with the New York Philharmonic’s Principal Harpist, Nancy Allen. The five perform some of the great works for string quartet and harp:
Hailed by The New York Times as "a major artist" following her New York recital debut, Nancy Allen joined the New York Philharmonic in June of 1999 as Principal Harpist. She maintains a busy international concert schedule as well as heading the harp departments of The Juilliard School, Yale School of Music, and the Aspen Music Festival and School.
American String Quartet with Stephanie Blythe
The American String Quartet and the American mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe team up to present a program featuring some of the great works for voice and string quartet: Respighi's Il Tramonto and four of Schubert's most well-known lieder, including Der Tod und das Mädchen, the quartet-version of which closes the program.
American String Quartet with Mishka Rushdie Momen
The American String Quartet will be offering a collaborative program together with the British pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen in April 2023. A young musician who is fast on the rise as a recitalist and chamber musician, Mishka is a regular musical partner with cellist Steven Isserlis, has been championed by Sir András Schiff, and was nominated for The Times (of London) 2021 Artist Critics’ nomination for the Breakthrough Award, cementing her place as a pianist to watch.
Healing Frequencies
Healing through sound dates back to ancient times, and is recognized by countless global traditions. In their latest cross-genre project, Healing Frequencies, the American String Quartet joins forces with authors J. Mae Barizo and Rachel Eliza Griffiths in a curative program highlighting music's renewing attributes.
American String Quartet with Phil Klay and Tom Sleigh
The American String Quartet has teamed up with the writer Phil Klay - who won the National Book Award for Redeployment in 2014 - and the poet Tom Sleigh to present a program called “Lyric in the Time of War.” Phil is a former U.S. Marine who served in Iraq, and Tom has reported on the bloody conflicts in Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, and Libya. The program combines music written in response to war together with Phil and Tom reading excerpts from their work. In a particularly moving presentation, the American performs Shostakovich's Quartet No. 8 while Tom reads a related poem in between each movement. This program offers two perspectives on war; it acknowledges the hardships while recognizing and celebrating the sacrifices made by our veterans.
