JACK Quartet

Coming up next in NYC we’re excited to present Morton Feldman’s masterpiece Piano and String Quartet with our pal on April 15. The show is FREE and in celebration of their shared centennial year we’ll be playing in a gallery at exhibiting works by Robert Rauschenberg. More info in stories or at the link in our bio.

The best of times last week at celebrating another round of creations from our JACK Studio program with and

And before the event thanks to and the .school for celebrating Chris and with distinguished alumni awards before the show!

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Bay Area! Join us in Berkeley on Sunday for this show at . We let a gust of wind run through our strings, activating resonant nostalgia, rhythmic pattern, and raw fiddling energy. Come see Aegolius by .coati fly for the first time, west coast premieres by and alongside the beauty and passion of Wolfgang Rihm and Hans Abrahamsen.

We working on A Selection of Colors for you with the singular for our March 20 JACK Studio show at

Don’t miss this world premiere alongside new works by and

Ticket link in stories

Join us at the on March 20 for a concert we’ve been working toward for a long time. We’re excited to present new works created through our JACK Studio program with support from the Y featuring the incredible artistry of and

A musical feast awaits! A pathetic summary where words fail shall not be attempted here. See you March 20 NYC!

We’re back at the one and only this Saturday for a day of three concerts. Come witness the beautiful unfurling of Catherine Lamb’s two blooms in the morning. In the afternoon, Hans Abrahamsen’s crystalline String Quartet No. 4 and Wolfgang Rihm’s expressionist outpouring “im innersten”. At night, the complete string quartets of Helmut Lachenmann, music that has redrawn the limits of instrumental practice, plus his recent String Trio “mes adieux”

Blast from the past alert! Out today, this stellar recording of the original JACK lineup playing the music of Andrew Rindfleisch. Don’t mess with these guys. This music rips! Link to the record in stories. Shouting out and Kevin McFarland!

JACK Quartet invites applications from creators in any performing, visual, or interdisciplinary arts practice who have a vision for working with a string quartet. We’re here to explore new artistic territories and build unexpected collaborations.

Learn more and apply at link in bio!

The fellowship graduate quartet position at Mannes School of Music is open for applications. Come learn with JACK and the amazing faculty of the College of Performing Arts in downtown Manhattan. More information at the Mannes website about the Cuker and Stern endowed fellowship! Pictured here: current quartet playing Philip Glass’s score to Dracula live with Michael Riesman to a packed house and backstage vibes at a Mannes Festival performance with past quartets and

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📸: JACK Studio Artist-in-Residence Ailie Ormston with JACK Quartet at Potash Hill, VT