Ancora String Quartet

The Ancora String Quartet is excited to announce our spring tour! Sahada Buckley, Wes Luke, Robin Ryan, and Benjamin Whitcomb have several upcoming performances. More details coming soon!

Arts + Literature Laboratory welcomes Ancora Quartet on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00pm.

Get tickets:
https://artlitlab.org/events/ancora-quartet

The members of the Ancora String Quartet—Wes Luke, Robin Ryan, and Benjamin Whitcomb—are thrilled to announce that Sahada Buckley has accepted their offer to join the quartet as its newest member. Sahada performed as part of ASQ in the spring of 2024 and 2025, with rave reviews. Sahada’s gorgeous sound, excellent musical ideas, and efficient rehearsal style mesh perfectly with the other members’ approach.

Watch for announcements soon about our fall season, which you certainly won’t want to miss!

The Ancora Quartet is pleased to welcome back violist Sahada Buckley for our spring concert series! The program is a Schubertiad, featuring the "Death and the Maiden Quartet and the String Quintet in C Major, with guest cellist Trace Johnson. See our full concert schedule here: https://ancoraquartet.com/schedule/

Here's one of several upcoming spring concerts! Hope to see you there.

Ancora String Quartet - Taliesin Hillside Theater - May 17th 2025 | Afton Tickets Ancora String Quartet | Taliesin Hillside Theater | May 17th 2025

Enjoy our fall program on your own schedule! Here's a link to our interview-performance on WPR's Midday Classics with Norman Gilliland:

The Ancora String Quartet and Pianist Vincent d'Vreis Several cast members from Gilbert & Sullivan's "Patience" stop by the Midday to perform songs from the show in our Buck Studio.

Three concerts coming up!

Thursday 9/12 at UW-Whitewater
Friday 9/13 at St Andrew's Episcopal in Madison
Saturday 9/14 at UW-Rock County

All concerts at 7.30 pm. See our event listing for more information.

Tune in at noon to hear the Schumann quintet! Or listen online at wpr.org