Program:
McKay* String Quartet No. 1 "American Sketches"
Formosa Set* A selection of shorts from folk, pop, jazz, and poetry
Brahms String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67

Formed in 2002 when the four Taiwanese-descended founders came together for a concert tour of Taiwan, the Formosa Quartet’s cultural identity has since expanded to include broader American, pan-Asian, and Eastern European roots. The founding members’ interest in championing Taiwanese music and Indigenous cultures has since expanded to include the exploration of the rich folk traditions and heritages found in America today. Whether in its uncompromisingly exploratory approach to the standard quartet literature; its socioculturally probing American Mirror Project; or its unique Sets curated from its collection of folk, pop, jazz, and poetry arrangements, the Formosa Quartet is committed to an insatiable search for the fresh and new in string quartet expression.

Jasmin Lin Violin
David Bernat Violin
Matthew Cohen Viola
Deborah Pae Cello

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An asterisk (*) denotes work by an American composer.