Faculty: National Youth Orchestra of Canada - Kingston, ON

Monday, June 19 - Sunday, June 25, 2024

Two weeks of chamber music coachings, lessons, masterclasses, seminar, and performances

Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival - Twisp, WA

• Sunday, June 11 - Sunday, June 18, 2024

  Repertoire TBA

Texas Music Festival - Houston, Texas

Faculty at Texas Music Festival—details forthcoming.

Maui Chamber Music Festival - Maui, Hawai’i

Program TBA

Asia Tour: Taiwan/Malaysia

• Apr 29, 2024 - May 12, 2024

  Formosa Quartet

Our Taiwan tour, after multiple pandemic-related postponements, is HAPPENING!! One of our favorite places to play, celebrate, dine, breakfast, snack, hang, laugh, walk, relax, and seven. Yes, you can use seven as a verb.

Rhapsody Theater: Chicago, IL

• Sunday, April 14, 2024

• 7:30 PM 9:30 PM

• Rhapsody Theater (map)

We’re looking forward to playing on the exciting stage of Rhapsody Theater (formerly Mayne Stage)! Originally known as the Morse Theater built in 1912, this destination has long been a source of arts and entertainment, and now boasts a newly developed, full-service restaurant and three bars throughout, which owner Dr. Ricardo T. Rosenkranz designed for both patrons and community members to enjoy year-round. The multi-faceted theater comes with state-of-the-art acoustics and versatile seating arrangements, and allows for intimate or large-format experiences. An upstairs lounge, perfect for after-performance socializing, completes the dream picture.

Masterclass: Music Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL

• Saturday, April 13, 2024

• 4:30 PM 6:00 PM

• Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel (map)

We are thrilled to be joining the talented students of the Academy of MIC for a masterclass this afternoon! The Academy is an intensive program for exceptionally gifted pre-college students, offering a rich curriculum of classes and performance opportunities geared towards preparing the nation’s top young musicians for the next chapters of their lives. Led by Executive Director Sue Polutnik and Director James Setapen, the Academy draws students from all across the country, some flying over a thousand miles weekly to attend.

Buckingham Salon Series - Chicago, IL

• Friday, April 12, 2024

• 6:30 PM 8:30 PM

This intimate space, located in the bustle of downtown Chicago, overlooks one of the most perfect lakefront views in the city. Nab a front row seat to enjoy Formosa Quartet’s tonal painting while the surrounding sky and water change color just as dramatically…

Note: This is a private event. If you would like to be added to the guest list, please contact us.

Kerrytown Concert House - Ann Arbor, MI

• Sunday, April 7, 2024

• 7:30 PM 9:00 PM

• Kerrytown Concert House (map)

We look forward to sharing our program titled Unexpected and Thrilling with music lovers in Ann Arbor, Michigan! The first half of the program features Mozart's "Dissonance" Quartet. Perhaps Mozart's most famous string quartet, the piece owes its nickname to the jarring and unexpected harmonies that introduce the first movement. The rest of the program is devoted to "A Formosa Quartet Set," an assortment of shorts from the FQ’s collection of folk, pop, jazz, and poetry arrangements. Curated especially for each concert, an FQ Set is like a flight of desserts after a main course, offering a chance for audiences to “let their hair down," tap their toes, and enjoy the string quartet medium in somewhat less-conventional contexts.

McKenny Hall - Ypsilanti, MI

• Thursday, April 4, 2024

• 7:30 PM 9:00 PM

• McKenny Hall, Eastern Michigan University (Ballroom) (map)

We culminate our residency as the 2023-2024 McAndless Distinguished Professor Chair at Eastern Michigan University with our program “American Mirror” featuring music by Derrick Skye and Formosa Quartet’s Roadmap, a selection of iconic songs that shaped American popular music and culture arranged by some of today’s most celebrated composers.

Eastern Michigan University - Ypsilanti, MI

• Sun, Mar 31, 2024 - Sun, Apr 7, 2024

• EMU School of Music & Dance (map)

  Formosa Quartet

In this second week of onsite residence at EMU as the McAndless Distinguished Professor Chair, we continue to probe the questions posed by our American Mirror Project as we offer a week of music and dialog revolving around our American Mirror Program, the centerpiece of which will be our own brand-new commission, Dana Wilson’s Mirror, a piece which invites the community in which we perform to add their own ‘American mirrors’ directly to the performance.

Program:

Derrick Skye: American Mirror Part I
American Roadmap
* *
Dana Wilson: Mirror
Derrick Skye: American Mirror Part II

Recital: Concerts International - Memphis, TN

• Tuesday, March 19, 2024

• 7:00 PM

  Including Sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Clarke
  with Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano

Recital: Dacor Bacon House - Washington, D.C.

• Saturday , March 16, 2024

• 7:00 PM

  Including Sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Clarke
  with Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano

University of Houston, Moores School Of Music - Houston, TX

• Sun, Feb 18, 2024 - Sun, Feb 25, 2024

• University of Houston (map)

  Formosa Quartet

Some of our topmost highlights of the year are our weeks at UH, collaborating with the amazing students and string faculty there, exploring new projects, exchanging ideas, continuing the never-ending dialog about the relevance of our work and its sociocultural ramifications and responsibilities.

Saugerties Pro Musica - Saugerties, NY

• Sunday, Feb 11, 2024

• 3:00 PM

Chamber Music Concert - Flute, Viola and Piano

Recital: Timucua Arts Foundation - Orlando, FL

• Friday, January 26, 2024

• 7:30 PM

  Including Sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Clarke
  with Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano

Eastern Michigan University - Ypsilanti, MI

• Sun, Jan 14, 2024 - Sun, Jan 21, 2024

• EMU School of Music & Dance (map)

  Formosa Quartet

We are extremely honored to be named the McAndless Distinguished Professor Chair at Eastern Michigan University.

Together with EMU School of Music & Dance, and College of Arts & Sciences, we will explore our American Mirror Project, a deeply personal undertaking which examines perceptions and assumptions about American culture through the lens of music and the performing arts. The project revolves around two primary questions: What is "America?" and, how would you mirror (or respond) to "America" in your creative practice? By nature, such an examination is deeply inclusive of each and every voice in America. Through thought-provoking musical performances and open dialog, this project is an opportunity for us to showcase our own evolving reflections on these questions while creating a platform to mirror others and their communities, as well as the places in which these performances happen.

In this 1st of 2 onsite residency weeks, we look forward to collaborating with various departments of the EMU School of Music & Dance, engaging with their students and faculty in a thoughtful exploration of the American Mirror Project.

Creartbox Music Festival - Brooklyn, NY

• Sunday, December 10, 2023

• 7:30pm

Arvo Pärt
Pari Intervalo

Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations (selections)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285

Antonio Vivaldi
"La Notte", Flute Concerto in G Minor, RV. 439

Claude Debussy
Petite suite, L. 65 (transcribed for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello and Flute)

Hannah Selin
Dream Journal

Creartbox Music Festival - Long Island City, NY

• Saturday, December 9, 2023

• 7:30pm

François Couperin
Les barricades mystérieuses

Hannah Selin
Chesapeake

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285

Antonio Vivaldi
"La Notte", Flute Concerto in G Minor, RV. 439

François Couperin
Concerts royaux (selection)

Creartbox Music Festival - Long Island City, NY

• Thursday, December 7, 2023

• 7:30pm

Max Bruch: 8 Pieces for Flute, Viola and Piano
Richard Strauss: Morgen for Viola and Piano
Nathan Schram: HNB Trio for Flute, Viola and Piano

Masterclass: Temple University - Philadelphia, PA

Masterclass

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society - Philadelphia, PA

• Sunday, December 3, 2023

• 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• Philadelphia Chamber Music Society (map)

  Formosa Quartet

We’re beyond thrilled to return to Philadelphia for a reunion with our Curtis and Marlboro friends! Program includes Haydn’s Quartet Op. 76 No. 2 (Fifths), a rocking Formosa Quartet Set, and the Dvorak String Sextet with the glorious Hsin-Yun Huang and Peter Wiley.

Opus 71 Concerts - New York, NY

• Wednesday, November 10, 2023

• 3:00 PM

Femmetastique!

Ensemble Elatós

Musical compositions inspired by the light of day are paired with those evoking the tranquility and mysteries of night, accompanied by poetry by Ella Higgonson and Anna de Noailles. The journey culminates in Lera Auerbach’s magnificent Trio #2, entitled “This mirror has three faces”, concluding a sonic voyage that travels through day into night and plumbing the depths of a mirror into the very soul.

Ensemble Elatós: Hill at Whitemarsh - Lafayette Hill, PA

• Wednesday, November 8, 2023

• 7:30 PM

Femmetastique!

Ensemble Elatós

Musical compositions inspired by the light of day are paired with those evoking the tranquility and mysteries of night, accompanied by poetry by Ella Higgonson and Anna de Noailles. The journey culminates in Lera Auerbach’s magnificent Trio #2, entitled “This mirror has three faces”, concluding a sonic voyage that travels through day into night and plumbing the depths of a mirror into the very soul.

Ensemble Elatós: Beaumont at Bryn Mawr - Bryn Mawr, PA

• Wednesday, November 8, 2023

• 4:30 PM

Femmetastique!

Ensemble Elatós

Musical compositions inspired by the light of day are paired with those evoking the tranquility and mysteries of night, accompanied by poetry by Ella Higgonson and Anna de Noailles. The journey culminates in Lera Auerbach’s magnificent Trio #2, entitled “This mirror has three faces”, concluding a sonic voyage that travels through day into night and plumbing the depths of a mirror into the very soul.

Mallery Concert Series: Rutgers University - Camden, NJ

• Wednesday, November 8, 2023

• 11:30 AM

Femmetastique!

Ensemble Elatós

Musical compositions inspired by the light of day are paired with those evoking the tranquility and mysteries of night, accompanied by poetry by Ella Higgonson and Anna de Noailles. The journey culminates in Lera Auerbach’s magnificent Trio #2, entitled “This mirror has three faces”, concluding a sonic voyage that travels through day into night and plumbing the depths of a mirror into the very soul.

Ensemble Elatós: Foulkeways - Gwynedd, PA

• Tuesday, November 7, 2023

• 7:00 PM

Femmetastique!

Ensemble Elatós

Musical compositions inspired by the light of day are paired with those evoking the tranquility and mysteries of night, accompanied by poetry by Ella Higgonson and Anna de Noailles. The journey culminates in Lera Auerbach’s magnificent Trio #2, entitled “This mirror has three faces”, concluding a sonic voyage that travels through day into night and plumbing the depths of a mirror into the very soul.

Asia Society Texas Center - Houston, TX

• Thursday, October 26, 2023

• 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

• Asia Society Texas Center (map)

  Formosa Quartet

We are thrilled to collaborate with award-winning composer and longtime FQ friend Shih-Hui Chen, Nanguan pipa and theater artist Mei-Hui Wei, Asia Society, and TECO Houston for this fascinating look into traditional Nanguan music.

Lecture-Concert Program:

Lecture: Shih-Hui Chen compares instrumental Nanguan & vocal Nanguan
Performance:
Shih-Hui Chen: Plum Blossom
Shih-Hui Chen: A Plea to Lady Cheng’e
* * *
Lecture: Shih-Hui Chen compares Returning Souls film & Returning Souls quartet
– with film excerpts and quartet demo
Performance:
Shih-Hui Chen: Returning Souls

University of Houston, Moores School Of Music - Houston, TX

• Sun, Oct 22, 2023 - Sun, Oct 29, 2023

• University of Houston (map)

  Formosa Quartet

We look forward to joining our friends, the wonderful faculty and students at Moores School of Music, for an exciting weeklong collaboration of classes, concerts, workshops, outreach events — and to visiting with our friends at TECO and the city of Houston!!

Recital: Lions Gate Auditorium - Voorhees, NJ

• Sunday, October 1, 2023

• 7:00 PM

  Including Sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Clarke
  with Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano

Recital: The Cosmopolitan Club - Philadelphia, PA

• Sunday, October 1, 2023

• 3:00 PM

  Including Sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Clarke
  with Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano

Recording George McKay - Seattle, WA

• Wed, Sep 6, 2023 - Sun, Sep 10, 2023

• Seattle, WA, U.S.A. (map)

  Formosa Quartet

George Frederick McKay was a prolific composer, born a year after Gershwin, whose music evokes folksong, jazz, blues, street music, and Native American influences. We will record 5 of his reflective, playful, and intricate string quartets with Seattle’s David Sabee as producer.

Music Mondays - Toronto, ON

• Monday, July 17, 2023

• 12 PM

  Femmetastique!

  Ensemble Elatós
  Matthew Cohen, viola
  Noémie Raymond-Friset, cello
  Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano

  Musical compositions inspired by the light of day are paired with those evoking the tranquility and mysteries of night, accompanied by poetry by Ella Higgonson and Anna de Noailles. The journey culminates in Lera Auerbach’s magnificent Trio #2, entitled “This mirror has three faces”, concluding a sonic voyage that travels through day into night and plumbing the depths of a mirror into the very soul.

Recital - South Setauket, NY

• Tuesday, June 27, 2023

• 7:30 PM

  Including Sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Clarke
  with Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano

Isabel Bader Centre For The Performing Arts - Kingston, ON

• Friday, June 23, 2023

• 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

• Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts (map)

  Formosa Quartet

Join the Formosa Quartet at the stunning Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts in Kingston, Ontario for their culminating concert of their residency at the National Youth Orchestra of Canada! Program includes works by Haydn and a rocking Formosa Quartet Set.

Faculty: National Youth Orchestra of Canada - Kingston, ON

• Monday, June 19 - Sunday, June 25, 2023

  Two weeks of chamber music coachings, lessons, masterclasses, seminar, and performances

Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival - Twisp, WA

• Sunday, June 11 - Sunday, June 18, 2023

  Chamber Music Festival

Private Recital - Lynbrook, NY

• Sunday, June 04, 2023

• 4 PM
  

  Including Sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Clarke
  with Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano

Bargemusic Masterworks series - New York, NY

• Saturday, May 20, 2023

• 8:00 PM 10:00 PM

• Bargemusic

Matthew Cohen, viola
Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet
Moriah Trenk, piano

• MOZART: Kegelstatt Trio, K. 498

• BRAHMS: Two Songs, Op. 91

• BRUCH: 8 pieces, Op. 83

Philharmonic Society Presents - Irvine, CA

• Wednesday, April 19, 2023

• 8:00 PM 10:00 PM

• Philharmonic Society of Orange County (map)

Formosa Quartet

• MOZART: String Quartet in D minor, K. 421

• A Formosa Quartet Set

• SCHUMANN: String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 41, No. 2

Sundays Live - Los Angeles, CA

• Sunday, April 16, 2023

• 6:00 PM 7:00 PM

• St. James in-the-city (map)

Formosa Quartet

Mozart – String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421
Schumann – String Quartet in F major, Opus 41, No. 2

Athenaeum Music & Arts Library - San Diego, CA

• Friday, March 17, 2023

• 7:30 PM 9:30 PM

• Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (map)

Formosa Quartet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in D Minor, K.421

A Formosa Quartet Set
(See formosaquartet.com/programs for sample sets.)

—Intermission—

Robert Schumann
String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, op. 41, no. 2

Art of Élan - San Diego, CA

• Wednesday, March 15, 2023

• 7:00 PM 8:00 PM

• San Diego Museum of Art (map)

Formosa Quartet

“American Mirror Part II” by Derrick Skye (string quartet) *San Diego premiere

“American Roadmap” compilation of folk songs curated by Formosa Quartet *San Diego premiere

Recital - Hilton Head Island, SC

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

• 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

• Tide Pointe Auditorium (map)

Including Sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Clarke
with Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano

Opus 71 Concerts - New York, NY

Sunday, March 5th, 2023

• 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

• Church of the Blessed Sacrament (71st and Broadway)

Femmetastique!

Ensemble Elatós

Musical compositions inspired by the light of day are paired with those evoking the tranquility and mysteries of night, accompanied by poetry by Ella Higgonson and Anna de Noailles. The journey culminates in Lera Auerbach’s magnificent Trio #2, entitled “This mirror has three faces”, concluding a sonic voyage that travels through day into night and plumbing the depths of a mirror into the very soul.

Brown County Civic Music Association - Green Bay, WI

• Friday, March 3, 2023

• 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

• Cup o Joy Auditorium

​Frisson Ensemble’s American Tribute Tour, including works by Dohnanyi, Gershwin, and more.

River Cities Concert Association - Menominee, WI

• Thursday, March 2, 2023

• 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

• Blesch Auditorium

​Frisson Ensemble’s American Tribute Tour, including works by Dohnanyi, Gershwin, and more.

Arrowhead Concert Association - Virginia, MN

• Tuesday, February 28, 2023

• 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

• Goodman Auditorium
  Virgina, MN

​Frisson Ensemble’s American Tribute Tour, including works by Dohnanyi, Gershwin, and more.

Crookston Civic Music League - Crookston, MN

• Monday, February 27, 2023

• 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

• Crookston High School Auditorium
  402 Fisher Ave,
  Crookston, MN 56716

​Frisson Ensemble’s American Tribute Tour, including works by Dohnanyi, Gershwin, and more.

Moores Chamber Music Downtown - Houston, TX

• Saturday, February 18, 2023

• 7:30 PM 9:30 PM

• Christ Church Cathedral (map)

​The University of Houston’s Moores School of Music presents the Formosa Quartet for the Moores Chamber Music Downtown series. The program includes music by Shostakovich, Mozart, Schumann, and a special Formosa Quartet Set.

Blaffer Art Museum - Houston, TX

• Thursday, February 16, 2023

• 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

• Blaffer Art Museum (map)

In this insightful, thought-provoking, powerful lecture-performance, FQ collaborates with friend and musicologist Andrew Davis for a multi-disciplinary look at how the works of Leslie Martinez and Robert Schumann comment on, clarify, and illuminate each other.

Recital: Mallery Concert Series - Camden, NJ

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

• 11:20 AM

• Rutgers University Fine Arts Building, Mallery Room

Brahms: Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120/2
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Clarke: Morpheus
Bloch: From Jewish Life Suite

with Moriah Trenk, piano

Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society - Waterloo, ON

Saturday, November 5, 2022

• 8:00 PM 9:00 PM

• Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society

Bryan Wysocki We Can Learn Me together
Mozart Trio in E flat major K.498
Schumann Fantasiestücke, Op.73
Tatiana Nikolayeva Trio for flute viola and piano Op.8

with Guillermo Laporta, flute
Joseffina Urraca, piano