Curation & Programming

Whether interpreting beloved works of the quartet canon or premiering new compositions that speak to the urgencies of our time, FSQ performances draw audiences into a dynamic conversation—between past and future, sound and silence, tradition and transformation. The Fry Street Quartet approaches performance as a practice of deep listening—an invitation to presence, reflection, and resonance. 

Known for programming that bridges masterworks and new voices, the FSQ has performed complete cycles of Bartók and Beethoven, Haydn’s Op. 76, and the quartets of Benjamin Britten. These core works, alongside many other standards of the canon, are in dialogue with an ever-growing body of commissioned music by composers such as Clarice Assad, Laura Kaminsky, Libby Larsen, Aakash Mittal, Gabriela Lena Frank, Hitomi Oba, Aida Shirazi, Akshaya Tucker, and Nicolás Lell Benavides—artists whose voices reflect global perspectives and personal inquiry.

The quartet’s 2025–26 season, The Crossing Point, weaves a through-line of artistic exploration: concerts that reach outward in joyful collaboration, extend from the center to bear witness to the present moment, and root downward into lineage and legacy. Works by Brahms, Frank, Mittal, Janáček, Kaminsky, and Beethoven form a musical arc across time and place—animated by the quartet’s belief in music as connective tissue in a fractured world.

Festival appearances and concert series have included performances at Carnegie Hall, the NOVA Chamber Music Series, the Moab Music Festival, Festival Amadeus, the National Gallery of Art, and venues throughout the U.S., Europe, Brazil, and China. Whether in intimate community spaces or on international stages, the FSQ performs with a blend of precision, spontaneity, and warmth that has drawn acclaim from The Strad, The Washington Post, and audiences around the world.