Calendar / Past Events

August 8, 2026 – February 9, 2026
Aug 8 2026

NEC Summer Chamber Music

BostonMA
Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory

BSQ performs Dvorak String Quartet in Ab Major, Op. 105 at the opening night of NEC Summer Chamber Music

Aug 7 2026

Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival

Wellfleet First Congregational Church

BSQ performs in Wellfleet at the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival.

 

Beethoven String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1

Dvorak String Quartet in Ab, Op. 105

Aug 6 2026

Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival

Federated Church of Hyannis

BSQ performs in Hyannis at the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival.

 

Beethoven String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1

Dvorak String Quartet in Ab, Op. 105

Aug 3 2026

Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival

Martin Lipscomb Theatre at the Highlands PAC

BSQ performs at the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival.

Shaw Entr'acte

Beethoven String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3

Dvorak String Quartet in Ab, Op. 105

Jul 31 2026

Heifetz Institute - Celebrity Series

Francis Auditorium at Mary Baldwin University

BSQ performs Price Five Folksongs in Counterpoint and a selection from Mendelssohn Octet in Eb, Op. 20 with faculty of the Heifetz Institute

Jul 18 2026

Heifetz Institute - Celebrity Series

Francis Auditorium at Mary Baldwin University

BSQ performs Brahms G Major Viola Quintet, Op. 111 with Lawrence Dutton, viola

Jul 17 2026

Heifetz Institute - Celebrity Series

Francis Auditorium at Mary Baldwin University

BSQ performs Shostakovich-Kitchen Prelude and Fugue in Bb

Jul 15 2026

Heifetz Institute - Heifetz at 30

Francis Auditorium at Mary Baldwin University

BSQ performs Beethoven String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 

Jun 21 2026

Taos School of Music Faculty Concert

TaosNM
Taos Center for the Arts

Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
Florence Price Five Folk Songs in Counterpoint
Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major Op. 81

with Robert McDonald, piano

May 4 2026

First Monday at Jordan Hall

BostonMA02115
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory

The BSQ performs as an ensemble and with colleagues on NEC's Faculty Concert Series

Florence Price Five Songs in Counterpoint

Copland Appalachian Spring

Apr 27 2026

Music Mondays with Anne-Marie McDermott

New YorkNY
Advent Lutheran Church

J.S. BACH, arr. N. KITCHEN Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849

SHOSTAKOVICH, arr. N. KITCHEN Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major, Op. 87

STRAVINSKY Three Pieces for String Quartet

CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte

VIJAY IYER Dig the Say

SCHUMANN Piano Quintet, op. 44

Apr 19 2026

Partnership for the Performing Arts

BrookingsOregon
Brookings Seventh-day Adventist Church

The BSQ and Verona Quartets join forces to perform three masterworks of the string literature.

Dmitri Shostakovich ‐ Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11

George Enescu ‐ String Octet in C Major, Op. 7

Felix Mendelssohn ‐ String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

Apr 18 2026

Chamber Music Concerts

AshlandOregon
Music Recital Hall at Southern Oregon University

The BSQ and Verona Quartets join forces to perform three masterworks of the string literature.

Dmitri Shostakovich ‐ Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11

George Enescu ‐ String Octet in C Major, Op. 7

Felix Mendelssohn ‐ String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

Apr 13 2026

Virginia Arts Festival with the Verona Quartet

NorfolkVA
Chrysler Museum of Art

The BSQ and Verona Quartets join forces to perform three masterworks of the string literature.

Dmitri Shostakovich ‐ Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11

George Enescu ‐ String Octet in C Major, Op. 7

Felix Mendelssohn ‐ String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

Mar 22 2026

Trinity Presents

RutlandVT
Trinity Episcopal Church, Rutland
Mar 17 2026

The Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg

WilliamsburgVA
Hennage Auditorium at Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg

Igor Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet (1914, rev. 1918)

J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849, arr. Nicholas Kitchen (1722)

Dmitri Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, arr. Nicholas Kitchen (1950–51)

Caroline Shaw Entr’acte (2011)

Vijay Iyer Dig the Say (2012)

Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden” (1824)

Mar 16 2026

The Feldman Chamber Music Society, with Alex Beyer, piano

NorfolkVA
Chrysler Museum of Art

Shaw: Entr’acte
Dvorak: String Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 105
Schumann: Piano Quintet, with Alex Beyer, piano

Mar 15 2026

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Weekend Concert Series

Calderwood Hall, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Igor Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet (1914, rev. 1918)

J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849, arr. Nicholas Kitchen (1722)

Dmitri Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, arr. Nicholas Kitchen (1950–51)

Caroline Shaw Entr’acte (2011)

Vijay Iyer Dig the Say (2012)

Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden” (1824)

Feb 28 2026

Friends of Chamber Music of Troy, New York - Medicus Memorial Concert

Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, University at Albany SUNY

Sanlıkol The Demons and Humans of Siyah-Kalem

Kernis String Quartet No. 4 'Oasis' (2018)

Beethoven String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130

Feb 9 2026

Bowdoin International Music Festival

BrunswickME
Dutchman’s at Fort Andross

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2, Hob. III:32
I. Moderato
II. Capriccio. Adagio — Cantabile
III. Menuetto. Allegretto — Trio
IV. Fuga a quattro soggetti. Allegro

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105
I. Adagio ma non troppo — Allegro appassionato
II. Molto vivace
III. Lento e molto cantabile
IV. Allegro non tanto