As Faculty quartet-in-residence in the Caine School of the Arts at Utah State University in Logan Utah, The Fry Street Quartet has been hailed as “a triumph of ensemble playing” by the New York Times, and has perfected a blend of technical precision and scorching spontaneity that has reached audiences from Carnegie Hall to Sarajevo and Jerusalem. They are currently touring small town America.

The Fry Street Quartet began its international career in 2002 as cultural ambassadors to the Balkn States, sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the U.S. Department of State. Founded in 1997,“Fry Street” was the location of the quartet's first rehearsal space in the Chicago neighborhood once ruled by Al Capone. Under the mentorship of Marc Johnson, cellist of the renowned Vermeer Quartet, they went on to receive rave reviews as prize winners in several major competitions including the Millennium Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in 2000.

Subsequently the quartet traveled to Israel to participate in the International Encounters Chamber Music Seminar, also in 2000, where they studied with Isaac Stern. He invited them to the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshop in New York City and later arranged for the quartet's Carnegie Hall debut in 2001.

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Link: frystreetquartet.com

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