Commissions and Premieres

Works premiered and commissioned by The Ciompi Quartet:

2004

• Mark Kuss, "Lullabys" for Ciompi Quartet with Nnenna Freelon

2003

• Scott Lindroth "Nasuh" for soprano and string quartet
• Mark Kuss, "Reminiscence" for Soprano Saxophone and Strings (world premiere)
• Paul Schoenfield, "Memoirs" for String Quartet (world premiere)

2002

• Anthony Kelley, "Sidelines: Reflections on Two American Sports" (world premiere)

2002

• James Bolle, "String Quartet No. 2" (world premiere)
• Natheniel Stookey, "Musée Mecanique" for String Quartet (world premiere)

2001

• Sydney Boquiren, "Pagsamba" for String Quartet (world premiere)
• Malcolm Peyton, "String Quartet No. 2" (world premiere)
• Mark Kuss, "Elegy" for String Quartet (world premiere)

2000

• Joanne Metcalf, "Hopeful Monster" for String Quartet (world premiere)
• J. Mark Scearce, Quartet Y2K (world premiere)

1999

• Max Raimi, Viola Quintet (world premiere)

1998

• Penka Kouneva, String Quartet No. 2 (world premiere)

1997

• Scott Lindroth, String Quartet (world premiere)

1996

• James Bolle, String Quartet (world premiere)
• Mark Kuss, American Tryptich (world premiere)

1995

• Zhou Long, Poems from Tang (premiere performance)
• David Froom, String Quartet (world premiere)

1992

• Donald Wheelock, Fourth String Quartet (world premiere)
• G. Theodore Wiprud, Refining Fire (U.S. premiere)

1991

• Stephen Jaffe, First Quartet (commission and world premiere)
• Gyorgy Ránki, Quartetto per Archi in Memoriam Béla Bartók (U.S. premiere)

1990

• Kenneth Frazelle, String Quartet (second performance)

1989

• Michael Dougherty, Quartet "Southern Landscapes" (world premiere)

1986

• Michael Ching, String Quartet No. 2 (world premiere)

1980

• Patrick Castle, String Quartet (world premiere)