Stockton, California

Hailed as “a triumph of ensemble playing” (New York Times ), Fry Street Quartet has perfected a “blend of technical precision and scorching spontaneity” (Strad ). Since securing the Millennium Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in 2000, Fry Street Quartet has reached audiences from Carnegie Hall to Sarajevo and Jerusalem, exploring the medium of the string quartet and its life-affirming potential with “profound understanding, …depth of expression, and stunning technical astuteness” (Deseret Morning News ).

Fry Street Quartet began its international career in 2002 as cultural ambassadors to the Balkan States, sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the U.S. Department of State. This tour featured the European debut of J. Mark Scearce’s “Y2K,” commissioned for Fry Street with a grant from Meet the Composer. Subsequent international appearances have included the ProQuartet Academy at Pont-Royal, France, the Prague Chamber Festival and Trutnov Autumn Festival in the Czech Republic, Kulturvereinigung Oberschützen in Austria and the Oficina de Musica de Curitiba festival in Brazil.

Over the years, Fry Street’s collaborations have included performances with pianists Misha Dichter, Wu Han, and Joseph Kalichstein, and performances this season with Cleveland Quartet founding cellist Paul Katz and pianist Robert McDonald. Other memorable collaborations include performances with the Mendelssohn String Quartet at the 92nd St. Y, Donald Weilerstein at the New School in New York, and with pianists Jerome Lowenthal and Ursula Oppens, violinist Nurit Pacht, and soprano Toni Arnold as the quartet-in-residence with New York City’s Alliance Français.

Ticket Information

Regular Tickets

• General Admission: $25
• Students: Free with valid Student ID card
• University of the Pacific Faculty and Staff: $10
• Groups of 10 or more: $20 per person

Season Tickets

$100 for five-concert season