Poiesis String Quartet Chamber Music Concert

Overview

Poiesis Quartet

Fischoff Chamber Music medal winner

“Rich from top to bottom in a wonderfully uncompromising way”— The New York Times

Performance November 1, 2026

Faye Spanos Concert Hall, Stockton, CA

Lauded for their “palpable chemistry and remarkable warmth” (San Francisco Classical Voice), the Poiesis Quartet is the First Prize and Commission Prize winners of the 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition. In 2023, they were named the Grand Prize and Lift Every Voice Prize winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, as well as Gold Medal and BIPOC Prize winners at the 2023 St. Paul String Quartet Competition.

Derived from ancient Greek, the word Poiesis means “to make”; specifically to create something that has never existed before. With a focus on expanding the string quartet repertoire with vibrant new works from emerging composers, the quartet infuses each performance with unique moments of synchronicity and verve.

The Poiesis Quartet comprises violinists Sarah Ying Ma and Coco Mi, violist Jasper de Boor, and cellist Drew Dansby. They are honored to be selected as the 2025-26 Ernst Stiefl Quartet-in-Residence at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, and as the 2025 St. Lawrence Emerging String Quartet in Residence at Stanford University. As a multi-faceted ensemble, in addition to their performance degrees from Oberlin, members of the quartet also individually received formal education in disciplines such as chemistry, comparative American studies, feminist studies, baroque, and jazz. When not playing chamber music, Poiesis loves to learn new languages, share ice cream cakes, and take long walks on the beach.

The Poiesis Quartet will provide a rich, adventurous and rewarding chamber music concert presented by Stockton’s Friends of Chamber Music. Come enjoy the concert.

Tickets are $30 and are available in the lobby of Faye Spanos Concert Hall at UOP starting at 2:00 pm, 30 minutes before the concert. Students of any age are admitted free.

The audience is invited to participate in a question and answer program with the artists in the concert hall following the concert.

Friends of Chamber Music concerts are presented in cooperation with the Pacific Conservatory of Music. For more information about the FOCM annual series, please call 559-786-8587 or visit www.chambermusicfriends.org.

The Poiesis Quartet is represented by MKI Artists 145 Pine Haven Shores Rd. #1000-65 Shelburne, VT 05482