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	Title	Instrumentation	Duration	Composer
	Infinity Suite for string quartet		14'40"	Vera, Hector	Info/Listen/Buy »
Two lovers are lost in Space after a mission failure as a result from spacecraft malfunction. The rest of the crew did not survive the ordeal. Their spacesuits will keep them alive for a while, but soon they will run out of oxygen and must say goodbye to each other. It is in these final moments that […]
	String Quartet No. 5 2 violins, viola, violoncello	String Quartet	18'	McKinley, Elliott	Info/Listen/Buy »
Composed in 2005 for the Martinů String Quartet, string quartet is laid out in a broad arch form of twelve short movements spanning three movements. It is dedicated to my former composition teacher William Bolcom and my father, William Thomas McKinley.
	String Quartet No. 7 two violins, viola, violoncello	String Quartet	40'	McKinley, Elliott	Info/Listen/Buy »
String Quartet No. 7 was composed in 2013 for the Martinů String Quartet. The work is in five expansive movements and dedicated to the Martinů Quartet’s founding violist, Jan Jisa, who passed away in 2012. It was premiered in Prague on May 28, 2014 and recorded for Navona Records (scheduled for 2016 Q1). Includes score […]
	Black Symbols on the Sand String Quartet	String Quartet	2'	Williams, Julius P.	Info/Listen/Buy »
This is a work likens it to the sands of life. constant moving, shifting but never straying to far. trying to find your way as a spec in the giant ocean of time. More of a feeling forward. written for the Alcyon Ensemble in massachusetts and performed many times. a crowd favorite.
	Quartet No. 1 for string quartet	String Quartet	10'	Whiteside, Matthew	Info/Listen/Buy »

	String Quartet String Quartet	String Quartet	20'	Ramsey, Dale	Info/Listen/Buy »
This String Quartet is a balance of dramatic and lyrical material, varying greatly. The opening movement begins with poignant polyphony, but then morphs into rapid-fire exciting passage work in the central portion, returning in time to the quieter mood of the beginning. Movement II reminds one of a classic Siciliano, with its dotted rhythmic patterns […]
	City Walks for string quartet	String Quartet	12' 30"	Kaulkin, Michael	Info/Listen/Buy »
Composed in the first half of 2009, City Walks is a 12-minute piece for string quartet in one movement. It is lyrical and macabre, with a fun, adrenaline-soaked extended coda. It was premiered by the Eidolon Quartet in Berkeley, California in May, 2009 and performed subsequently at the San Francisco Airport’s “You Are Hear” festival and […]
	Elegance and Superstition for string quartet	String Quartet	10'	Suprynowicz, Clark	Info/Listen/Buy »
Elegance and Superstition is a piece that was born out of a musical gesture and a guiding principle. The gesture consists of two notes tossed upward, like balls into the air. There is a pause, and they are tossed again, this time a bit higher. The guiding principle is derived from something that composer Eve […]