New Calder Quartet Album! Never Before Recorded or Released Works by Terry Riley

Today, June 24, 2010, on Terry Riley's 75th birthday, we are releasing a recording of two of his very earliest works that have never been recorded or released prior to this. Beginning today, "Terry Riley - Two Early Works," will be available for 75 days as a "pay-what-you-want" digital download at: calderquartet.bandcamp.com. Additionally, we collaborated with artist Dave Muller to create 75 one-of-a-kind, limited-edition vinyl records. These will be available to order for $75 starting Thursday, June 24, 2010 at the above website.

Check out our New York Times Review

Go to our press section and check out the New York Times review that ran yesterday for our concert as part of the MATA festival. The NYT said: "Tuesday’s concert by the superb Calder Quartet showed that the time-honored string quartet format still provides fertile ground for innovation and surprise in the hands of imaginative, skillful creators."

April Concerts

We're back and recovered from Big Ears and our Bartok cycle (the second concert of which we performed last Thursday) and are now getting ready for all of our other April performances. Next week, we'll be in San Diego for 2 concerts; followed by another trip east for 2 concerts in the NY area including a performance at the MATA Festival in NYC. When we get back, we will have our annual FREE spring concert at Zipper Hall on April 23rd followed by a performance at the Orange County Performing Arts Center with pianist Gloria Cheng on April 29th. Hope you can make one of these concerts!

Big Ears Starts on Friday!

We are heading to Knoxville, Tennessee tomorrow to get things ready for Big Ears. We are opening the festival weekend with a concert with Iva Bittova on Friday and closing the festival weekend co-headlining with festival artist-in-residence Terry Riley on Sunday evening. In between, we'll be playing with Andrew W.K. and maybe some more people. The line-up of performers is amazing, we are so excited to be part of this incredible festival. See you in Knoxville!

Performance Tomorrow Night Benefiting the Los Angeles Children's Chorus

Please join us for a performance tomorrow night benefiting the Los Angeles Children's Chorus: Evening Salon Concert Featuring the Calder Quartet and Los Angeles Children's Chorus Chamber Singers Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:30 PM The Maxwell House Tickets Required www.lachildrenschorus.org

Check out our recent press

In the press section of our website, there are a number of new articles about our recent album and other upcoming events. Check them out!

We'll be on NBC Channel 4 Today

Don't miss our appearance on NBC Channel 4 in the 5:00 p.m. hour (Pacific Time). You'll catch us rehearsing and talking about our upcoming concert. For more information visit: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/

Our DC Show has been CHANGED!

The show that was scheduled for today in Washington, DC is now on Monday, October 5 at Jammin Java. Check our Upcoming Performances section for links to the venue website. Sorry for any inconvenience! It should still be an awesome show- can't wait to see everyone there!

New Album out TODAY!

We have a new album out today on E1Music! This album, "Transfiguration" is a collection of Christopher Rouse string chamber works. Our friend, artist Dave Muller, also designed the album artwork for this album (as he did for our previous one). Be sure to pick it up today and let us know what you think!

Calder Quartet Season Announcement

The Calder Quartet Announces Fall 2009 Performance Schedule New Album of Christopher Rouse String Chamber Works To be Released on E1 Music In September, acclaimed LA-based string quartet, the Calder Quartet, will launch their most ambitious performance season of their career. With concerts from traditional classical performance spaces like the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (September 20) to less traditional concerts like their 7-city national tour with party rocker Andrew W.K. (September 29-October 8), this season will have them collaborating with everyone from Czech avant-garde violinist/singer/composer Iva Bittova to renowned British composer Thomas Adês. For complete 2009 performance schedule please see UPCOMING PERFORMANCES SECTION!