Composer Daniel Asia created his Quartet No. 3, “The Seer” in response to Dvorak’s “American” Quartet and Two Sketches for String Quartet Based on Native American Themes by Charles Tomlinson Griffes. Download the 2007 Lesson Plan.
Composer George Tsontakis wrote String Quartet No. 5 in response to Ludwig Van Beethoven’s String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135 and his String Quartet in C sharp Minor, Op. 131. Download the 2006 Lesson Plan.
Elena Ruehr composed String Quartet No. 4, inspired by Mozart’s K.465 “Dissonant” and Beethoven’s Quartet Op. 59 No.3. Download the 2005 Lesson Plan.
Jeffrey Cotton wrote String Quartet No. 1 in response to Haydn Op. 33, No. 5 in G Major and the Mozart K. 421 in D Minor. Download the 2004 Lesson Plan.
Jennifer Higdon created Impressions, inspired by Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major and Debussy’s String Quartet in G Minor. Download the 2003 Lesson Plan.
Benjamin Lees created his String Quartet No. 5 in response to Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 11 and Britten’s String Quartet No. 3. Download the 2002 Lesson Plan.
Composer Anna Weesner wrote her commissioned piece entitled Flux in response to Beethoven’s Quartet Op. 132 in A Minor and Mendelssohn’s Quartet Op.13, also in A Minor. Download the 2001 Lesson Plan.
Composer Dan Coleman composed Quartet No. 1 in response to Mozart’s Quartet K. 464 and Beethoven’s Quartet, Op. 18 No. 5.