Jasper String Quartet - Topic

Recipient of Chamber Music America’s prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award, Philadelphia's Jasper String Quartet is the Professional Quartet-in-Residence at Temple University's CGYM and the Founder and Artistic Director of Jasper Chamber Concerts. 
They have been hailed as “sonically delightful and expressively compelling,” (The Strad) and their recent recording of music by Aaron Jay Kernis and Claude Debussy was described by Gramophone as “flawless in ensemble and intonation, expressively assured and beautifully balanced.” The New York Times named their album Unbound as one of the 25 Best Classical Recordings of 2017. 

Recent commissions include works by Patrick Castillo and Reinaldo Moya, as well as 4 Seasons | 4 Composers, a work bringing the brilliant muse of the seasons to the string quartet genre and comprising new works by Lera Auerbach, Christopher Theofanidis, Akira Nishimura, and Joan Tower. 

The Jasper Quartet is passionate about connecting with audiences beyond the concert hall and has performed hundreds of outreach programs in schools and community centers. The Quartet received a Residency Partnership grant from CMA for the 2020-21 season and has received numerous Picasso Project grants from PCCY to support its ongoing work with public schools in Philadelphia. 
The Quartet is on the faculty of the Saint Paul Chamber Music Institute, Credo and Brevard Music Center. They are a Featured Artist-in-Residence at Swarthmore College for 2020-22. www.jasperquartet.com.