School of Music graduate fellowship ensembles offer a focused, collaborative chamber music experience. Fellowship ensembles combine individual musical virtuosity with the shared spirit of ensemble playing, building flexibility, teamwork, leadership, communication, and entrepreneurial skills for students. Additionally, students engage in a wide variety of professional development and community engagement initiatives, including outreach tours throughout the Mid-Atlantic, recording projects, and commissioning projects.

School of Music graduate fellowship ensembles offer a focused, collaborative chamber music experience.

The Calidore String Quartet is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast chamber music repertory, from the quartet cycles of Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works by celebrated contemporary composers such as György Kurtág, Jörg Widmann and Caroline Shaw. For more than a decade, the quartet has performed and held residencies at major venues and festivals around the world, released multiple critically acclaimed recordings and won numerous awards. Mark-Anthony Turnage — Arietta: Variations on an Arietta by Beethoven Caroline Shaw — Blueprint Caroline Shaw — And So Samuel Adams — String Quartet No. 3, “Alma” Transaction fees apply to online ticket sales.

The Calidore String Quartet is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast chamber music repertory.

Master Players proudly presents its first-ever solo harp recital, featuring internationally acclaimed harp virtuoso Emily Levin. Through music spanning more than a century, Levin explores the harp's extraordinary evolution—from shimmering lyricism to bold contemporary expression. Featuring masterpieces by harpists and composers Carlos Salzedo, Marcel Tournier, Caroline Lizotte, Brandee Younger, Benjamin Britten, Elliott Carter, Germaine Tailleferre, Jonathan Cziner and others, this captivating program reveals the remarkable colors, expressive range and breathtaking beauty of one of the world's oldest and most enchanting instruments.