Maple Quartet

We warmly invite you to this benefit concert in support of the Maple Quartet. Your generosity will help these four remarkable young musicians continue building a shared artistic life across four conservatories, making possible the rehearsals, coaching, travel, and competitions essential to the development of a professional string quartet. As they begin this exciting new chapter of advanced study and national recognition, we are especially delighted to help support their artistic journey.

Founded in 2022 at the Eastman School of Music, the award winning Maple Quartet is defined by their unified passion for community engagement through performance and presentation in the string quartet medium.

While studying together at Eastman, members Isabel Chen, Magali Pelletey, John Crowley, and Gabriel Hennebury, were two time recipients of the Celentano String Quartet Award, an honor recognizing an undergraduate string quartet of outstanding ability. This recognition supported their entries to national chamber music competitions including the 2025 Frances Walton Competition, where they were awarded 2nd prize. They also received an honorable mention at the 2025 Saint Paul String Quartet Competition, and were finalists at the 2025 Coltman Chamber Music Competition.

The Quartet’s primary mentors have included members of the Ying and Verona Quartets, as well as professors Mimi Hwang, David Bowlin, and Masumi Per Rostad. They have also been incredibly fortunate to receive instruction from esteemed artists such as members of the Takács and Calidore Quartets, Misha Amory, Peter Salaff, Peter Winograd, Mathieu Herzog, Amit Even-Tov, and Catherine Cosbey. Their notable collaborations have included performances with Robin Scott, Chiao-Wen Cheng, Jonathan Swartz, and Wendy Chen.

SUMMER 2026

They are spending the summer in California before returning to their graduate studies: Isabel at the New England Conservatory, Magali at the Rice University Shepherd School of Music, John at the Juilliard School, and Gabriel at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

The quartet is the 2026 Emerging Artist String Quartet at the Music Academy of the West, where they will spend four weeks in residence receiving coaching from the Takács Quartet and perform the the Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 with the Takács on July 2, 2026. They have also been selected as the 2026 Fellowship String Quartet at Music in the Vineyards.

PROGRAM

Location: Dresher Ensemble Studio, 2201 Poplar Street Oakland, CA United States