The Quartet Project
The Quartet Project is a six-volume collection of graduated string quartets by composer Geoffrey Hudson.
Modeled on Béla Bartók’s Mikrokosmos, the Quartet Project aims to create a significant addition to the string
quartet literature by introducing contemporary music into the repertoire of musicians of all ages from the
outset of their chamber music studies.
The Quartet Project encompasses
the commissioning, workshop-
testing, and publication of
approximately 2 ½ hours of new
music for string quartet. To date, Geoffrey Hudson has composed
more than 80 miniature quartet movements, most of which have
been tested already by young quartets in workshops across the
United States. More than 30 young quartets have played Quartet
Project music in the last year.
Publication of the full collection—120 miniatures plus six full-length
string quartets—is slated for 2011.
International response to the Quartet Project has been enthusiastic.
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