This season, Doug Machiz’s (MM ’11) Friction Quartet will be the first ensemble in residence at the Center for New Music in San Francsico. They will also be one of three ensembles in residence at San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music. Other season highlights include the St. Lawrence String Quartet inviting the quartet to participate in their Emerging String Quartet Program this fall where they will enjoy a week-long residency at Avaloch Farm in New Hampshire work shopping a new piano quintet with composer Andy Akiho as well as residencies at UNC Greensboro, Appalachian State University, Coastal Carolina University, CSU Long Beach, and Western Washington University, and performances at Berkeley Chamber Performances and People Inside Electronics in Pasadena, CA.

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