Balourdet Quartet performs Strange Machines at Chamber Music America Conference

Chamber Music America’s National Conference was held for the first time outside of New York City on February 13-16th in Houston, Texas. The Balourdet Quartet performed Strange Machines as part of the conference’s final concert on February 15th, a gala celebration of the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. (Balourdet was awarded the gold medal in that competition in 2020). The commission of Strange Machines was made possible by a 2021 CMA Classical Music Commissioning Grant.

Other participants and awardees at the conference included Apollo Chamber Players and ROCO, who appeared with composer Wang Jie and me on a panel entitled “Activating Audiences through Commissioned Work,” hosted by Fred Child.