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Poiesis Quartet – A Love Letter to the Queer Community at Rosen House Music Room, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts

Dates: 7/2/2026

📍 Theatre:
Rosen House Music Room, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts


The Poiesis Quartet gives its third and final performance as the 2025-26 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence at Caramoor, with a program exploring queer identity and heritage through a contemporary lens. The concert features the world premiere of GRAMMY-winning composer Jeff Scott's Tapestry of the Beloved Beatified, which honors activists Marsha P. Johnson, Harvey Milk, Xulhaz Mannan, and Jeanne Manford. The program also includes works by Max Lang, Daniel Lasagna, Maya Irizarry Lambright, and Calvin Ray Shawler, all recently commissioned by the Poiesis Quartet.

Cast and Creative Team for Poiesis Quartet – A Love Letter to the Queer Community at Rosen House Music Room, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts

Cast

Jessie Montgomery
Ensemble.
Calvin Ray Shawler
Ensemble
Louis Armstrong
Ensemble
L. Schissel
Ensemble
R. Schissel
Ensemble
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ensemble
Frank Ticheli
Ensemble
M. Lake
Ensemble
K. Brion
Ensemble
Barton Green
Ensemble
J. Williams
Ensemble
Daniel Lasagna
Ensemble
Olivia Davis
Ensemble
Maya Irizarry Lambright
Ensemble
Max Lang
Ensemble
Evan Arntzen
Ensemble
Ricky Riccardi
Ensemble
Alphonso Horne
Ensemble
MaryKay Messenger
Ensemble
Curt Ebersole
Ensemble
Conrad Tao
Ensemble
Poiesis Quartet
Ensemble
The Knights
Ensemble
Christina Courtin
Ensemble
Ron Wilkins
Ensemble
Charles Goold
Ensemble
Jessica Stein-Natale
Ensemble
Kinan Azmeh
Ensemble
Dana Lyn
Ensemble
Justin Messina
Ensemble
Tyshawn Sorey
Ensemble
Jeanne Manford
Ensemble
Marsha P. Johnson
Ensemble
Harvey Milk
Ensemble
Xulhaz Mannan
Ensemble
Rhiannon Giddens
Ensemble
Johnny Gandelsman
Ensemble
Tomeka Reid
Ensemble
Ebun Oguntola
Ensemble
Akshaya Tucker
Ensemble

Creative Team

Eric Jacobson
Co-Artistic Director
Colin Jacobson
Co-Artistic Director
Curt Ebersole
Conductor
Jessica Stein-Natale
Assistant Conductor
Jeff Scott
Composer
Tyshawn Sorey
Composer
Johnny Gandelsman
Violinist, Producer
Christina Courtin
Vocalist
MaryKay Messenger
Vocalist
G.E. Brown
Caterer
Second Mouse Cheese Shop
Caterer

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