More than 2,000 leading musicians consider Marlboro to be among their most important artistic influences

Thousands of young musicians who spent formative summers at Marlboro have gone on to become members of leading ensembles, many of which formed at Marlboro; acclaimed recitalists; principal members of major orchestras; and respected teachers. They are sharing with students, colleagues, and audiences everywhere the artistic and life lessons they received on this peaceful Vermont hilltop.

In 1964, the Guarneri String Quartet became the first of many major chamber ensembles to form at Marlboro. Since then, many other artists who spent formative summers in Vermont would go on to form or join other ensembles that have changed the chamber music landscape. When the Guarneri was founded, Musical America’s Directory of the Performing Arts listed 113 chamber ensembles; today, that list contains some 650 groups. Marlboro is widely credited with playing a major role in this remarkable growth and in a similar increase in the number of chamber music concert series and festivals active today throughout the U.S.

Our Alumni

We invite you to browse a partial list of chamber music ensembles that include past and present Marlboro participants.

Ensembles with Former Marlboro Participants

Aizuri String Quartet
Miho Saegusa, violin
Zoë Martin-Doike, violin
Brian Hong, viola
Ayane Kozasa, viola
Karen Ouzounian, cello

Albers Trio
Rebecca Albers

Aspen Wind Quintet
David Krakauer, clarinet

American String Quartet
Mitchell Stern, violin
Margo Tatgenhorst, cello

Angeles String Quartet
Kathleen Lenski, violin

Attacca String Quartet
Luke Fleming, viola

Audubon String Quartet
Doris Lederer, viola

Aviv String Quartet
Anna Göckel, violin

Beaux Arts Trio
Isidore Cohen, violin
Young Uck Kim, violin
Peter Wiley, cello

Borromeo String Quartet
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Yeesun Kim, cello
Melissa Reardon, viola

Brentano String Quartet
Misha Amory, viola
Serena Canin, violin
Nina Lee, cello
Mark Steinberg, violin

Brooklyn Rider
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Michael Nicolas, cello

Catalyst String Quartet
Abi Fayette, violin

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Leonard Arner, oboe
Pina Carmirelli, violin
Richard Goode, piano
David Finckel, cello
Wu Han, piano
Gary Hoffman, cello
Ani Kavafian, violin
Jaime Laredo, violin
Lee Luvisi, piano
Kurt Muroki, bass
Paul Neubauer, viola
Paula Robison, flute
Robert Routch, horn
Walter Trampler, viola
Milan Turkovic, bassoon
Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

Cherubini String Quartet
Christoph Richter, cello

Chiara String Quartet
Jonah Sirota, viola

Chicago String Quartet
Christopher Constanza, cello
Joseph Genualdi, violin

Chicago Chamber Musicians
Larry Combs, clarinet
Clancy Newman, cello

Claremont String Quartet
Marc Gottlieb, violin

Cleveland String Quartet
James Dunham, viola
Martha Strongin Katz, viola
Paul Katz, cello
Peter Salaff, violin
Donald Weilerstein, violin

Colorado String Quartet
Julie Rosenfeld, violin

Concertante
Jeremy Denk, piano
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello
Zvi Plesser, cello

Continuum
Renee Jolles, violin
Joel Sachs, piano
Cheryl Stern Seltzer, piano

Cygnus Ensemble
Susannah Chapman, cello

Daedelus String Quartet
Min-Young Kim, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Jessica Thompson, viola

Decoda
Brad Balliett, bassoon
Sarah Beaty, clarinet
Moran Katz, clarinet
Alicia Lee, clarinet
Carol McGonnell, clarinet
James Austin Smith, oboe
Sæunn Thorsteinsdottir, cello
Laura Weiner, horn

Doric String Quartet
Hélène Clement, viola

Dover String Quartet
Julianne Lee, viola
Joel Link, violin
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola

Dryden String Quartet
Daniel Foster, viola
Nicolas Kendall, violin
Yumi Kendall, cello

ECCO
East Coast Chamber Orchestra

Na-Young Baek, cello
Efe Baltacıgil, cello
Maurycy Banaszek, viola
Daniel Chong, violin
Jonathan Chu, viola
Nathan Farrington, double bass
Rebecca Gitter, viola
Beth Guterman, viola
Nick Kendall, violin
Jessica Lee, violin
Earl Lee, cello
Priscilla Lee, cello
Tai Murray, violin
Ayano Ninomiya, violin
Susie Park, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Melissa Reardon, viola
Harumi Rhodes, violin
Sarah Rommel, cello
Jonathan Vinocour, viola
Michi Wiancko, violin
Alice Yoo, cello

Eighth Blackbird
Yvonne Lam, violin

Elias String Quartet
Marie Bitlloch, cello

Emerson String Quartet
Eugene Drucker, violin
David Finckel, cello
Philip Setzer, violin
Paul Watkins, cello

Ensemble HD
Amy Lee, violin
Frank Rosenwein, oboe
Joshua Smith, flute

Enso String Quartet
Melissa Reardon, viola

Eroica Trio
Ericka Nickrenz, piano
Susie Park, violin
Sara Sant’Ambrogio, cello

Escher String Quartet
Aaron Boyd, violin
Brook Speltz, cello

Esmé String Quartet
Dimitri Murrath, viola

Finckel-Han Duo
David Finckel, cello
Wu Han, piano

Fine Arts String Quartet
Ralph Evans, violin

Formosa String Quartet
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Jasmine Lin, violin
Deborah Pae, cello

Francesco Trio
Bonnie Hampton, cello

Galimir String Quartet
Timothy Eddy, cello
Felix Galimir, violin
John Graham, viola
Samuel Rhodes, viola
Andrew Svilokos, violin
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Hiroko Yajima, violin

Golub, Kaplan, Carr Trio
Colin Carr, cello
David Golub, piano

Gould Piano Trio
Alice Neary, cello

Guarneri String Quartet
John Dalley, violin
David Soyer, cello
Arnold Steinhardt, violin
Michael Tree, viola
Peter Wiley, cello

Horszowski Piano Trio
Rieko Aizawa, piano
Jesse Mills, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello

JACK String Quartet
Jay Campbell, cello

Johannes String Quartet
Choong-Jin Chang, viola
Robert Chen, violin
Catherine Cho, violin
Soovin Kim, violin
Jessica Lee, violin
Julianne Lee, violin
Peter Stumpf, cello

Juilliard String Quartet
Molly Carr, viola
Ronald Copes, violin
Nick Eanet, violin
Joel Krosnick, cello
Joseph Lin, violin
Samuel Rhodes, viola
Astrid Schween, cello

Jupiter Trio
Robert Waters, violin

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Colin Carr, cello
Hélène Clément, viola
Xavier Foley, double bass
Lily Francis, viola
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Vicki Powell, viola
Tony Rymer, cello
Karim Sulayman, tenor
Elena Urioste, violin
Rosalind Ventris, viola

Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Jaime Laredo, violin
Sharon Robinson, cello

The Knights
Kyle Armbrust, viola
Zachary Cohen, double bass
Martin Garcia, bassoon
Joseph Gramley, percussion
Colin Jacobsen, violin

Kronos String Quartet
Paul Wiancko, cello

Kuss String Quartet
William Coleman, viola

Los Angeles Piano Quartet
Peter Rejto, cello
Michi Wiancko, violin

Lysander Piano Trio
Itamar Zorman, violin

Manhattan Chamber Players
Molly Carr, viola
Elizabeth Fayette, violin
Emi Ferguson, flute
Luke Fleming, viola and artistic director
Francisco Fullana, violin
Adam Golka, piano
Caroline Goulding, violin
Andrew Janss, cello
Siwoo Kim, violin
Ayane Kozasa, viola
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola
Brook Speltz, cello

Mannes Piano Trio
Melissa Meel, cello
Thomas Sauer, piano
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Diane Walsh, piano
Hiroko Yajima, violin

Melos String Quartet
Ida Bieler, violin

Mendelssohn String Quartet
Ulrich Eichenauer, viola
Miriam Fried, violin
Ida Levin, violin
Katherine Murdock, viola
Daniel Panner, viola
Marcy Rosen, cello
Laurie Smukler, violin
Ira Weller, viola

Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert
Colin Jacobsen, violin

Meridian Ensemble
Daniel Grabois, horn

Merz Trio
Amy Yang, piano
Julia Yang, cello

Miami String Quartet
Ivan Chan, violin
Yu Jin, viola
Benny Kim, violin
Scott Lee, viola

Momenta String Quartet
Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin

Montrose Trio
Clive Greensmith, cello

Muir String Quartet
Steven Ansell, viola
Lucy Chapman, violin
Joseph Genualdi, violin
Bayla Keyes, violin
Michael Reynolds, cello
Peter Zazofsky, violin

Nash Ensemble
Paul Watkins, cello

NEXUS
Robin Engelman, percussion
Russell Hartenberger, percussion
William Cahn, percussion
John Wyre, percussion
Robert Becker, percussion

New Orford String Quartet
Sharon Wei, viola

New York Philomusica
Rieko Aizawa, piano
Isidore Cohen, violin
Felix Galimir, violin
Kirsten Johnson, viola
Robert Johnson, horn/founder
Robert Levin, piano
Julius Levine, double bass
Ah Ling Neu, viola
Gerald Reuter, oboe
Susan Rothholz, flute,
Naoko Tanaka, violin

New York Woodwind Quintet
Marc Goldberg, bassoon
Charles Neidich, clarinet
Carol Wincenc, flute

Omni String Quartet
Amy Lee, violin

Opus One Piano Quartet
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Peter Wiley, cello

Orford String Quartet
Denis Brott, cello

Orion String Quartet
Timothy Eddy, cello
Daniel Phillips, violin
Todd Phillips, violin
Steven Tenenbom, viola

Pacifica String Quartet
Mark Holloway, viola
Masumi Per Rostad, viola

Parker String Quartet
Daniel Chong, violin

Pro Arte String Quartet
Sally Chisholm, viola

Raphael Trio
Charles Castleman, viola

Rossetti String Quartet
Timothy Fain, violin

Rubens String Quartet
Sarah Kapustin, violin

St. Lawrence String Quartet
Christopher Costanza, cello
Leslie Robertson, viola
Scott St. John, violin

Shanghai String Quartet
Weigang Li, violin
Nicholas Tzavaras, cello

Takács String Quartet
Richard O’Neill, viola
Harumi Rhodes, violin
Geraldine Walther, viola

TASHI
Peter Serkin, piano
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

Tetzlaff Trio
Christian Tetzlaff

Time for Three
Nick Kendall, violin

Tokyo String Quartet
Clive Greensmith, cello

Tre voci
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Sivan Magen, harp
Marina Picinini, flute

Trio Cavatina
Harumi Rhodes, violin
Priscilla Lee, cello
Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano

Trio Soloisti
Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello

Vega String Quartet
Elizabeth Fayette, violin

Variation Trio
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Jennifer Koh, violin
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Scott St. John, violin

Vega String Quartet
Elizabeth Fayette, violin

Vermeer String Quartet
Shmuel Ashkenasi, violin
Nobuko Imai, viola
Ronald Leonard, cello
Pierre Menard, violin
Scott Nickrenz, viola
Richard Sher, cello

Vienna Piano Trio
David McCarroll

Windscape
Randall Wolfgang, oboe
David Jolley, horn
Frank Morelli, bassoon

Ying String Quartet
Frank Huang, violin
Ayano Ninomiya, violin
Robin Scott, violin
Philip Ying, viola

“Out of Marlboro’s fertile soil, participants not only became more complete musicians but many crafted life-long chamber music careers.”

Arnold Steinhardt

“It would be difficult to overstate the centrality of [Marlboro artists] in American chamber music life. At virtually any chamber music concert today, at least one musician on the stage is likely to have studied with, been coached by, or performed in an ensemble with them.”

New York Times

“Players active today who were influenced by Marlboro are really too numerous to mention. Every major string quartet and orchestra in the world has one or more… Every third pianist, too, it seems… have found in their two months of hard-working respite in southern Vermont a central core of ideals to carry them through the rest of the year and quite likely the rest of their lives.”

John Wiser, Fanfare

“What happens at Marlboro resonates throughout the world… it is hard to find a prominent American musician who hasn’t spent at least one inspirational summer at Marlboro.”

Newsweek

From the Archives

Meet some of the legendary figures who helped to establish the spirit of Marlboro—true originals who inspired and influenced generations of young musicians with their musical insights and humanity. Through their performances, photographs, biographies, and the recollections of past participants and others, we hope to bring to life a sense of their substantial contributions to Marlboro and music, for which we are ever grateful.

  • From the Archives: Adolf Busch

    From the Archives:
    Adolf Busch

    Violinist, composer, and Marlboro co-founder Adolf Busch’s uncompromising humanity, devotion, and commitment to what he believed in—his example as a moral beacon in uniquely tumultuous times—has guided Marlboro from its earliest days.

  • From the Archives: Rudolf Serkin

    From the Archives:
    Rudolf Serkin

    In setting the standards and creating the structure for Marlboro, Rudolf Serkin opened new worlds for generations of exceptional young musicians. Throughout his life, he demonstrated that music is not merely a profession but a moral act that finds its highest expression in the service of others.

  • From the Archives:  Blanche Honegger Moyse

    From the Archives:
    Blanche Honegger Moyse

    A unique and beloved figure in Brattleboro’s cultural life, Marlboro co-founder Blanche Moyse gave us new perspectives on some of the most moving music ever written. The inspiring experience of exploring Bach’s music with her has had a lifelong impact on decades of Marlboro musicians.