Christina Jensen 10/29/25 Christina Jensen 10/29/25

Poiesis Quartet Begins Residency at Caramoor as the 2025-26 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence

Photo of Christie Dashiell by Colville Heskey available in high resolution here .

Poiesis Quartet Begins Residency at Caramoor
as the 2025-26 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence

“Magnetic. These musicians have palpable chemistry and a remarkable warmth.” – San Francisco Classical Voice

“[T]he Poiesis [Quartet] created waves of excitement” – BBC Music Magazine

Information & Tickets: caramoor.org

KATONAH, NY – Fresh from winning the Grand Prize at the 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition, and just three years after forming, the Poiesis Quartet (violinists Sarah Ying Ma and Max Ball, violist Jasper de Boor, and cellist Drew Dansby) begins its season as the 2025-2026 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, giving the first concert of the residency as part of the Rosen House Concert Series on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 3pm.

Caramoor is a vibrant cultural destination nestled on 81 acres of historic gardens and woodlands in Katonah, NY. Once the home of music and art lovers Walter and Lucie Rosen, Caramoor has evolved into one of the region’s most distinctive destinations for live performances, cultural engagement, and exploration. Its Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence program was founded in 1999, and annually supports an exceptional emerging string quartet. The year-long residency includes three performances at Caramoor and two 10-day periods (November 11-21, 2025 and April 27-May 5, 2026) in which the Quartet works with students in local schools. One thousand students will benefit from engagements in 11 schools across Westchester County. The Quartet-in-Residence program extends access to the arts for high school students by providing one-to-one mentoring with professional musicians, giving students insight into pursuing a career in the arts. Caramoor also commissions a new work by a composer of the Quartet's choosing – the Poiesis Quartet will premiere the new piece written for the group at Caramoor in summer 2026.

Formed in 2022 at Oberlin, the Poiesis Quartet (pronounced poy-EE-suhss), has swiftly risen to prominence. In addition to being the Grand Prize winners of the 2025 Banff International String Quartet, the ensemble is also the winner of the 2023 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Renowned for their cohesive artistry and adventurous programming, the group lives up to its name – poiesis, from the Greek “to make” – with performances that forge new paths in chamber music. Dedicated to championing the voices of emerging and historically underrepresented composers, the Poiesis Quartet brings this vibrant mission to life in their Caramoor residency.

The Poiesis Quartet’s program for its November 16 concert, titled Surfacing, is an exploration of the raw, human responses to existential and life-altering events. Incorporating musical influences as varied as electronic dance music, East Asian folk tunes, R&B, jazz, gospel, and traditional spirituals, four composers take us on a journey through phases of healing and growth, ultimately surfacing from confusion and pain with resilience and a renewed sense of hope. The concert includes String Quartet by Brian Raphael Nabors (2024); String Quartet No. 3 (2014) and String Quartet No. 7, “Surfacing” (2024) by Kevin Lau (commissioned by the Poiesis Quartet); Many Many Cadences by Sky Macklay (2015); Calvary, an African-American spiritual arranged for violin quartet by Max Ball; and String Quartet No. 1, Calvary by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1956). Tickets are free for audience members ages 18 and under.

The Poiesis Quartet’s second performance as part of the Rosen House Concert Series takes place on Sunday, May 3, 2026 at 3pm, and includes Michi Wiancko’s To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores (2020); Eleanor Alberga’s String Quartet No. 2 (1994); and Béla Bartók’s String Quartet No. 5 (1934). Tickets are free for audience members ages 18 and under.

In addition to the Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence program, as part of its ongoing commitment to mentorship for young musicians Caramoor offers the Evnin Rising Stars program, which has nurtured emerging talent since 1992. Each year, the program’s Artistic Director Marcy Rosen identifies some of the most promising musicians at the cusp of professional careers, bringing them to Caramoor for a weeklong chamber music residency with distinguished artist mentors. This year’s mentors are violinist Ani Kavafian and violist Rebecca Albers. The 2025 Evnin Rising Stars are violinists Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, Clara Neubauer, and Cherry Choi Tung Yeung; violists Samuel Rosenthal and Luther Warren; cellists Annie Jacobs-Perkins and Leland Ko; and pianist Evren Ozel. The Evnin Rising Stars will give two Rosen House Concert Series performances on Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 3pm (featuring music by Boccherini, Ginastera, and Brahms) and Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 3pm (featuring music by Mozart, Shostakovich, and Dvořák). Tickets are free for audience members ages 18 and under.

About Caramoor

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is a vibrant cultural destination nestled on 81 acres of historic gardens and woodlands in Katonah, NY. Once the home of music and art lovers Walter and Lucie Rosen, Caramoor has evolved into one of the region’s most distinctive destinations for live performances, cultural engagement, and exploration – a sanctuary for music, art, and nature.

Each year, Caramoor presents an exciting array of concerts across genres – from classical, opera, and chamber music to jazz, American roots, global sounds, and the American songbook. Caramoor’s acclaimed Summer Season brings audiences together for unforgettable outdoor performances from June into August in five distinct settings (the Music Room, Venetian Theater, Spanish Courtyard, Friends Field, and the Sunken Garden), while the intimate Rosen House Concert Series runs from October through May in the historic Rosen House, a Mediterranean-style villa listed on the National Register of Historic Places and filled with treasures from around the world. With a mission to engage audiences of all ages, Caramoor also offers a selection of concerts and programs for families and our youngest listeners.

Caramoor is a place where music, history, and nature come together to create moments of beauty and connection for all who visit. In addition to hearing concerts, visitors to Caramoor can tour the spectacular Rosen House, explore its intriguing collections, enjoy a picnic, and experience the lush gardens and grounds – including Caramoor’s unique collection of site-specific Sound Art, permanently installed sound sculptures which draw inspiration from their environment. Caramoor also offers a formal afternoon tea service year-round in the Music Room (by reservation), a seasonal concessions tent, and a selection of public programs such as yoga, art classes, and large-scale community events.

At-a-Glance Calendar: Upcoming Rosen House Concert Series Performances

Sunday, October 26 at 3pm: Raphaël Feuillâtre, guitar
Saturday, November 1 at 3pm: Evnin Rising Stars
Sunday, November 2 at 3pm: Evnin Rising Stars
Friday, November 7 at 7:30pm: Christie Dashiell Quartet
Sunday, November 9 at 3pm: The English Concert
Sunday, November 16 at 3pm: Poiesis Quartet
Friday, November 21 at 7:30pm: The Arcadian Wild
Saturday, December 6 at 8pm: Rosanne Cash - Benefit Concert
Sunday, December 7 at 3pm: An Amarcord Christmas
Sunday, March 8 at 3pm: Schwab Vocal Rising Stars
Friday, March 20 at 7:30pm: Goitse
Sunday, March 22 at 3pm: Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
Sunday, April 12 at 3pm: Junction Trio|
Sunday, April 19 at 3pm: Steven Isserlis, cello & Connie Shih, piano
Friday, May 1 at 7:30pm: Anat Cohen Quartethinho
Sunday, May 3 at 3pm: Poiesis Quartet
Friday, May 8 at 7:30pm: Solomon Hicks

For Caramoor’s complete schedule: caramoor.org/events

Ticketing Information

Concert tickets are available for purchase online at caramoor.org; by phone at 914.232.1252 Tuesdays through Fridays from 10am-4pm; and on site from the Box Office two hours before each performance.

Caramoor is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road in Katonah, NY.

More information about visiting Caramoor: caramoor.org/visit

Christina Jensen 10/29/25 Christina Jensen 10/29/25

Nov. 7: Caramoor Continues Rosen House Concert Series with GRAMMY®-Nominated Jazz Vocalist Christie Dashiell and her Quartet

Caramoor Continues Rosen House Concert Series
with the Christie Dashiell Quartet led by
GRAMMY®-Nominated Jazz Vocalist Christie Dashiell

Friday, November 7, 2025 at 7:30pm
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts | Rosen House
149 Girdle Ridge Drive | Katonah, NY
Tickets & Information

“one of today's most innovative vocalists and composers” – DownBeat Magazine

“Dashiell possesses a sumptuously rich timbre, a powerful storytelling gift and the ability to craft songs which lodge immediately in the heart.” – Jazzwise

KATONAH, NY – Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, a vibrant cultural destination nestled on 81 acres of historic gardens and woodlands in Katonah, NY, continues its intimate Rosen House Concert Series with a performance by the Christie Dashiell Quartet, led by one of jazz’s most captivating voices, GRAMMY®-nominated vocalist and composer Christie Dashiell, on Friday, November 7, 2025 at 7:30pm. Caramoor, once the estate of music and art lovers Walter and Lucie Rosen, is one of the region’s most distinctive destinations for live performance, cultural engagement, and exploration. Caramoor’s Rosen House Concert Series runs from October through May, held in the exquisite Music Room of the historic home – a Mediterranean-style villa from 1939 filled with treasures from around the world. Audiences enjoy performances by some of today’s most in-demand artists in the same living room salon setting where the Rosens once entertained their many friends.

Christie Dashiell returns to Caramoor with her quartet (pianist Allyn Johnson, bassist Romeir Mendez Mendez, drummer Carroll (C.V.) Dashiell) after an impressive performance as part of the 2024 Jazz Festival. With her soulful sound and remarkable technical skill, she weaves stories that touch the heart and lift the spirit. Washington, DC-born and North Carolina-raised, Dashiell lives at the musical crossroads of jazz, rhythm and blues, gospel and soul. Known for her improvisational prowess and eﬀortlessly rich and clear tone, she has become one of the most sought-after artists on the scene today.

Dashiell’s album Journey in Black was nominated for a GRAMMY® in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category and earned a coveted five-star review from DownBeat. Journey in Black showcases her ability to explore profound themes of freedom, legacy, and joy through her music, and boasts a stellar cast of musicians, including Shedrick Mitchell, Marquis Hill, Allyn Johnson, Romeir Mendez, and Carroll Dashiell III with creative guidance from NEA Jazz Master Dianne Reeves.

Dashiell appeared on season three of NBC’s The Sing-Off as a member of Afro Blue, and she has performed in concert with Esperanza Spalding, Fred Hammond, Smokey Robinson, Geri Allen, Allan Harris, and more. Her latest album, with Terri Lyne Carrington, is We Insist 2025!, a bold reimagining of the seminal 1961 album We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite.

Growing up in a musical family, Dashiell has been singing all of her life. She is the third of four multi-talented and musical children of jazz bassist, Carroll Dashiell, Jr. Her musical lineage is deeply rooted. She honed her skills at Howard University and at the Manhattan School of Music. In addition to performing with her quartet, she works with many artists including GRAMMY-nominated vocal ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock. She has appeared as a featured artist on Blue Note Record’s Supreme Sonacy, Marquis Hill’s The Way We Play, Wynton Marsalis’ work The Ever Fonky Lowdown and the social-justice compilation album Black Lives: From Generation to Generation. Dashiell tours internationally, performing on some of the world’s most prestigious stages including Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Baku Jazz Festival in Azerbaijan, and Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo. She is on the faculty at Temple University, Howard University, and The University of the District of Columbia.

This performance is presented in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center. The concert is underwritten in part by a generous donation from Amy & John Peckham and the Peckham Family Foundation.

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About Caramoor

At-a-Glance Calendar: Upcoming Rosen House Concert Series Performances

For Caramoor’s complete schedule: caramoor.org/events

Ticketing Information

Concert tickets are available for purchase online at caramoor.org; by phone at 914.232.1252 Tuesdays through Fridays from 10am-4pm; and on site from the Box Office two hours before each performance.

Caramoor is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road in Katonah, NY.

More information about visiting Caramoor: caramoor.org/visit

Christina Jensen 10/16/25 Christina Jensen 10/16/25

Caramoor Continues Rosen House Concert Series - Six Classical, Jazz, Folk Concerts in November

Clockwise from top left: Evnin Rising Stars, Christie Dashiell, Poiesis Quartet, The Arcadian Wild, The English Concert. Press photos available here.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts Continues its
Rosen House Concert Series in November with Six Performances

Held in the Music Room of the Historic Rosen House

November 1 & 2: Evnin Rising Stars
November 7: Christie Dashiell
November 9: The English Concert
November 16: Poiesis Quartet
(2025-26 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence)
November 21: The Arcadian Wild

“a year-round powerhouse of cultural activity” — BBC Music Magazine

“The next time you’re in or near Westchester, New York, be sure to make time to visit Caramoor” — Martha Stewart

Information & Tickets: caramoor.org

KATONAH, NY – Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, a vibrant cultural destination nestled on 81 acres of historic gardens and woodlands in Katonah, NY, continues its intimate Rosen House Concert Series with six performances featuring classical, jazz, and folk music in November. Caramoor, once the estate of music and art lovers Walter and Lucie Rosen, is one of the region’s most distinctive destinations for live performance, cultural engagement, and exploration. Caramoor’s Rosen House Concert Series runs from October through May, held in the exquisite Music Room of the historic home – a Mediterranean-style villa from 1939 filled with treasures from around the world. Audiences enjoy performances by some of today’s most in-demand artists in the same living room salon setting where the Rosens once entertained their many friends.

Caramoor’s November Rosen House Concert Series begins with a pair of afternoon performances on Saturday, November 1 and Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 3pm, featuring participants in Caramoor’s Evnin Rising Stars mentoring program, which has nurtured emerging talent since 1992. Each year, the program’s Artistic Director Marcy Rosen identifies some of the most promising musicians at the cusp of professional careers, bringing them to Caramoor for a weeklong chamber music residency with distinguished artist mentors. This year’s mentors are violinist Ani Kavafian and violist Rebecca Albers. The 2025 Evnin Rising Stars are violinists Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, Clara Neubauer, and Cherry Choi Tung Yeung; violists Samuel Rosenthal and Luther Warren; cellists Annie Jacobs-Perkins and Leland Ko; and pianist Evren Ozel. The Evnin Rising Stars will perform chamber music by Boccherini, Ginastera, and Brahms on November 1, and music by Mozart, Shostakovich, and Dvořák on November 2. Tickets are free for audience members ages 18 and under.

On Friday, November 7, 2025 at 7:30pm, Caramoor presents Christie Dashiell, one of jazz’s most captivating voices, and her quartet. With her soulful sound and remarkable technical skill, Dashiell weaves stories that touch the heart and lift the spirit. Her GRAMMY®-nominated album Journey in Black (which earned a coveted five-star review from DownBeat) showcases her ability to explore profound themes of freedom, legacy, and joy through her music. Critics and audiences alike are falling under the spell of this rising jazz star. Dashiell recently appeared on season three of NBC’s The Sing-Off as a member of Afro Blue, and she has performed in concert with Esperanza Spalding, Fred Hammond, Smokey Robinson, Geri Allen, Allan Harris, and more. Her latest album, with Terri Lyne Carrington, is We Insist 2025!, a bold reimagining of the seminal 1961 album We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite. This performance is presented in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center. The concert is underwritten in part by a generous donation from Amy & John Peckham and the Peckham Family Foundation.

The English Concert brings their magic touch to Caramoor once again, for a performance on Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 3pm. After captivating audiences with all-Vivaldi programs in 2021 and 2023, this renowned British ensemble returns under Harry Bicket’s masterful direction from the harpsichord. Playing on authentic 17th-century instruments, they achieve something truly special – passionate, fiery performances that never sacrifice precision or delicate beauty. The English Concert is considered one of the world’s premier period-instrument ensembles. Their performance at Caramoor will feature music by masters including J.S. Bach, Handel, Purcell, and more. This concert is sold out, but a waitlist is available. The performance is underwritten in part by a generous donation from the Howard and Sarah D. Solomon Foundation.

On Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 3pm, the Poiesis Quartet gives its first concert as Caramoor’s Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence. Formed in 2022 at Oberlin, the Poiesis Quartet has swiftly risen to prominence, and are the Grand Prize winners of the 2025 Banff International String Quartet and the 2023 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competitions. Renowned for their cohesive artistry and adventurous programming, the group lives up to its name – poiesis, from the Greek “to make” – with performances that forge new paths in chamber music. Dedicated to championing the voices of emerging and historically underrepresented composers, the Poesis Quartet brings this vibrant mission to life in their Caramoor residency. Poiesis’s November 16 program, titled Surfacing, is an exploration of the raw, human responses to existential and life-altering events. Incorporating musical influences as varied as electronic dance music, East Asian folk tunes, R&B, jazz, gospel, and traditional spirituals, four composers take us on a journey through phases of healing and growth, ultimately surfacing from confusion and pain with resilience and a renewed sense of hope. The concert includes music by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Brian Raphael Nabors, Kevin Lau, and Sky Macklay. The Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence program at Caramoor, founded in 1999, annually supports an exceptional emerging string quartet. The year-long residency includes three performances at Caramoor and two 10-day periods in which the Quartet works with students in local schools, as well as the commissioning of a new work by a composer of the Quartet's choosing. Tickets are free for audience members ages 18 and under.

The Arcadian Wild takes the stage in the Music Room on Friday, November 21, 2025 at 7:30pm. This Nashville-based ensemble is known for its intricate, heartfelt acoustic sound. Blending progressive folk, bluegrass, and choral harmonies, they create a musical style that is uniquely their own. Led by songwriters Isaac Horn (guitar) and Lincoln Mick (mandolin), joined by Bailey Warren on fiddle and Erik Coveney on bass, the group is celebrated for their rich arrangements and vivid storytelling. The Arcadian Wild’s latest album, Welcome, draws on everything from country and classical to pop and choral music with lush, cinematic arrangements that balance the intellectual and the emotional in equal measure. Though the group tours and records without a drummer, their songs are deeply rooted in rhythmic propulsion, driven by intricately interlocking instrumental and vocal parts that cohere into a deceptively effortless whole. This concert is presented in collaboration with City Winery.

About Caramoor

Each year, Caramoor presents an exciting array of concerts across genres – from classical, opera, and chamber music to jazz, American roots, global sounds, and the American songbook. Caramoor’s acclaimed Summer Season brings audiences together for unforgettable outdoor performances from June into August in five distinct settings (the Music Room, Venetian Theater, Spanish Courtyard, Friends Field, and the Sunken Garden), while the intimate Rosen House Concert Series runs from October through May in the historic Rosen House, a Mediterranean-style villa listed on the National Register of Historic Places and filled with treasures from around the world. With a mission to engage audiences of all ages, Caramoor also offers a selection of concerts and programs for families and our youngest listeners.

At-a-Glance Calendar: Upcoming Rosen House Concert Series Performances

Friday, October 17 at 7:30pm: Stella Cole - Cabaret in the Music Room | Benefit Concert
Sunday, October 26 at 3pm: Raphaël Feuillâtre, guitar
Saturday, November 1 at 3pm: Evnin Rising Stars
Sunday, November 2 at 3pm: Evnin Rising Stars
Friday, November 7 at 7:30pm: Christie Dashiell
Sunday, November 9 at 3pm: The English Concert
Sunday, November 16 at 3pm: Poiesis Quartet
Friday, November 21 at 7:30pm: The Arcadian Wild
Saturday, December 6 at 8pm: Rosanne Cash - Benefit Concert
Sunday, December 7 at 3pm: An Amarcord Christmas
Sunday, March 8 at 3pm: Schwab Vocal Rising Stars
Friday, March 20 at 7:30pm: Goitse
Sunday, March 22 at 3pm: Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
Sunday, April 12 at 3pm: Junction Trio
Sunday, April 19 at 3pm: Steven Isserlis, cello & Connie Shih, piano
Friday, May 1 at 7:30pm: Anat Cohen Quartetinho
Sunday, May 3 at 3pm: Poiesis Quartet
Friday, May 8 at 7:30pm: Solomon Hicks

For Caramoor’s complete schedule: caramoor.org/events

Ticketing Information

Concert tickets are available for purchase online at caramoor.org; by phone at 914.232.1252 Tuesdays through Fridays from 10am-4pm; and on site from the Box Office two hours before each performance.

More information about visiting Caramoor: caramoor.org/visit