The ensemble is currently composed of its founding members, including violinists Benjamin Jacobson and Tereza Stanislav, violist Jonathan Moerschel, and cellist Eric Byers.
"[1] In 2014, the CQ was awarded one of Lincoln Center's prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grants for "professional assistance and recognition to talented instrumentalists who the Recommendation Board and Executive Committee believe have great potential.
The nonprofit was inaugurated at the Blum & Poe Gallery in Los Angeles with a joint recital with composer Terry Riley and featured a performance environment created by long-time Calder collaborator (and album cover artist) Dave Muller.
[4] The Calder Quartet has commissioned or premiered more than 30 works from established and emerging composers, including Terry Riley, Thomas Adès, Christopher Rouse, Peter Eötvös, Andrew Norman, David Lang (upcoming, June 2014 with Los Angeles Master Chorale), Mark Mothersbaugh, and Aaron Jay Kernis.
[12] Calder Quartet made its Lincoln Center debut for Mostly Mozart in a program consisting of Thomas Adès Arcadiana and Beethoven's Op.
"[13] Past and current collaborators include Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer, Thomas Adès, Richard Reed Parry, Iva Bittová, Anne-Marie McDermott, Philip Glass, Joby Talbot, Steven Mackey, Fred Frith, The National, The Airborne Toxic Event, Vampire Weekend, Cass McCombs,[14] Dan Deacon, Andrew WK, Paul Neubauer, Fucked Up, So Percussion, Jóhann Jóhannsson, The Dirty Projectors, film and television composer Bear McCreary, and the Cleveland Orchestra.
[4][15] In the fall of 2013 the CQ was in residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, performing the complete cycle of 6 Bartók string quartets along with special guests David Longstreth (from The Dirty Projectors) and Iva Bittová.