The group was founded in 1988 at The New World School of the Arts by John de Lancie in Miami, Florida.
The Quartet was in Residence at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, where all four members served as faculty members in the School of Music, and two still remain.
The Miami Quartet has served as Artists in Residence at the Hartt School and Florida International University and perform and teach at the Kent Blossom Music Festival every summer.
In 1999, they released a CD of the first three string quartets of Pēteris Vasks.
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