The quartet was founded by
cellistFred Sherry to perform and record the
four string quartets of
Arnold Schoenberg. He appears on all recordings by the quartet. The other members of the quartet have varied over time. They have included:
Jennifer Frautschi (violin), Jesse Mills (violin) and Richard O'Neill (viola) in the Concerto for String Quartet (recorded, 2002)
Ida Kavafian (violin), Erin Keefe (violin) and
Paul Neubauer (viola) in String Quartet No. 2 (recorded, 2005)
Jennifer Frautschi (violin), Jesse Mills (violin) and Richard O'Neill (viola) in String Quartet No. 3 (recorded, 2007)
Leila Josefowicz (violin), Jesse Mills (violin) and Paul Neubauer (viola) in String Quartet No. 4 (recorded, 2009)
Leila Josefowicz (violin), Jesse Mills (violin) and Hsin-Yun Huang (viola) in String Quartet No. 1 (recorded, 2012)
Mr. Sherry also formed a
string sextet consisting of Leila Josefowicz and
David Chan (violins), Paul Neubauer and Yura Lee (violas) and himself and Michael Nicolas (cellos) for the recording of Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht.