This fall, we’ve had the honor of working with our friends and colleagues in the Sphinx Virtuosi. We’ve been touring since early September with this chamber orchestra – sans conductor – and will have our final concert of the tour this weekend in Charlotte, N.C. Although the tour schedule has been pretty hectic, we’ve really enjoyed making music with this guys. Some major highlights of our trip have included playing at the New World Center in Miami, the Harris Theater in Chicago and, of course, Carnegie Hall in NYC. Guarneri Quartet members Michael Tree and Peter Wiley joined the Catalyst Quartet at Carnegie for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence – an amazing experience that we won’t soon forget. read more…