The WWCMF Emerging Artist Quartet Fellowship, now in its fifth year, welcomes Synchrony Quartet. Like past Fellows Ivalas Quartet, masso, Cerus Quartet and Poiesis Quartet, Synchrony is both active and successful on the competition circuit. Competitions are one kind of proving ground, but it is Synchrony’s community presence in their native Chicago that makes this must-see quartet WWCMF material. They maintain a residency at Clara (named for none other than Clara Schumann), a bar in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, where they test out new material and hone their craft.
In addition to their individual skill as performers, each member is also responsible for creating arrangements of classical and popular music for saxophone quartet. This hands-on approach extends the quartet repertoire and enhances a canon that inherently thrives on new music. The saxophone is a much more recent invention than, say, bowed string instruments, and its core repertoire expands in real time. Hence, Synchrony Quartet affirms that classical music is a living art form that draws breath from our time and place, a reflection and response to the world around us… only more fun! WWCMF returns to longtime venue partner Foundry Vineyards to kick off the 2026 June Festival. Works include music by Astor Piazzolla, Caroline Shaw, Travis Laplante, Anton Webern and Manuel de Falla.
6/4/26, 6 PM — Foundry Vineyards
WWCMF will add your name and the number of tickets you purchase to the concert guest list. We will NOT send physical tickets.
Doors open one hour before the performance.
Doors open one hour before the performance.
All works will be announced from the stage.
WWCMF will publish a setlist on our social media channels following the performance.
Artists: Matthew Johnson, tenor saxophone; Haven Kahn, baritone saxophone; Philip Kleutgens, soprano saxophone; Hudson O’Reilly, alto saxophone