KBMF Faculty Concert: Poiesis Quartet

The Faculty Concerts Series is a ticketed subscription series. All faculty concerts take place at 7:30 p.m. in Ludwig Recital Hall, Center For Performing Arts, Kent State University. 

ABOUT POIESIS QUARTET 

The name Poiesis is derived from the ancient Greek word ποιεῖν, which means "to make". As a quartet, Poiesis seeks to program music of all styles and genres with an emphasis on platforming works by emerging and underrepresented composers, creating unique moments of synchronicity and verve.

An emerging young "ensemble to watch" (Hyde Park Herald), The Poiesis Quartet is the 2023 Grand Prize winner of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Founded during Oberlin Conservatory’s Advanced Quartet Seminar program in Fall 2022, within their first year playing together, they also received Fischoff’s Senior Strings Gold Medal and the Lift Every Voice prizes, and Gold Medal and BIPOC Prize at the 2023 St. Paul String Quartet Competition. In 2024, Poiesis joins the Concert Artists Guild roster for North American management as the winners of the Louis & Susan Meisel Competition.

Comprised of violinists Sarah Ma (21) and Max Ball (21), cellist Drew Dansby (23), and violist Jasper de Boor (22), members of the Poiesis Quartet have attended programs such as Kneisel Hall, the Perlman Music Program, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival, and Madeline Island Chamber Music’s Fellowship program. The Poiesis are a group of interdisciplinary musicians: In addition to their performance degrees from Oberlin, Drew is also completing a B.A. in Chemistry, and Sarah holds two minors in Comparative American Studies and Gender, Sexuality, & Feminist Studies. Jasper graduated as a double major in viola and violin performance with a minor in baroque violin, and Max pursued a minor in jazz studies. When not playing chamber music, Poiesis loves to learn new languages on Duolingo, share delicious ice cream cakes, and take long walks on the beach.