The Sound Garden Project
The Sound Garden Project’s mission is to plant classical music in unexpected places as we reimagine a 21st-century performance experience. In these ensembles' ambitious hands, a concert becomes an event, and an audience becomes a community of inspiration, understanding and hope.
All concerts are free and open to the public — no tickets required unless otherwise noted.
Glen Arbor Arts Center residency in Glen Arbor, MI featuring Cerus Quartet
June 9 - 21
Open Rehearsal - June 10th, 6pm at Old Settlers Park
Open Rehearsal - June 18th, 6pm at The Mill
Concert - June 19th, 7pm at Glen Arbor Township Hall
Music Moves Me Foundation residency in Arcadia, MI featuring PULSE Quartet
June 22 - 28
Open Rehearsal - June 22nd, 7pm at Grebe Park
Concert - June 25th, 8pm at Camp Arcadia
Concert - June 27th, 6pm at Ketch 22 Kafe
Traverse City/Interlochen residency featuring Katarina Quartet
June 29 - July 10
Concert July 9th, 7pm at Oliver Art Center
Special appearance at The Little Fleet July 8!
Stay tuned for more details coming soon!
KATARINA STRING QUARTET: A recent Grand Prize winner of the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and currently serving as the Graduate Resident String Quartet at The Juilliard School, they explore all chamber music, from contemporary and canonized works to folk tunes.
PULSE: An award-winning saxophone quartet delivering a diverse range of repertoire, seeking to break down barriers between themselves and their audience.
CERUS QUARTET: Founded in 2020, the Cerus Quartet focuses on showcasing the dynamic, versatile sound worlds of the saxophone quartet, programming everything from contemporary compositions to transcriptions of traditional repertoire.
Kodak Quartet: This award-winning string quartet is is highly regarded for their work with contemporary composers on new compositions and for presenting traditional works with a contemporary flavor. (2024, 2025)
PULSE: An award-winning saxophone quartet delivering a diverse range of repertoire, seeking to break down barriers between themselves and their audience. (2023, 2024)
Fivemind Reeds: A dynamic, 21st-century reed quintet based in LA and committed to promoting diversity and equity in the arts through community engagement. (2023, 2024)
Blue Quartet: A saxophone quartet seeking to distill music of the highest quality into the everyday lives of people - and to inspire those inclined to do the same. (2023)
(Photo: Susan Tusa — IG: @__sutu__)
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Matthew SchlomerThis week, Mei Stone goes to places where people are faced with choices, like a skate shop and a brewery, and asks them to turn those opinions onto classic music. -
Eyeball to eyeball with world class musicians -
The summertime series, now in its fifth year, plants classical music in unexpected places. -
This summer, wherever you go, you might stumble upon classically trained musicians performing just for you. -
Michigan's Cerus Quartet wins honorable mention at the 2025 Plowman Chamber Music Competition. -
The Kodak Quartet from New York is part of IPR’s Sound Garden Project, which plants music in unexpected places. -
Edgar Donati, Martin Noh, Daniel Spink and Blake Kitayama of the Kodak Quartet are in residence as part of IPR's Sound Garden Project. -
Darren Liou, Matthew Rasmussen, Alex Lee, Thacher Schreiber and Kristine Llanderal of Fivemind Reeds are in residence in Glen Arbor, part of IPR's Sound Garden Project. -
Saxophonists Samuel Hartt, Lauren Troutman, Jonah Kulick and Joshua Elwood have been planting music in unexpected places with IPR's Sound Garden Project. -
Thacher Schreiber, Darren Liou, Alex Lee, Matthew Rasmussen and Jacob Freiman are planting music in unexpected places this summer through IPR's Sound Garden Project.
