Teaching
Study With JACK
JACK is the quartet in residence at the Mannes School of Music, where they provide mentorship to Mannes’s Cuker and Stern Graduate String Quartet. They also teach each summer at New Music on the Point, a contemporary chamber music festival in Vermont for young performers and composers, and at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. JACK has long-standing relationships with the University of Iowa String Quartet REsidency Program, where they teach and collaborate with students each fall and spring, as well as with the Lucerne Festival Academy, of which all four members are alumni.
Mannes School of Music
JACK joined the Mannes School of Music faculty as Quartet in Residence in 2019. In addition to mentoring the Graduate String Quartet in Residence, we coach chamber music, presents classes and workshops, and perform on campus each semester. During the 2022-2023 Season, Mannes will host the JACK Studio Festival, a daylong celebration of JACK’s collaborators where the quartet will perform alongside the Bergamot and Kodak Quartets. The Kodak and Bergamot Quartets have both studied with JACK as Cuker and Stern Graduate String Quartets at Mannes.
New Music on the Point
Each June, JACK retreats to the shores of Lake Dunmore in Vermont, where we spend two weeks working with performers and composers on the development and performance of new chamber music. The environment is rustic, the food is excellent, and the music making is powerful. The program is open to instrumentalists, vocalists, ensembles, and composers.
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
July sees JACK in Banff, where we teach for three weeks alongside an incredible faculty at the Banff Centre. The program focuses on the history and future of the string quartet and is open to pre-formed quartets as well as individuals who are game for new collaborations.
University of Iowa
JACK visits the University of Iowa twice each season, where they work in collaboration with the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program and the Composition Department. We collaborate with performance and composition students on the interpretation and creation of new works for string quartet, and also perform concerts of JACK’s current repertoire.