about the quartet

Through exuberant performances of groundbreaking repertoire, the Jasmine Quartet (Mira Steenbrugge, Amber Correa, Becca Marr, & Ezra Escobar) brings contemporary classical music into new & unorthodox spaces, reframing the string quartet for the 21st century and advocating passionately for classical music’s most exciting emerging voices. Recent engagements include appearances at Folklore Hoxton, St. James’s Piccadilly, St Mary Abbots Church, Concerts for Charity London, the Albion Orchestra’s Up Close & Royal College of Music Great Exhibitionists concert series, and a performance of Amble Skuse’s Sea Longing for the RCM Electric Dreams series celebrating Pierre Boulez’s centenary.

The quartet has collaborated with the foremost emerging composers in the UK, including Molly Frances Arnuk, Deniz Dortok, Margarida Gonçalves, & Luciana Perc. The 25-26 season features premieres of works by UK and USA-based composers Thomas Shorthouse, Zygmund de Somogyi, & James Madrilejo, as well as an inaugural partnership with the RCM composition faculty mentoring student composers on writing for chamber ensembles.

The Jasmine Quartet has been fortunate to receive support from the Hinrichsen Foundation and mentorship from the Marmen & Ligeti Quartets, Cecily Ward, & Simon Rowland-Jones at the Royal College of Music, where they were the recipients of the Helen Just & Susan Connell Prize and the Sacconi Quartet Prize as winners of the RCM String Quartet Competition as well as a special commendation in the RCM Contemporary Competition.

photo credits: Sisi Burn & Danny Blanks