Carpe Diem String Quartet

Carpe Diem String Quartet
Also known as	CDSQ
Origin	Columbus, Ohio, United States
Occupation(s)	String Quartet
Years active	2005-Present
Labels	Naxos
Associated acts	Willy Porter, Columbus Dance Theatre, Peter Soave
Website	www.carpediemstringquartet.com
Members	Violin Charles Wetherbee Violin Amy Galluzzo Viola Korine Fujiwara Cello Carol Ou

The Carpe Diem String Quartet was founded in 2005 and is a classical string quartet based in Columbus, Ohio. The quartet's repertoire ranges from classical to contemporary chamber music. They regularly perform the works of contemporaries like Osvaldo Golijov, Gunther Schuller, Bruce Wolosoff, and Korine Fujiwara, as well as the works of classical composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn, Joseph Haydn and countless others. A few of the outstanding artists with whom the quartet has played include Yo-Yo Ma, Peter Soave, and Richard Stoltzman.

The quartet has worked extensively with esteemed composer Bruce Wolosoff, whose eighteen-movement piece entitled "Songs without Words" has been commissioned by the quartet. In January 2009, the quartet performed in New York City, New York, with the Columbus Dance Theater, followed by a tour in Texas. In early February the quartet toured in Colorado before reuniting with acclaimed accordionist and bandoneonist Peter Soave for a tour in Michigan and Ohio from late February to early March. They concluded their 2008-2009 season with a critically acclaimed concert at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. For several weeks spanning July and August, the quartet performed in Denver, Colorado, and participated in the Snake River Music Festival in Dillon and Keystone.

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