Dedicated to the performance of new works and modern classics, Orange Road creates exciting listener-centered musical spaces for curious audiences. The programs they develop in close interdisciplinary collaboration with composers connect art and audiences in ways beyond the traditional elite dominated concert hall, and leave people from all backgrounds with a transformative experience. Orange Road is the 2024-2026 Cuker and Stern Quartet in Residence at the Mannes School of Music where they receive mentorship from the JACK Quartet.

Recent season highlights include appearances at the South Carolina Chamber Music Festival, a return to the Southern Exposure Series where they played George Crumb’s Black Angels, and a performance of the Philip Glass score to Dracula with the legendary Michael Riesman.

Collaboration with composers is at the heart of Orange Road’s activities. This season they had artistic residencies at UC Davis, University of Florida, and Duke University, where they premiered and recorded pieces by student composers. In 2022, Orange Road was awarded the first annual Whittaker Composition Commission and premiered the work at the University of South Carolina in the 2022-2023 season, when they were also invited to participate in the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music Program. Each member of Orange Road was paired with a composer and a singer in a multi-faceted project working on the composition and performance of four new pieces centered around the modern human experience and global inequality.