Newport Classical opens its fifth full-season Chamber Series, which features 12 concerts held on select Fridays between September 2025 and June 2026, at the organization’s home venue, the Newport Classical Recital Hall (42 Dearborn St.), with the Poiesis Quartet on Friday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m.

The Poiesis Quartet (Sarah Ma, violin; Max Ball, violin; Jasper de Boor, viola; and Drew Dansby, cello) is an ensemble on the rise, with several national competition wins recently under their belts. The group is the winner of the Grand Prize, Gold Medal, and Lift Every Voice prize at the 2023 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, as well as the Gold Medal and BIPOC Prize at the 2023 St. Paul String Quartet Competition. Poiesis joined the Concert Artists Guild roster for North American management as winners of the Louis & Susan Meisel Competition in 2024. The quartet is touring nationally, and has performed abroad in Uruguay (2023), Italy at the 2024 Emilia Romagna Festival, and France at 2025 Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. Poiesis released its debut album in 2024.

For information and tickets, go to: www.newportclassical.org