This high-energy, conductorless string ensemble has a most innovative approach to music-making. Comprised of New York's most exceptional string players, SONYC blurs the line between orchestral and chamber music; the flexible intimacy of string quartet simultaneously combines with, and juxtaposes, the power and scope of an orchestra.
SONYC's fresh approach to music-making creates the exciting, powerful performances for which it has won critical acclaim.
"SONYC are possessed of a full, radiant sound...expressive and smart"
New York Sun
"Groups like this are opening up the world again for the audience to become more emotionally and experientially involved"
Aaron Jay Kernis -1998 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music
"SONYC... possess the vision and talent to communicate with great authority the full breadth and emotional powere of the styring repertoire."
Robert Spano - Music Director, Atlanta Symphony