Recognition of the award-winning young ensemble has included a 2010 Grammy nomination for "Best Chamber Music Performance."  "The Washington Post" has said that the quartet gives "a thrillingly athletic performance."

Shortly after the group's inception at Yale University in 1999, Enso had success at the Banff International String Quartet Competition and won the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and the quartet has consistently received high praise for performances ever since. The quartet's debut recording was described by "Strad Magazine" as "an auspicious start to their recording career," and was followed by the recent Grammy-nominated release of the quartets of Ginastera. MusicWeb International summed up the album as "playing of jaw-dropping prowess revealing masterpieces of the 20th century quartet literature," noting, "seek out this group - they are clearly bound for greatness." The disc was selected as one of MusicWeb's Recordings of the Year for 2009.

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Sandra Maytan, a fast-rising mezzo-soprano, will be joined by a recital of German songs (lieder) by Mozart, Robert Schumann and Hugo Wolf will be series director, pianist Joan Conway.

Maytan has been called by critics a singer with a "riveting voice" and "a magnetic stage presence".   

A prizewinner of this year's "Nicholas Loren Voice Competition" she will be featured in the November Showcase Concert at the Holland Arts Gallery.

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