Avalon String Quartet

The Avalon String Quartet, based in Chicago, has extended its reach across the U.S. and beyond, with performances at major venues and festivals in Europe. The group, serving as quartet-in-residence at Northern Illinois University, has a varied résumé of educational accomplishments as well. The quartet's members are violist Anthony Devroye, violinists Blaise Magniere and Marie Wang, and cellist Cheng-Hou Lee. The group came together at the Norfolk (Connecticut) Chamber Music Festival in 1995. In 2000, it made its recording debut with the album Dawn to Dusk. In 2021, the group issued the album Leo Sowerby: The Paul Whiteman Commissions and Other Early Works, returning in 2024 with an album of quartets by Sowerby and Florence Beatrice Price.