Koan Quartet is a Los Angeles based new music quartet specializing in works by  20th and 21st composers such as Alvin Curran, Carolyn Chen, Ruth Crawford-Seeger, James Tenney and, most recently, Johanna Beyer. The ensemble works to present thoughtful and meticulously-researched performances of rarely heard compositions from the contemporary and experimental repertoire. 

Koan Quartet is Eric KM Clark and Orin Hildestad, violins; Cassia Streb, viola; and Jennifer Bewerse; cello.