About

Colere Quartet

Two Midwestern straight arrows, an effervescent Texan, and a stylish Hong Kong urbanite are bound together by a sincere and straightforward love of music as the Colere Quartet.  Gold medalists of the 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and first-prize winners of the 2019 Plowman Chamber Music Competition, the members of Colere strive for purity of sound and flexibility of style, and they awaken the sensibilities of their audiences to the magic of classical and contemporary music.  

The Colere Quartet is comprised of John Cummins, Elissa Kana, Greg Rife, and Dennis Kwok.   Recent activity includes an appearance on 98.7 WFMT Chicago, recitals at the Illinois Music Education Conference, VanderCook College of Music, University of Northern Iowa, and Lewis University, and appearances at a variety of community and educational concerts.  In 2023, Colere, along with pianist Casey Dierlam Tse, premiered Austin Yip’s Sprint, a new work for saxophone quartet and piano.