Artistic director Cho-Liang Lin appears several times, performing on the violin with Shifrin, O'Conner, the ACO, and Watts.
Contemporary works on the schedule include Shifrin's Letters From Argentina, in its California premiere; Christopher Rouse's Second Quartet and Compline; and O'Connor's Appalachia Waltz Trio and String Quartet No. 2 ("Bluegrass").