The Emily Carr String Quartet has established itself as one of British Columbia’s finest Canadian music ensembles. Formed in 2006 by members of the Victoria Symphony, Victoria BC. They have participated in residencies at Stanford University and the Banff Centre and have collaborated with artists such as: the Lafayette String Quartet, Marion Newman, Jamie Parker, Lorraine Min, and Arthur Rowe. They have performed for: "ISCM's 2017 World Music Days", "Music in the Morning" and "Music on Main" concert series in Vancouver, the Ankara Music Festival, Hornby Festival, Victoria Summer Music Festival and the IAMA Canadian Music Showcase in Montreal. The quartet has also done much to honour the celebrated local artist, Emily Carr. In 2011, as part of the Victoria Symphony’s Emily Carr Project, the quartet participated in the première of "Stories from Klee Wyck" by local composer Tobin Stokes. The ECSQ is also devoted to contemporary music, and has commissioned five complete works from Canadian West Coast composers inspired by Carr’s work: "Feathers" (2014) by Tobin Stokes, "Big Raven" (2015) by Jocelyn Morlock, ”Strangled by Growth" (2016) by Jared Miller, a song cycle for string quartet and mezzo-soprano called “Songs for Klee Wyck” (2017, 2018, 2019) by Jennifer Butler and “Friends” an additional movement to “ Stories from Klee Wyck” (2023) by Tobin Stokes.