A passion for chamber music and the extraordinary repertoire for piano quartet brought the members of the Lyric Piano Quartet together. All acclaimed, award-winning artists in their own right, they make time in their busy schedules to pursue this mutual commitment to chamber music. The Quartet has performed internationally and recorded an award-winning CD of Strauss and Turina for Black Box Records as well as a CD of Dvorak for Bridge Records. It has been given the honor of being nominated "Editor's Choice" by Gramophone Magazine. BBC Magazine has said that the Lyric Piano Quartet "marry the old-fashion virtues of portamento and warm vibrato to a quicksilver intelligence."

Their performances have included Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Doheny Concert Series in Los Angeles, as well as many other major venues.

Glenn Dicterow, violinist, Karen Dreyfus, violist, Frederick Zlotkin, cellist, and Gerald Robbins, pianist, all serve on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music. The individual members teach at the Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, Queens College, and Brooklyn College. The Lyric Piano Quartet is Quartet-in-Residence at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College.

This concert was rescheduled from September of 2011 when Tropical Storm Irene left the area surrounding the Windham Civic and Performing Art Center devastated with mud and debris, and the town in a state of emergency.