Quantum Quartet was commissioned as part of the national series of works from the Meet the Composer Commissioning Music/USA program. According to the notes, the instrumentalists should prepare a recording of mm. 53-78 of the second movement. The recording should be played back offstage, as indicted on the full score. Reverberation should be added to the recording to give the effect of coming from a distant time and place.

A neo-romantic work in one movement, alternating between lyrical writing and music with a scherzo-like feel.