​​Formed in 2017 out of a love for the powerful intimacy of the string quartet, Brother Tree Sound are deeply connected by a passion to explore the great canon of the string quartet repertoire whilst staying tuned to the continuous shifting landscape of todays classical music scene. With three albums generating over 10 million streams worldwide, recent recipients of the prestigious Vaughan Williams Foundation grant and with numerous performances in music clubs, on concert platforms, at classical music festivals, outdoor stages and folk music clubs, Brother Tree Sound is a trailblazing string quartet inspiring audiences through their scintillating performances.  

Dedicated to the performance of new music, the group regularly commissions new works from established and emerging composers.  Their Vaughan Williams Foundation grant has enabled them to commission Philharmonic Society prizewinning composer Ben Nobuto to write a piece for string quartet and horn as part of an ongoing project partnering with Ben Goldscheider. A number of their projects have been generously supported by the Herbert Howells Trust, Cavatina Trust and Watford Palace Theatre with ACE. 

By encouraging new ways of listening and collectively interpreting the landscape and language of classical music in the 21st century, the groups dexterity  as an ensemble and their open approach to creating projects allows them to move seamlessly from the great pillars of the string quartet repertoire to experimental music with space for some of their own arrangements of folk music along the way.  

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The group have recently released  their album of early 20th century French quartets by Ravel, Tailleferre, Milhaud and Durey with First Hand records after becoming fascinated with this transitional period of music, and have received high praise from national and international critics. The album release  coincides with Ravels 150th birthday Anniversary.

​The quartet has a deep connection to folk music and in October 2024 they released their album Maid on the Shore. Here  they are delving further into the rich and fascinating world of traditional folk songs from England, Ireland and Wales. Their heartfelt arrangements are driven by personal connections to the timeless traditions, stories and landscapes. The album includes well-known songs as well as uncovering a few hidden gems.  

Over the past few seasons the quartet has recorded, made videos and commissioned music for a variety of projects. They released their hugely successful EP Interstices, in 2020 which has had worldwide success. Naming it after the Latin for  'The Space Between'  the idea was to bring together four quite different styles of music that explore the same intangible idea of finding the spaces between notes, phrases, musical landscape and performers.The EP has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 a number of times.

Always searching for new audiences, the quartet released their album Songs Without Words in 2022. An album  review from blogger 'Stationary Travels' writes: 'They found time to create an intimate record featuring their own composition which highlights their considerable prowess as arrangers and performers as well. The album abounds in intimate, ethereal beauty while occasionally showing playful glimpses of their self-confessed “eclectic tendencies”.   

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Future and current projects include the launch of a recording and video of a new commission from Ben Nobuto with Ben Goldscheider for NMC records, a concert at Kings Place September 2025, various concerts featuring a new commission 'The Fens' by Peter Fribbins for string quartet and horn. They will return to Amersham Concert Club in November 2025 for a concert including Ravel string quartet and continue a tour of  quartets by Mendelssohn and Haydn to Chelmsford Cathedral midday series, Chesham Fringe festival May and United Reformed Church in Wheatley Oxfordshire in September. This summer they will be playing Ravel, Tailleferre and Finnis at Aylesbury Concert Series in July and Mendelssohn and Haydn for Summer Music in City Churches festival in June.