1939
May Treat Morrison Trust established
1952
Edward Hohfeld and Ferenc Molnar establish Morrison Chamber Music Center
1956
Morrison Chamber Music Center becomes permanent
1970
Andor Toth, artistic director
1972
Lazlo Varga, artistic director
1989
- Alexander String Quartet, quartet-in-residence
- Saul Gropman, artistic director
1990
San Francisco debut
Eroica Trio
1992
San Francisco debut
St. Lawrence String Quartet
1995
San Francisco debut
Gilles Apap, violin, and The Transylvanian Mountain Boys
1996
The Morrison Artists' Series, originally established at SFSU in 1956 to "offer the finest music in the most accessible way," opens its 40th anniversary season of free concerts by world-renowned chamber music groups. This alliance between a large public university, a private trust and a nonprofit performing arts presenter is recognized nationally as a model of cooperation and innovation.
San Francisco debuts
- Palladian Ensemble (early music)
- The Zephyros Woodwind Quintet
1997
San Francisco debuts
- Gilles Apap, violin with Wendy Cheng, Piano
- New Millennium Ensemble
1998
San Francisco debut
Trio Voronezh
2000
San Francisco debuts
- eighthblackbird
- Singphoniker
- Thibaud String Trio
- Vida
2004
San Francisco debut
FLUX Quartet
2005-06
50th anniversary season
2010
Ronald Caltabiano, artistic director
2011
Richard Festinger, artistic director
