Formed in 2023, the Koa String Quartet is made up of violinists Kisa Uradomo (Maui, Hawai’i) and Daniel Yu (Chapel Hill, North Carolina), violist Leo Matsuoka (Irvine, California), and cellist Heewon Lee (O'ahu, Hawai’i). Koa is the Graduate String Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Colorado Boulder where they were the first prize winners of the 2024 Ekstrand Competition. Koa is invested in presenting high quality classical music and fostering musical engagement with communities.