LSQ I in 1982

(left to right) Judith Eissenberg, Wilma Smith, Mary Ruth Ray, Rhonda Rider

LSQ I on the rocks

(left to right) Rhonda Rider, Mary Ruth Ray, Wilma Smith, Judith Eissenberg

LSQ I in action

The original Lyds, joining a whitewater trip while studying at the Aspen Summer Quartet Institute

LSQ II in Russia with composers and guides (1989)

with American composers Tom Oboe Lee, Peter Child, Lew Spratlan, soprano Joan Heller, jazz pianist Brad Hatfield, and Russian guides Costya and Gleb

Dan takes a pool break in Russia

Daniel Stepner plays pool as Rhonda Rider looks on in Rusa, a country retreat for composers near Moscow (1989)

LSQ II at the bar

(left to right) Daniel Stepner, Mary Ruth Ray, Judith Eissenberg, Rhonda Rider

Lyds on the unfinished Zakim Bridge (2002)

Daniel Stepner, Mary Ruth Ray, Joshua Gordon, Judith Eissenberg

LSQ III, barefoot (2004)

(left to right) Joshua Gordon, Judith Eissenberg, Mary Ruth Ray, Daniel Stepner