During the summer of 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, we were exploring ways to stay active as musicians and connected as an ensemble. Once it was safe to travel again, we reunited to host a living room concert that was enjoyed by an international audience from the safety of their own homes. Connecting with several composers and many other flutists through this innovative concert, the idea was born to produce an album of exciting, accessible flute quartet music. Each piece on the album was carefully selected to fit the larger vision of a unified whole; hence the creation of Tesserae. Featuring works by such celebrated composers as Daniel Baldwin, Valerie Coleman, Allison Loggins-Hull, Anže Rozman, Manuel Carranza Cuerto, Julián Plaza, as well as the commission of a new piece by Kurton Harrison III, Tesserae promises to be engaging for musicians and non-musicians alike.