The Orchestra was founded in 1996 with the purpose of creating awareness about the Puerto Rico’s national string instrument (El Cuatro), the Puerto Rican folkloric (Jibaro) music, and the need of creating a Cuatro Festival in the City of Chicago.

The Orchestra has one recorded production and has performed at many important venues in throughout the City of Chicago. Among these venues are the Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago Theater, The Auditorium Theater at Roosevelt University, Copernicus Theater, The Chicago Historical Society, The Chicago Museum of History, The Children Museum, The Field Museum and many other important cultural events around Chicago land, Milwaukee and Indiana.

Future plans for the Chicago Cuatro Orchestra are to accomplish more recording productions, to multiply the concept and create consciences awareness about the national string instrument of Puerto Rico throughout other cities were Puerto Ricans live, and to one day create the first Puerto Rican Cuatro National Orchestra in the United States.