MILL CITY

STRING QUARTET

Mill City String Quartet (MCSQ) is an internationally prize-winning chamber ensemble based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, USA. MCSQ recently won First Prize in the Fanny Mendelssohn International Competition, Professional Chamber Music category (2024), Second Prize in the Charleston International Music Competition (Winter 2024) and Third Prize in the International Clara Schumann Competition, Professional Chamber Music category (2023). This vivacious string quartet cultivates transformative concerts that promote underrepresented composers and celebrate the classical music genre. Mill City String Quartet has been chosen six times as Minnesota Public Radio Class Notes artists, allowing them to reach thousands of school children through performances and master classes. Recent opportunities for the quartet include performing the National Anthem for the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, full concert performances in Iowa, Florida, and Oregon as well as being educational artists-in-residence with The Schubert Club and Oregon’s Britt Festival. MCSQ firmly believes in offering outreach concerts to their community and has performed at MCF-Shakopee, Minnesota’s all-women’s correctional facility as well as The Glenn, a retirement community in Minnetonka. The quartet is a frequent guest on regional chamber music series, including Hamline Music and Art Series, Schubert Club Courtroom Concerts, Saint Paul Conservatory of Music’s Lunchtime Series, St. Cloud Chamber Music Society, Westminster Presbyterian Performing Arts Series, Waseca Arts Center Series, Thursday Musical, Rochester Music Guild, Sioux City Chamber Music, Waverly Chamber Music Series, and Music on the Hill in Mankato. Current MCSQ members are Huldah Niles (Artistic Director and Violin), Erika Hoogeveen (Violin), Coca Bochonko (Viola), and Rebeccah Parker Downs (Cello).

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