Mill City String Quartet

DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN String Quartet No. 3, “Powell”
SAMUEL COLERIDGE TAYLOR Five Pieces for String Quartet
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Source Code
WILLIAM GRANT STILL Lyric Quartet

After the murder of George Floyd in our community, we, like many other Americans, began to think deeply on what we can do to address systemic oppression and white supremacy in our culture. Throughout the history of classical music, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) composers have been traditionally underestimated and underrepresented in classical music, and we choose to both interrupt and smash that tradition. We acknowledge that this performance is possible because of the creativity and work of BIPOC composers, including Daniel Bernard Roumain, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, William Grant Still, and Jessie Montgomery. — Mill City String Quartet

Founded in the fall of 2007, the Mill City String Quartet seeks to create exciting and diverse concerts for from tangos and traditional fare to original material. In addition to their season of public concerts. The quartet frequently collaborates with other musicians and singers around the state, and works with students across Minnesota, and have premiered several new or lesser-known chamber music works.

“The quartet received what can best be described as the raucous applause and cheers usually reserved for rock concerts…” — Classical Minnesota Public Radio

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Central MN Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.