Vanguard New Music Series Presents: The Mill City String Quartet

Vanguard New Music Series Presents: The Mill City String Quartet.

Thursday, November 19th, 7pm.

Arts on Lafond: 1697 Lafond Ave. St. Paul.

Tickets: $20 - Cash, check, Venmo, Paypal accepted. Presale tickets at: www.renegadeensemble.org/performances.

This performance is not wheelchair accessible.

(Aaron will not be performing at this show, but please stop by to see some amazing music!)

New works for string quartet featuring Mill City String Quartet.

Established in 2007, 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), First Prize and Second Prize in the
Charleston International Music Competition (Classical Music Competition 2025 and
Winter Competition 2024) and First Prize in the International Schubert Competition
Vienna, Professional Chamber Music category (2025). 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).