“...flawless in ensemble and intonation, expressively assured and beautifully balanced.”
Study with Jasper SQ at Saint Paul Chamber Music Institute
June 29-July 5, 2025
Application Deadline: February 15, 2025
Applications Open November 15, 2024
Institute Arrival Date: Sunday, June 29, 2025
Institute Departure Date: Saturday, July 5
The Saint Paul Chamber Music Institute (SPCMI) is a unique chamber music program in which pre-college and college players deeply explore two works of chamber music - one with the special opportunity of rehearsing daily and performing in an ensemble with members of the Jasper String Quartet, and the second in an ensemble with fellow SPCMI students.
Latest Album Release
INSECTS & MACHINES: Quartets of Vivian Fung
Having performed and worked closely with Vivian Fung on her Quartets, the Quartet is delighted to release INSECTS & MACHINES on Sono Luminus.
“…a rewarding new album covering [Vivian Fung’s] four string quartets, played with a beautiful sense of color and SUBSTANCE by the Jasper String Quartet.”
-Classical Modern Music Review
Jasper String Quartet announces 2024-25 Jasper Chamber Concerts Season
See highlights from last season and check out the new 2024-25 season at the Jasper Chamber Concerts website.
Press
“The [Jasper String Quartet] displayed joie de vivre and athleticism - and perhaps most tellingly, grins all around.”
“The Jasper Quartet generates an electricity that seems to crackle through the crowd.”
“The music breathed and swelled in an expressive way without being over-calculated. Even the moments of silence vibrated with an energy.”
“sonically delightful and expressively compelling”
“The [Jaspers] have polished their art to near perfection.”
“Outstanding”
“The refinement, the beauty of tone — the rich, unified sonority — it reminded of eminences.”
“Precise and elegant, with power when needed; they bit into each phrase like biting into a crisp apple”
“The Jaspers… match their sounds perfectly, as if each swelling chord were coming out of a single, impossibly well-tuned organ, instead of four distinct instruments.”
“Exceptional”
“[The Jasper Quartet] plays with a confidence and comprehension way beyond their years. Every work they performed ... seemed to be their favorite and by the end of the evening they were audience favorites too.”
Photo: Chris Lee 2023
