Perseid Quartet

Coming up (links below):

November 14, 12pm - Kemper Art Museum

November 15, 4pm - Timothy Lutheran, with pianist Sunghee Hinners

November 16, 3pm - Ladue Chapel, with pianist Sunghee Hinners

Formed in 2013, the Perseid String Quartet is dedicated to performing chamber music to the highest possible artistic standards and creating accessible and enjoyable concert experiences in the St. Louis community. The Perseids have previously appeared at the Sheldon Concert Hall, various venues at Washington University in St Louis, the Schmidt Art Gallery at Southwest Illinois College, the Webster University Concert Series, and many local church concert series.

Members of the Quartet serve as faculty members at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Webster University, and Washington University in St Louis. Their collective performing experience spans the globe and includes styles ranging from historically informed performance on Baroque Instruments to modern and popular music.  More recently, this includes the Bach Society of St Louis, Early Music Missouri, Kingsbury Ensemble, Masterworks Chorale, Metropolitan Orchestra of St. Louis, Opera Theatre New Works Collective, Pop! Pop! Pop! Orchestra, Salem Chamber Orchestra, St Louis Chamber Soloists, St Louis Symphony,  and Union Avenue Opera. The quartet members hold advanced music degrees from various institutions, including the Cleveland Institute of Music, Oxford University, Rice University, Royal College of Music, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and the Utrecht Conservatory.