Member(s) of group: Min-Jeong Koh, violin / Sarah Nematallah, violin / Caitlin Boyle, alto / Rebecca Wenham, cello
Instrument: String quartet
Second Prizewinner at the 2008 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and winner of the 2007 CBC Galaxie Rising Stars Award, The Cecilia String Quartet (CSQ) is simultamelously the Resident String Quartet at the JMC House and at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, pursuing Graduate Diplomas under the guidance of André Roy. In 2008, the CSQ received the First Prize and the Melpomene Prize at the 2008 Rutenberg Chamber Music Competition, and completed a residency in France at the European center for chamber music (ProQuartet Odyssée Program), generously supported by the Centres Culturels de Rencontre Association in France and Europe (ACCR). The Cecilia String Quartet has performed across North America and in Europe, and has presented educational programs in many schools across the USA, Canada, and France. Min-Jeong Koh currently plays on the ca. 1767 Joannes Baptista Guadagnini violin on loan from the Canada Council for the Arts and would like to thank the anonymous donor and the Canada Council for the Arts for their generous support.
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