Chamber music in rehearsal, performance, teaching and administration

Boston Public Quartet

Established in 2007, the Boston Public Quartet (BPQ) serves as the resident ensemble and directing team of the non-profit organization musiConnects. You may hear the BPQ in a variety of venues - in a traditional concert hall, a cafe, a home, a rehabilitation clinic, a community center, a place of worship, or in a library.  Most often you will find them inspiring young musicians at the Chittick and Sumner Elementary Schools, where they work to provide free string instruments and holistic, long-term musical instruction to a growing number of students.  

The BPQ is driven by three convictions:

1. A string quartet's mission is to explore a wide range of perspectives, address complex challenges, and create new possibilities - in music and in everyday life.

2. Music education and live music are a right for all, not a privilege for a few.

3. As a core part of a music curriculum, chamber music offers students unique opportunities for development in the areas of leadership, collaboration, and communication.

Photography: © Renee DeKona

the string quartet 

We believe a string quartet, at its best, is strongly rooted in the principles of positivity, empathy, flexibility and shared purpose.

 In this setting, the four players function as a model community whose work explores a vast range of ideas, emotions, and interactions that mirror the topography of human experience. 

Betsy Hinkle, violin

Founder and Executive Director

"...we all learn how to connect – melody and harmony, eyes and ears, teachers and students, friends and classmates."

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Jason Amos, viola

Resident Musician

"As a violist, I think chamber music is the most rewarding form of musical expression."


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Marji Gere, violin

Instructional Designer, Writer
"...when I’m in a chamber music group that is constantly balancing the acts of listening and giving, supporting and demanding, analyzing and creating, imagining and maneuvering; my senses, my intellect, my body, my character, and my soul feel stretched to new limits."
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Michael Dahlberg, cello

Managing Director
 
"It is the way you can say so much without ever speaking a word that makes chamber music powerful to play and hear."

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Where You Can Find Us

Community Events
Ticketed Concerts
Fundraising Performances
Presentations in nonstandard contexts including cafes, care facilities, and university lectures
Teaching at each of our Community Sites

- our upcoming events can be found on our Calendar page -