The activity of playing in a string quartet, at its best, is 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. The string quartet--working with each other, the instruments, and the compositions--serves as the Boston Public Quartet's deepest and most direct mode of communication with each other and with those who are willing to listen.

BPQ is a professional string quartet, a team of teaching artists, and co-organizers of musiConnects.