SPSQC Advisory Board
The Saint Paul String Quartet Competition is an important and valuable teaching program of the Artaria String Quartet. The operations and management of the event is overseen by the Artaria Board of Directors and functions as a 501(c)3 nonprofit entity.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Karen Casanova, Chair
Reading Partners, Executive Director
Tom Peterson, Secretary
Google, Customer Engineer
David Grandstrand, Treasurer
TCF Banker, retired
Ray Shows, Artistic Administrator
Artaria String Quartet
St. Olaf College
Shira Burton
Attorney, Hennepin County
Public Defender's Office
David Knapp
Boston Scientific, V.P. Corporate Research
Nicole Parks
MA-ASTA, President
Semiosis Quartet
John M. Williams
Conductor-Violinist,
Grammy Award Winner
Artaria String Quartet
(ex officio)