2026 Competition
Senior Division - April 11, 2026
Junior Division - April 18, 2026
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SPSQC Advisory Board
The Saint Paul String Quartet Competition is an educational 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
Tony Thomann, Chair
Exec. Director
Minnesota Youth Symphonies
Tom Peterson, Secretary
Google, Customer Engineer
David Grandstrand, Treasurer
TCF Banker, retired
Ray Shows, President
Artaria String Quartet (Founder)
St. Olaf College Faculty
Nicole Parks
MA-ASTA, President
Semiosis Quartet
John M. Williams
Conductor-Violinist,
Grammy Award Winner
Alex Scheel
Principal Software Engineer,
Keyfactor
Courtney Breyer
Founder
What's On the Brain
Dr. Jess Ingrasselino, Mus.Ed.
Software Engineer
TeachCode.org (NYC)
Nancy Oliveros
Violinist
ASQ member (ex officio)
Annalee Wolf
Violist
ASQ member (ex officio)
Rebecca Merblum
Cellist
ASQ member (ex officio)
