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Cornell Quartet

The Cornell Quartet is based at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. In 2018 they participated as a fellowship quartet at the Credo Music festival in Oberlin, working closely with the nationally renowned Arianna String Quartet. The Cornell Quartet studies with former Pacifica Quartet, the Doric String Quartet, Cuarteto Cassals, and the Brentano Quartet. In 2018, they premiered And So I Looked to the River by composer Jessica Hunt at the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings Festival and did an eight concert West Coast tour.

They will play Haydn, Britten, Purcell and Danish Folk Songs arranged for string quartet.

Carson McHaney, violinist from Arcata, California is pursuing violin performance at Oberlin. Carson studied under Terrie Baune and played in the North State Symphony as well as the Eureka Symphony. In 2015 Carson was the first prize winner of the Eureka Symphonys youth competition.

Mayson Lane, violinist, is studying performance under David Bowlin at Oberlin. He has performed in the Carnegie Hall Honors Performance Series, the All-National Honors Symphony Orchestra, and the Kansas All-State Symphony Orchestra.

Maya Enstad, cellist, studies with Amir Eldan at Oberlin. She won first place in the Ethel Crook String Competition 2014 and 2015, and was awarded a fellowship position at the Marrowstone Music Festival in 2017. She has participated in Orford Musique Festival and the Academy at Domaine Forget in Quebec. Also an avid teacher, Maya has taught at the Asociación Nacional de Conciertos in Panama City, Panama.

Anders Cornell, violist, studies with Peter Slowik at Oberlin, where he is pursuing degrees in performance and computer science. He was awarded a fellowship position at the Aspen Music Festival for two summers, and has played in concert with the Minnesota Orchestra. Anders enjoys improvising and arranging music on piano and viola.