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The Portland String Quartet
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Classical
The Portland String Quartet has had an enormous impact locally, regionally and internationallysince its inception in 1969. Beginning as The Portland Symphony String Quartet (PSSQ), the quartet members became not only principal players in the Portland Symphony Orchestra, they established teaching studios, schoolmusic positions and chamber music concerts serving the greater Portland area and the State of Maine full time. This became a model for orchestras the size of the PSO nationwide.
Members
 | Stephen Kecskemethy vn |
 | Julia Adams vl US |
 | Roland Lantz vn US |
 | Paul Ross vc CA |
Popular Tracks 
Contrapunctus I on Bach: Art of the Fugue by The Portland String Quartet Contrapunctus XIV on Bach: Art of the Fugue by The Portland String Quartet Contrapunctus III on Bach: Art of the Fugue by The Portland String Quartet Contrapunctus IX on Bach: Art of the Fugue by The Portland String Quartet Contrapunctus IV on Bach: Art of the Fugue by The Portland String Quartet Contrapunctus II on Bach: Art of the Fugue by The Portland String Quartet Quintet For String and Double Bass: B.49: Allegro Con Fuoco - Allegro Con Fuoco on Dvorak: Double Bass Quintet And The American Quartet by The Portland String Quartet Contrapunctus V on Bach: Art of the Fugue by The Portland String Quartet Contrapunctus VI on Bach: Art of the Fugue by The Portland String Quartet Contrapunctus X on Bach: Art of the Fugue by The Portland String QuartetTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Membership
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quartets Nos. IV And V | Ernest Bloch - The Portland String Quartet | 1999 | Album |
| Quartets Nos. II And III | Ernest Bloch - The Portland String Quartet | 1999 | Album |
| The Quintets For Piano And Strings | Ernest Bloch - The Portland String Quartet, Paul Posnak | 1999 | Album |
| String Quartets No. 4 & 5 | George Whitefield Chadwick, The Portland String Quartet | 1988 | Album |
| String Quartets No. 1 & 2 | George Whitefield Chadwick, The Portland String Quartet | 1988 | Album |
| Quintet For String Quartet And Double Bass, B.49 (Op.77, Old Op.18) / Quartet In F Major, B.179 (Op.96) "American" | Antonín Dvořák, Double Bass Quintet, American Quartet, The Portland String Quartet | 1986 | Album |
| Art Of The Fugue: Kunst Der Fuge (BMV 1080) | Johann Sebastian Bach / The Portland String Quartet | 1985 | Album |
| String Quartet No. 1 | Ernest Bloch, The Portland String Quartet | 1985 | Album |
| Death And The Maiden (String Quartet No. 14 In D Minor, D.810) / Quartettsatz In C Minor, D.703 | Franz Schubert - The Portland String Quartet | 1985 | Album |
| String Quartet No. 3 / String Quartet No. 4 | Walter Piston - The Portland String Quartet | 1984 | Album |
| String Quartet No. 5 / Quintet For Flute And String Quartet | Walter Piston - The Portland String Quartet, Doriot Anthony Dwyer | 1982 | Album |
| Quartet in A Minor; String Quartet in A Major, Op. 2 | Fritz Kreisler, Richard Strauss, The Portland String Quartet | Album |
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