Biography

Violinists David Adams, and Emma Banfield, violist Christopher Buckley, and cellist Sonja Adams

 “One of the most satisfying and pleasurable CDs to appear this year”, Bob Kerr of CBC Vancouver’s “Off The Record “.

“The Saint John String Quartet is full of musical energy and ensemble strength”, Joanna Manning -Telegraph Journal. 

The Saint John String Quartet's active concertizing schedule of over 125 concerts a year has taken them throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and China. Their 2nd CD won the ECMA "Best Classical Album of the year" award. The group can be often heard on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio waves, the Internet and on 4 award-winning compact Discs. In 1995 the Saint John String Quartet presented the first chamber music concert on the World Wide Web. The Quartet has played for the Prime Minister of Canada, Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth the Second and at prestigious festivals such as the Tochigi Music Festival in Japan, the Arcady festival in the USA and the Forbidden City Festival in Beijing China.