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Praised for its authentic, soulful, and orchestral sound, The String Queens (TSQ) is a dynamic trio that
creates stimulating musical experiences that inspire diverse audiences to love, hope, feel, and imagine!
With an array of repertoire spanning from the Baroque era to the Jazz Age to today’s Billboard Hot 100
Chart, TSQ performs versatile programs that take listeners on a rousing musical journey through time
and a multitude of musical genres.
Based in Washington, D.C., TSQ has been featured in performances at renowned concert halls and
venues across America, including Carnegie Hall in New York City and The John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts in the nation’s capital. Notable appearances include a special performance
dedicated to Vice President Kamala Harris at the “We Are One Presidential Inauguration Concert” in
January 2021 and rendering a spotlight presentation of TSQ’s electrifying arrangement of Harry Styles’s
hit song Golden for the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament The Championships, Wimbledon,
in June 2021. As an ensemble who frequents the D.C. jazz scene, other headlining performances include
multiple appearances at the DC Jazz Festival and the Capital Jazz Fest.
Recognized by D.C.’s leading news network WUSA9 as “school teachers by day and concert performers
by night”, TSQ’s dedication, service, and innovative work in the field of music education has been
acknowledged by the DC Jazz Festival with the Jazz Education Award in 2022, Carnegie Hall with the
“Music Educators Workshop Keynote Address” in 2021, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with the Aspire
Award in 2020, Washington Performing Arts’s Mars Arts D.C Resident Ensemble in 2019 and 2020,
and most recently, a partnership with the Save The Music Foundation to present a series of professional
development workshops for performing arts educators around the country on “Social Emotional
Learning in the Arts Classroom” and “Trauma-Informed Centered Arts Classrooms” as a response to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
In August 2022, TSQ released its third album titled RISE, which was made possible by a Sphinx
Organization MPower Artist Grant. With this album, TSQ sought to sonically address the problems that
are currently plaguing the world by creating unique arrangements of timeless classics rooted in hope,
joy, peace, and love. Featuring original compositions by Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Richard
Smallwood, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and more, RISE takes listeners on a musical journey that
starts in a field of loss and hopelessness and ends in a fortress of faith, triumph, and fortitude.
Previous albums from TSQ include a self-titled EP released in 2019 and a holiday EP titled Our
Favorite Things released in 2020.
Education for the Arts is proud to partner with the Connecting Chords Music Festival for this event.
…[The String Queens] are adding soul to strings and inspiring the next generation. – CBS Mornings
Thank You!
This activity is supported in part by an award from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council.