Courtroom Concert: Songs of the Season – Celebrating MN Composers and Poets

Songs of the Season: Celebrating MN Composers and Poets
curated by Abbie Betinis

Don’t miss this year’s FREE Songs of the Season concerts at Landmark Center! This year’s program (12 noon and repeated 6pm).

Minnesota-based Kaleidoscope Quartet presents four-part vocal music with joy, range, and soul. The quartet’s four members Taylor Quinn (baritone), Dana Skoglund (bass), Jack Vishneski (tenor 1), and Ian Cook (tenor 2) bring far-reaching specialties, skills, and vocal timbres to create a kaleidoscope of sound across diverse genres and styles. All four members have their own musical and extramusical careers but are brought together by their friendship and passion for vocal chamber music.

The quartet began with in-home performances for Dana’s wife Cheryl, who was confined at home with complications from a heart transplant. Eventually, the quartet sang some of Cheryl’s favorite songs at her memorial service. Since this humble beginning, Kaleidoscope Quartet has performed across Minnesota, with regular performances in the Twin Cities. Each song and performance reveals a kaleidoscope of musical colors that emerges from their joined voices.