The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, founded in 1986, is regarded as one of North America's leading guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

 ensemble

Ensemble

Ensemble may refer to:* Musical ensemble* Ensemble cast * Dance ensemble* Statistical ensemble ** Quantum statistical mechanics, the study of statistical ensembles of quantum mechanical systems...

s. They have several recordings under the Albany Records

Albany Records

Albany Records is an American classical music record label focusing particularly on contemporary classical music. It was established by Peter Kermani in 1987, and is based in Albany, New York.-External links:**...

 label. Their first two albums were New Works for Guitar Quartet and Over Land and Sea. [citation - Soundboard Magazine]

Some of the members of the quartet have been Alan Johnston, O. Nicholas Raths, Jeff Lambert, Joseph Hagedorn, Jeffrey Thygeson and David Crittenden

David Crittenden

David Crittenden is an American classical guitarist. He has performed across the United States and is highly regarded as a soloist and chamber musician. He has studied in master classes with Jose Tomas and Christopher Parkening in whose class he was voted "outstanding performer." He has composed...

. Currently, the quartet consists of Jeff Lambert, Joseph Hagedorn, Steven Newbrough, and Ben Gateno.

External links

• Official MGQ website