In 1984, Department of Strings Professor Emeritus Gustave Rosseels and his wife, Jacqueline Rosseels, established an expendable fund to provide an annual award to four student players of an outstanding string quartet at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. In 2021, generous donors, including an SMTD alumnus who studied with Professor Rosseels, endowed the fund to support students participating in string quartets and to recognize Professor Rosseels’ contributions to the art form in perpetuity.

This event will feature student string quartets sharing their artistry, performing and speaking from the stage, in competition for the prestigious Gustave Rosseels Endowed Prize for String Quartet.