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The Euclid Quartet is a professional string quartet based in South Bend, Indiana. Its members are: Jameson Cooper and Aviva Hakanoglu, violins; Luis Enrique Vargas, viola; and Chris Wild, cello. Formed in 1999 by Cooper and previous members Jacob Murphy (violin), Renata Hornik (viola), and Jennifer Lee Vaughn (cello), the group won prizes in the Carmel, Yellow Springs, Hugo Kauder and Osaka chamber music competitions. In 2001, violist Luis Enrique Vargas replaced Hornik. Amy Joseph was the quartet's cellist from 2004-2007, followed by David Beem (2007-2009) and Si-Yan Li (2010-2016). In 2016, violinist Brendan Shea replaced Murphy and cellist Jacqueline Choi replaced Li. In 2021, violinist Aviva Hakanoglu replaced Shea.

The Euclid Quartet tours throughout America and has released commercial recordings of the complete String Quartets by Bartok, and works by Kauder, Dvorak, and Marsalis.

Currently the ensemble serves as Quartet-in-Residence and full-time faculty at the Raclin School of the Arts at Indiana University South Bend. Previously, the Euclid Quartet served as the Quartet-in-Residence at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa.

Members
Jameson Cooper, violin Aviva Hakanoglu, violin Luis Enrique Vargas, viola Chris Wild, cello

Residencies
Indiana University South Bend Raclin School of the Arts, Quartet-in-residence and full-time faculty members, Fall 2007 - present Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, Quartet-in-Residence

Discography
Centaur Records: Hugo Kauder: String Quartets 1-4 (2007)

Artek Records: Bartok Quartets 2,4 and 6 (2010) Bartok Quartets 1,3 and 5 (2013) Grieg and Debussy Quartets (Upcoming)

Afinat Records: Dvorak "American" Quartet, and Wynton Marsalis "From the Octoroon Balls" (2017)

Awards and Recognition
1st Prize Carmel Competition, 2000 2nd Prize Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition, 2002 1st Prize Hugo Kauder String Quartet Competition, 2004 3rd Prize Osaka Chamber Music Competition, 2005 National Endowment for the Arts, American Masterpieces Award, 2010

External
http://www.euclidquartet.com http://www.artekrecordings.com http://www.afinat.com http://www.centaurrecords.com