Newly release CD, ​Jeff Midkiff: Music for Mandolin and String Quartet, now available for sale! Click on the arrow for purchasing information!

community engagement

Carpe Diem regularly performs programs designed to relate specifically to audiences of all demographics, communicating the relevance of chamber music to their lives.
Carpe Diem MusiCare
Free performances at senior communities, assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, hospice centers, hospitals, Alzheimer care units, and incarcerated populations.

Music Goes 2 School
Up close and personal—the quartet interacts with K-12 students, a musical experience for the entire classroom! Carpe Diem also works with school string programs in side-by-side, sectional, masterclass, and individual instruction settings.

Music from the Start
Concerts for children at Head Start Centers offering a quality musical experience to preschool-aged children—at no charge to the facility or parents.

Free Family Concerts
An hour of intimate, interactive music making, 1:00 PM Sundays on concert weekends. With the younger listener in mind, Carpe Diem engages the audience with playful musical selections, discussion, and Q&A.