The American String Quartet will perform in concert on Saturday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Winter Visual & Performing Arts Center, 60 W. Cottage Ave., Millersville. The quartet will be joined for this performance by pianist and Millersville University (MU) assistant professor Xun Pan.

Formed when its original members were students at The Juilliard School, the American String Quartet's career began with the group winning the Coleman Competition and the Naumburg Award in the same year. The quartet is approaching its 50th anniversary, and in its years of touring, it has performed in all 50 states and the most eminent concert halls worldwide.

The group has been the resident quartet at the Aspen Music Festival since 1974 and at the Manhattan School of Music in New York since 1984, and it has also served as the resident quartet at the Taos School of Music, the Peabody Conservatory, and the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

The American String Quartet's presentations of the complete quartets of Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, Bartok, and Mozart have won widespread critical acclaim, and it is also known for its MusicMasters Complete Mozart String Quartets, performed on a matched quartet set of instruments by Stradivarius.

To purchase tickets, visit http://www.artsmu.com, call 717-871-7600 or visit the Ware Center, 42 N. Prince St., Lancaster, or the Student Memorial Center on the MU campus.