Kaleidoscope Quartet - Minnesota a cappella quartet

Upcoming Concerts

Courtroom Concert: Songs of the Season

December 12, 2024

We’re partnering with Schubert Club to perform winter-themed music, including some brand new songs, at the Landmark Center in downtown Saint Paul! There will be two performances, one at 12:00pm and one at 6:00pm. These performances are both free and open to the public.

12:00pm & 6:00pm on Dec 12, 2024
Landmark Center, Cortile
75 W 5th St, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102

Song of Shepherd Series

February 13, 2025

An evening performance for Shepherd on the Hills’ Song of Shepherd Series.

7:00pm on Feb 13, 2025
Shepherd on the Hills Lutheran Church
3920 North Victoria Street, Shoreview, Minnesota 55126

Cerulean

May 3 & 10, 2025

Kaleidoscope Quartet brings you a new program: Cerulean, the color of peace and deepening friendships. This is the music we need right now.

4:00pm on May 3, 2025
The Capri, Paradise Hall
2027 W Broadway, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55411

May 3 Tickets Here

4:00pm on May 10, 2025
Factory Floor of MISCO Speakers
1771 Energy Park Dr Ste 400, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108

May 10 Tickets Here

About Us

Kaleidoscope Quartet presents four-part vocal music with joy, range, and soul. Based in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, the quartet’s four members Taylor Quinn (baritone), Dana Skoglund (bass 2), Jack Vishneski (tenor 1), and Ian Cook (tenor 2) bring far-reaching specialties, skills, and vocal timbres to create a kaleidoscope of sound. All four members have their own musical and extramusical careers, but are brought together by a passion for vocal chamber music.

Our Story

It started with Cheryl. Confined at home with complications from a heart transplant, Cheryl loved the sounds of a male quartet but couldn’t attend concerts. Her husband, Dana Skoglund, decided to bring the sounds to her. He gathered Jack Vishneski, Taylor Quinn, and other singers to do regular in-home performances of some of Cheryl’s favorites, adding progressively harder pieces over time.

Kaleidoscope Quartet in performance at Cheryl memorial service

Cheryl passed away in November 2020. One of her parting wishes was to have a grand concert at her memorial service. Grief and the Covid-19 pandemic meant the service took a year to develop, during which Ian Cook joined the Kaleidsocope Quartet, and on November 6th, 2021, the group performed some of Cheryl’s favorites for a few hundred people at the service. The beauty and heart of that moment made it clear—these guys needed to keep singing together and discover all the potential colors of their joined voices.

Watch and Listen

Kaleidoscope Quartet’s premiere album Joy. Range. Soul. is available now!

Drawn from the group’s 2023 program, this music reflects a period of deepening friendship and creative discovery. This album’s name is the core of the KQ sound.

Get the album!