Palaver Strings

Palaver Strings is a musician-led string ensemble and nonprofit organization based in Portland, ME. Founded in 2014, Palaver is a forward-thinking ensemble whose mission is to strengthen and inspire community. Palaver has toured widely and enjoyed residencies at Rockport Music, Boston Center for the Arts, Bay Chamber Concerts, and Longy School of Music, where ensemble members teach workshops, master classes, and graduate courses on music and community engagement. Palaver’s most recent album Ready or Not (Azica Records, 2022) has received acclaim by publications such as The Guardian and BBC Music Magazine. In 2019, Palaver launched the Palaver Music Center, which now serves hundreds of students each year from our downtown Portland location.