Joseph Hagedorn

As one of the founding members, Joseph Hagedorn has been with the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet since 1986. He has produced dozens of arrangements for the MGQ and performs on all of the group’s five CD recordings. This native Iowan received his Bachelor of Music degree from Cornell College, and his Master of Music degree from the University of Minnesota. Joseph’s teachers include Richard Stratton, Christopher Carrington, Nelson Amos, and Jeffrey Van, and he has been on the music faculty of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls since 1988. Joseph’s solo and concerto appearances have taken him to more than 25 American cities and Canada. He has been heard twice on the nationally broadcast radio program Saint Paul Sunday, once with the MGQ and again with St. Paul Chamber Orchestra violinist Leslie Shank. In 1990, Joseph was the First Prize winner of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition.