The Portland String Quartet’s summer workshop students will perform a free concert on Saturday, Aug. 11, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in Viola George Auditorium at Saint Joseph’s College.

The quartet will play works by Mendelssohn, Haydn, Beethoven, Chadwick, Brahms, Dvorak, Bloch, Shostakovich and Debussy. The concerts present the major repertoire that the student ensembles will prepare during the 32nd Annual Portland String Quartet Workshop, held this year for the first time at Saint Joseph’s College. The summer workshop is a two-week session of intensive chamber music study and performance for a select group of students from all over the country.

Call 893-7845 for more information or visit www.portlandstringquartet.org.

The Portland String Quartet’s members were awarded Honorary Doctor of Music degrees by Colby College in 1986, and they served as Artists-in-Residence there for 19 years. Currently, they are Artists-in-Residence at LaSalle University in Philadelphia.