In the earlier days of the COVID pandemic, after a series of outdoor concerts, the Garneau String Quartet was formed and recently became Ensemble-in-Residence at MacEwan University Conservatory of Music in Edmonton. The quartet is comprised of members of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra - violinists Robert Uchida and Laura Veeze, violist Keith Hamm, and cellist Julie Hereish.

The Music of Talk is a concert program by The Garneau String Quartet and harpist Lori Gemmell with narration by storyteller and broadcaster Tom Allen. With compelling music by Josef Haydn, Marjan Mozetich and a brand new work by Canadian composer Nicole Lizee, The Music of Talk explores our deep, subconscious understanding of the melodies of speech, the language of music and neurological crossroads between the two.