The quartet has since travelled to multiple cities, is currently in residence at the University of South Carolina.
[1] They held residencies as Artists-in-Residence at the University of St. Thomas, Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Minnesota, Quartet-in-Residence with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Artists-in-Residence with Minnesota Public Radio[2] before becoming the current Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at Harvard University's Department of Music as Professors of the Practice,[3] as well as Quartet-in-Residence at the University of South Carolina.
[4] The Parker Quartet have won the Concert Artists Guild Competition in 2005,[5][6] Grand Prix and Mozart Prize at Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition (now the Vibre!
Festival) in 2005,[7] and Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award in 2009.
[8] Their recording of György Ligeti quartets on Naxos Records won a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance in 2011.