Turtle Island String Quartet by Ashley

The Turtle Island Quartet was not what I was expecting. I went to the performance thinking that I would actually enjoy this show, because I loved the Moscow Symphony. I was wrong. It was entirely different. It was more of a modern pop edge to it and I guess that just isn’t my type of music. There was more than once I found myself checking my watch and that hasn’t happened in the past performances.

However, I could really tell that these guys worked well with each other, which is obviously a big key to their success. While we were all talking after the performance there was one question that was passed over that I found a little humorous. They were asked who the leader was an all of them kind of looked around at each other and started to talk about different aspects of each other and I would say they recovered well.

The performance was in the Fisher building which was very small and intimate. They tried to make it like a jazz club and for me it just didn’t quite make it. It was nice though, for this performance to be in a smaller area. Otherwise it wouldn’t’ have been easy to hear the band or to watch the performers, which was entertaining.

Although they were very good, I just don’t like this style of music. It’s probably safe to say that I won’t be attending any more string quartets.