Choose a box, any box, and the Real Vocal String Quartet will think outside of it. They're a string quartet and a vocal quartet. They play Appalachian fiddle tunes and Brazilian choros, original chamber music and wild improvisation. Rik Malone of KQED Arts has described their music as "by turns beautiful, haunting, mesmerizing, and foot-stomping fun." Real Vocal String Quartet draws on a vibrant palette of sonic colors to create a new body of work, bringing together original compositions and creative arrangements in an acoustic chamber music format.
In 2012, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs sponsored the quartet on a tour to Eastern Europe as musical ambassadors for the American Music Abroad program. They backed up Feist on her indie-pop LP, Metals, which Jon Pareles of the New York Times named his favorite album of 2012, and appeared with her on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Their self-titled debut album is a "marvelous accomplishment" and a "breathtaking bouquet with one luscious hybrid after another," according to KQED's California Report. Their 2nd album, Four Little Sisters, is a wonderful blend, according to AcousticMusic.com, of "Irish reel, Persian echoes, Appalachian down-homey, prog-ish rock and very generous slices of classical, neo-classical, and meta-classical improvisation set off by multi-layered vocal rondos, refrains, ritardando, and relish."
Violinist and vocalist Irene Sazer founded the group in 2004. An original member of the famed Turtle Island String Quartet, she wanted to combine her musical passions including chamber music, improvising, composing, and singing. The current line up also includes violinist/vocalist Alisa Rose, violist/vocalist Matthias McIntire and cellist/vocalist Jessica Ivry. Real Vocal String Quartet brings together a world of music and a wealth of musical possibilities.
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