In-School Performances

TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET

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“A STERLING EXAMPLE OF FIRST-RATE JAZZ MUSIC-MAKING”
Los Angeles Times
“EXCELLENT PRECISION AND MUSICALITY”
Excellent precision and musicality
“THE STRINGS SING, NOT LIKE ANGELS, BUT LIKE THEY'VE BEEN AROUND. THE IMPROVISATIONS HANG TOUGH, SOLIDLY BUILT AND TAKE NO BACK TALK FROM ANYBODY.”
The Seattle Post-Intelligence
“IT PLAYS WITH ENERGY AND INVENTIVENESS”
The New York Times
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Performance Highlights

02.23.12
LA Theatre Works
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

02.24.12
Aquila Theatre
Wharton Center
E. Lansing, MI

02.25.12
ETHEL/Robert Mirabal
Music Hall
Troy, NY

Listen

excerpts from Poets & Prayers with Tierney Sutton
You've Changed (Carey/Fisher)
Wade in the Water
All I Want
from the album - Have You Ever Been...?
Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)
1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
from the album - A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane
La Danse du Bonheur (McLaughlin/Shankar)
So What (Davis)
excerpts from A Solstice Celebration
Jot Se Jot Jagake Chalo (Pyarela)
Winter in Cairo (Vivaldi)
Beautiful Savior (Trad.)
Christmas Day I'Da Mornin'/Apples in Winter (Trad.)
Chanukkah O Chanukkah

Tours & Projects

Crossroads - 11-12

with special guest Mike Marshall

Mike Marshall is one of the most accomplished and versatile acoustic musicians performing today- well known for his collaborations with the leading artists of our day such as Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, and Chris Thile. Now, this master of the mandolin, guitar and violin, joins forces with the two-time GRAMMY® winning Turtle Island Quartet for a series of unforgettable concerts. Together they undertake a musical journey through the American landscape. Various stops along the way include American fiddle and folk music, modern and vintage jazz, Latin American and South Indian music, the myriad folk and classical traditions of Europe, and beyond. Whether exploring the music of the many immigrant cultures of the 19th century or creating original work that melds these influences into new sounds, this great combination is not to be missed.