{"id":178814,"date":"2024-05-03T21:15:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T02:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=178814"},"modified":"2024-05-05T21:11:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T02:11:38","slug":"dallas-string-quartet-to-bring-some-pop-to-npac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/05\/03\/dallas-string-quartet-to-bring-some-pop-to-npac\/","title":{"rendered":"DSQ to bring some “pop” to NPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you happen to like the sounds of strings, the sounds of classical music and the sounds of pop music, you\u2019re in luck. You\u2019ll be able to hear it all next Friday, when the world famous Dallas String Quartet comes to the Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s best described as a fusion of classical and contemporary music on both traditional and electricstrings and in fact, on DSQ\u2019s website it says \u201cWhere Bach meets Bon Jovi\u201d which gives you a good idea about the upcoming performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The unique sound of the Dallas String Quartet can be heard May 10. Photo submitted<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt took us a while to explain because when people hear \u2018string quartet\u2019 they think of something very traditional, very formal and this is not that,\u201d DSQ founder Ion Zanca explained. \u201cThis is more high energy, more fun, more current music, so we didn\u2019t know how to explain it exactly so hopefully that gives people a little insight about what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt bridges the gap between the audience that wants something a little more classical and the audience that wants to be entertained and have fun,\u201d Zanca continued. \u201cOur concerts are split into two \u2013 in the first half we play little more of the classical repertoire then in the second half it\u2019s all rock and electric violins, so you get a little bit of both worlds. A lot of kids in orchestra programs benefit from it because they see you can play everything, not only classical music on a violin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dallas String Quartet consists of Zanca (viola), who founded the group in 2007, Melissa Priller and Valory Hight on the violin, and bassist Young Heo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a very international group,\u201d Zanca said. \u201cOne is from South Korea, one from Mexico, plus Romania and Virginia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dallas String Quartet is no stranger to success. The group’s music has millions of streams, had their album \u201cLove Always\u201d debut at No. 2 on Billboard\u2019s Classical Crossover Albums and Classical Albums charts. In addition to all of that, DSQ has shared the stage with the likes of Kenny G., Chicago, Air Supply and others, and has performed private concerts for former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Zanca admitted that in the early days of DSQ, he wasn\u2019t exactly certain if the group would be so successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d he said with a chuckle. \u201cWhen we switched to this repertoire and we switched to electric instruments we did it out of necessity because people couldn\u2019t hear us a lot of the time with the acoustic instruments. One of the first pop tunes we played was \u201cBitter Sweet Symphony\u201d by the Verve and we were in a public place and people would come and check it out \u2013 we printed albums and we were selling 300 albums  in two or three hours \u2013 that\u2019s when we realized we had something here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said DSQ plays 25-30 tour dates annually and he added the group is currently working on a new album that will be released with London Symphony<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt feels like we\u2019re always busy which is something we\u2019re grateful for, but there\u2019s nothing like being in front of people and performing,\u201d Zanca said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets are still available for the Friday, May 10 performance at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center. Ticket prices range from $17.10 to $59. More information on tickets and available seating can be found at vanwertlive.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor If you happen to like the sounds of strings, the sounds of classical music and the sounds of pop music, you\u2019re in luck. You\u2019ll be able to hear it all next Friday, when the world famous Dallas String Quartet comes to the Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert. It\u2019s best described […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-05 00:00:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178814"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178877,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178814\/revisions\/178877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}