January4, 2023 By South Shore Conservatory
South Shore Conservatory (SSC) presents Rasa Quartet – Classic Rock on Strings, Saturday, January 27, 7 pm at One Conservatory Drive in Hingham.
A contemporary Boston-based string ensemble, Rasa Quartet is quickly emerging as one of New England’s finest. The quartet explores the musical space where classical, rock and folk traditions intersect, marrying music and storytelling. They’ve collaborated with renowned folk musicians such as Singer-Songwriter Judy Collins, Celtic harpist, Maeve Gilchrist, and Hardanger Fiddler, Dan Trueman.
Formed in 2019, the quartet consists of violinists Maura Shawn Scanlin and Kiyoshi Hayashi, violist Emma Powell, and cellist Mina Kim, who are graduates of the New England Conservatory, the Shepherd School of Music, and Yale University. They are winners of the 2022 Associazione Europea Di Musica E Comunicazione International Chamber Music Competition, the 2021 Music Teachers National Association Chamber Music Competition, the 2020 Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition, and were the 2022-23 ensemble-in-residence at Phillips Exeter Academy.
Audience members can expect to hear rock favorites such as Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” Kansas’s “Carry on Wayward Son,” Boston’s “More Than a Feeling,” and the Rolling Stones’ “Paint it Black.”
General admission tickets are $35 and may be purchased at https://support.sscmusic.org/RASAJan27. Find South Shore Conservatory on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.