Hardcore Fiddling? - Free today at the CBC :)

[Kanada Kev]

Anyone ever heard of this? I have no idea if they are any good, but the performance is FREE so wtf, eh?

Today, Tuesday, Feb. 19, The Twisted String, a group of young fiddle players will perform in the Atrium, beginning at 3:30 p.m.

“The Twisted String are hard-core fiddlers ready to bite into anything Oli brings them. Together, he and the String are going where no fiddlers have ever gone before…†(Vancouver Folk Music Festival program, 2004)

The Twisted String is a unique teaching and performance concept developed by fiddler/composer Oliver Schroer. It is a series of fiddle squads, each consisting of 8-12 hot young fiddle players. There is also strong visual component to The Twisted String… outrageous colourful costumes… a splash of headbands, scarves, Hawaiian shirts, crazy fun-fur leopard skin pants… a hundred clashing colours, glowsticks taped to the bows and strobe headlamps ready for nighttime playing. A specialty of the Twisted String is Random Acts of Violins. The groups head for the streets in their costumes and create spontaneous parades in the most unlikely places. It is creative anarchy of the best kind.

And you can watch them today…