Saturday, Oct. 29 8:00 p.m.

Ticket Pricing: Tickets: $12 Student/Senior $15 General The classically-trained players of the Real Vocal String Quartet have lost it. As can be witnessed on their most recent debut eponymous recording and in concert they bang on their violins; stomp their feet; and allow African trance music to influence their take on old timey standards. It's not their sanity that's missing; what RVSQ has lost is the ability to abide the constraints of either the old school classical world where musicians must frequently forsake their creativity for the overall sound of the orchestra or the often unapproachable reaches of the contemporary classical world. There is a perception that 'new music' for classically trained musicians needs to be difficult or inaccessible says Dina Maccabee a violist in the group. We are all totally into challenging ideas but we also like pop music. And we feel like just because you have a highly trained skill set doesn't mean you need to play obscure music. Their simultaneous singing and stringing-a barrier buster in itself-may just be the perfect combination for straddling these musical worlds. Catch them this October in East Coast cities including in Washington DC and New York City. $12 Student/Senior; $15 General. Tickets at www.vergennesoperahouse.org; 877-6737 or at Classic Stitching in Vergennes.