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By Mark omas Ketterson
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Yes, you read
that correctly. Well-Strung,
the delightful “singing string
quartet,” comprises violinists
Edmund Bagnell and Chris
Marchant (the ensemble’s
founder), violist Trevor
Wadleigh, and cellist Daniel
Shevlin. Since debuting in
, these wickedly creative
young musicians have been
turning stages sideways with
their trim vocals and highly
individual synthesis of classi-
cal and pop repertory.
Well-Strung began as a
theatrical performance sketch
in Provincetown, MA. ree
of the quartet had been
pursuing theater as well as
instrumental study—Bag-
nell jokes about juggling
summer stock with
violin camp—while
violist Wadleigh has a
pure classical pedigree.
“We’ve evolved [from
those shows],” Bagnell says.
“We have theatrical ele-
ments still, but at rst it was
more scripted. It was nice
to be able to ex [a creative
muscle], because as an
actor you are o en told to
do , , and . We found we
really liked playing with one
another. We started doing
our own arrangements, and
we resonated to what the
audiences reacted to, and
to what we wanted to do
ourselves. Now we function
more like a band.”
is band’s brand is
something unique, indeed.
A zip through their
Well-
Strung
A quartet with entendres of inspiration
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