Adding double bass to the traditional string quartet format allows the Avila Soul String Quintet a whole new vocabulary of harmony and rhythm. They brought their bowing and chopping to Studio C this week.

Set List: 

• Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Melanie Joy Alvey: from Partita No. 2 in D minor, Giga
• Melanie Joy Alvey: from String Quartet No. 1 Scene Shifting, mvt. 1 “Call to Respond”
• Melanie Joy Alvey: Empathy