![](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/t3EF1-EgsZ0/default.jpg "turtleislandquartet.com "I didn't know that the cello could make drum and saxophone sounds too!" remarked fourth grader Karina Canon after hearing the two-time award winning Turtle Island String Quartet perform at Dr. Edward L. Whigham Elementary School on Friday morning. "The setting was intimate and the students were mesmerized by the varied sounds and complicated rhythms of the quartet" music teacher Katie Burdick indicated. A fourth grade student, Kenneth Geffrard, further shared that "they even played a little ragtime--Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer". Turtle Island was in town this weekend for a performance Saturday night at the new South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. The four string musicians David Balakrishnan, Mark Summer, Mads Tolling, and Jeremy Kittel are all equally adept in both classical and jazz. Their philosophy includes reaching out to the community and particularly relating to children. They accomplished that Friday morning at Whigham. A chance-of-a-lifetime, up-close and personal experience!")
Published
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