scorchio in the press

"The Scorchio Quartet, a classical string quartet that’s developed a reputation for playing with unclassical artists such as Trey Anastasio, Damon Albarn and David Bowie, enhanced most of these performances. Their arrangements were subtle, rarely calling attention to themselves, but they’re the crux of why all this music – from Tibetan chants to foot-stompin’ Celtic jigs to metamodern country music to heart wrenching Flaming Lips performances – came together so dreamlike." 

- http://thefutureheart.com/2015/03/06/tibet-house-2015-flaming-lips-patti-smith-miley-cyrus/


"Some of the most intriguing music emerged from the background. Smith and her band's cover of the Yardbirds' "For Your Love" featured Lenny Kaye singing over the low hum of monk chanting, and the Scorchio String Quartet amplified every performance by balancing elaborate orchestral swirls with unsettling moments of staccato thunder." 

- Patrick Flanary, Rolling Stone

"House string quartet Scorchio held onto the compositional twists and sudden halts tenaciously. … Rahzel, the beatboxer, came out to offer his interpretation of The Lord Of the Rings score, followed by the endearingly game Scorchio quartet..." 

- Jayson Greene, Pitchfork


"Composer Philip Glass served as concert’s emcee, artistic director, and curator. He introduced the Scorchio String Quartet. The group has played the benefit concert for 13 years with artists ranging from David Bowie to Vampire Weekend to the Kronos Quartet. Glass explained that in earlier years they performed just a couple of songs, but now they have become the concert’s house band, hardly ever leaving the stage." 

- Sydney, Linked Music


"This chamber music group was clearly not just a randomly thrown-together group of rock-minded string players occasionally renting themselves out to whatever pop star wanted to pimp out his/her sound with strings. Their blend was impeccable, never overusing vibrato, and really knowing how to bring certain parts out that complemented Trey’s lead while also setting back and providing a homophonic base for Trey’s melodies."

 http://smoothatonalsound.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/chamber-trey/


"On "I Would Be Your Slave", music and lyric collide to create arguably the most impressive track on all of "Heathen". The Scorchio String Quartet's rendering of Visconti's arrangement is faultless." 

- Review of David Bowie's "Heathen" CD from Peter Kearns, Misfit City