Sustainable Ballard Festival\u00a0 – Loyal Heights Community Center, Seattle\u00a0 –\u00a0 \u00a0September 27, 2025
\nThe title says it all, and music was only one facet of the overall festivities.\u00a0 Mimosa String Quartet played a lot of arrangements of modern pop songs.\u00a0 Since I am not fluent in what’s happening in that world, I recognized them only as well-arranged string quartet works, to my ear, indistinguishable from legit classical pieces.\u00a0 Rosevar’s set list was varied, and included a few numbers of his own composition, that were created for some of the environmental programs that he participates in.\u00a0 He also played Paul Simon’s “April Come She Will”, also on my own set list, leading to a “gotcha” moment regarding the album on which it appears.\u00a0 Deaver, who is also a luthier, was uncharacteristically solo, as he usually performs as part of the group Old Coast.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Mimosa String Quartet<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Asher Deaver<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Sheldon Rosevar<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sustainable Ballard Festival\u00a0 – Loyal Heights Community Center, Seattle\u00a0 –\u00a0 \u00a0September 27, 2025 The title says it all, and music was only one facet of the overall festivities.\u00a0 Mimosa String Quartet played a lot of arrangements of modern pop songs.\u00a0 … Continue reading