Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

No Strings Attached

The Boston String Quartet have always had a clear sense of direction: They’re going anywhere and everywhere. That was made clear from the get-go in their 2007 debut album Spectrum, which leapt from Piazzolla’s “Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” to Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” In a style that the Boston Globe calls “strings gone wild,” a typical concert program might include contemporary-classical interpretations of works by George Gershwin, Michael Jackson and Nickel Creek. The fearless foursome jump genres yet again as they wrap up their Celtic Christmas Extravaganza tour at the Barre Opera House, with a full chorus and vocalist Pan Morigan in tow.