On Tuesday, February 20, 8:30PM the Composers Concordance will feature SWEET PLANTAIN playing 10 new, short, hip string quartets in the club setting of New York City's CUTTING ROOM, 19 W. 24th St.

These new pieces, written especially for this concert, will be assembled together in a wild, stylistically diverse extended suite, challenging the traditional concept of this chamber music form.

Among the quartets are Gene Pritsker's Credit System of Truth, based upon an idea by American philosopher William James, Fling, a fun, melodious piece by Margaret Brouwer which flirts with "trip-hop" and jazz rhythms, Scratched, an adventurous piece by Arthur Kampela which uses extended playing techniques on the instruments as well as pre-recorded sound, Joseph Pehrson's Slacker Cracker, which combines tuneful frivolity with mixed drinks, acclaimed Disney film composer Andy Brick's Story of the Red Rose, based on Oscar Wilde which lends new adjectives to film music, Bone Needles, by Gilda Lyons which sews together exotic imagery, and other gems by Kevin Rose, Daron Hagen, Franz Hackl, and Dan Cooper which will rivet you in your seat.

Members of SWEET PLANTAIN, a string quartet which specializes in Latin music as well as traditional repertoire, include Romulo Benavides, violin, Eddie Venegas, violin, Orlando Wells, viola and David Gotay, cello.

Tickets are $10 (cheap). Looking forward to seeing you at the concert!