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Wall Street Journal Article

Luring LeBron With a Song

 

By PIA CATTON

New York's campaign to woo free-agent basketball star LeBron James—with its chummy slogan "C'mon LeBron"—is not exactly a top priority for the city's artists and arts institutions. But why not? It's a chance for the arts to connect with popular culture.

String Music: Dallas String Quartet Woos Hoopster LeBron James

Alum Ion Zanca and his quartet's non-traditional approach to string music opens doors to unlikely opportunities.

August 27, 2010
By Chris Calloway (B.M. Performance ’12)

When Ion Zanca (B.M. ’06 and M.M. ’08, viola performance) founded the Dallas String Quartet as a masters student at SMU, he never guessed that the group’s career would get a boost this spring from basketball star LeBron James.

Debut CD 'Eclectric' Released!

THE DALLAS STRING QUARTET ANNOUNCES NEW CD

DALLAS–(May 2010)–Ion Zanca, founder of The Dallas String Quartet announced the group will be releasing a new CD in May.

The new CD is titled “Eclectric,” and introduces the group’s new sound using electric instruments. Well known for their outstanding performances of classical music, the quartet wanted to explore expanding their sound by adding amplification.

Eco-Harmony Documentary Filming

The Dallas String Quartet was recently featured in a documentary, “Eco-Harmony,” produced by Twist & Shout Communications of London for Alcatel-Lucent, Paris. The film correlates the way individual musicians must perform together to the way individual businesses must work together to make a difference in the environment.