Classical music meets contemporary concepts when Turtle Island Quartet and the Assad Duo bring “String Theory” to George Mason University. Their program plumbs the boundless depths of chamber music as the TIQ and the Brazilian guitarists perform their unique arrangements of jazz, folk, world music and original compositions together and as separate ensembles.

The focus is the art of the groove and how it resonates in every genre from Beethoven symphonies to Piazzolla tangos. Like all four members of TIQ, brothers Sergio and Odair Assad are classically trained composers and arrangers.