6:00 PM – Taylor Swift | 8:00 PM – Queen
Two Music Legends. One String Quartet. A One-of-a-Kind Venue.
Ever imagined hearing the music of global pop legends performed by an award-winning string quartet–inside our Great Hall with soaring ceilings, stone walls, and immersively epic acoustics?
Join Boston’s beloved Rasa String Quartet as they reimagine the biggest hits of:
Each 60-minute concert takes place in the legendary Great Hall of Hammond Castle Museum, a stone-walled masterpiece perched on the Gloucester coast. With its Gothic arches, flickering candlelight, and world-class acoustics, it’s the perfect setting for an unforgettable musical experience.
Two unforgettable performances, ticketed separately.
Doors: 5:30 pm | 6:00 pm – RASA PLAYS TAYLOR SWIFT
Swifties: Get swept away by virtuosic, genre-defying string renditions of her biggest hits—from nostalgic anthems like Love Story and You Belong With Me to chart-toppers like Cruel Summer and I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
Doors: 7:30 pm | 8:00 pm – RASA PLAYS QUEEN
Queen Diehards: Feel the thrill of lush, heart-pounding arrangements of Queen’s greatest hits, including Bohemian Rhapsody, Don’t Stop Me Now, and more!
Within the near-perfect acoustics of the Great Hall at Hammond Castle Museum, two musical icons are reborn through the artistry of the award-winning Rasa String Quartet. Join us for one of two extraordinary performances by the Quartet reimagining the music of pop icon Taylor Swift or one of the most influential rock bands of all time, Queen. The Great Hall boasts soaring ceilings, stone walls, and carefully calculated acoustics that make it a near-perfect space for live performance—an ideal setting to hear the classics transformed.
About Rasa String Quartet:
“Rasa String Quartet showcases music where folk, rock, and classical veins intersect—delivered with confidence, strikingly tight ensemble, and consummate cohesiveness.” — Boston Intelligencer
Formed in 2019, the Boston-based ensemble brings together violinists Emma Powell and Maura Shawn Scanlin, violist Kiyoshi Hayashi, and cellist Mina Kim, who are graduates of the New England Conservatory, the Shepherd School of Music, and Yale University.
The quartet has earned top prizes at competitions including Chamber Music in Yellow Springs, Plowman Chamber Music Competition, MTNA Chamber Music Competition, and the Associazione Europea di Musica e Comunicazione (Italy). They’ve also served as ensemble-in-residence at Phillips Exeter Academy.
Rasa has collaborated with renowned folk artists like Celtic harpist Maeve Gilchrist, Irish fiddler Liz Carroll, and singer-songwriter Judy Collins, and have performed across the U.S. and abroad at events like the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, Celebrity Series of Boston, Newport Classical, Rockport Music, Jordan Hall, and the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival.
Their love of teaching has led to educational residencies at Bowdoin College, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, UMass Dartmouth, and Boston Music Project, among others.
By exploring the connection between music and storytelling at the heart of folk traditions, Rasa delivers fresh, engaging performances that blend classical elegance with folk charm, celebrate global musical roots, and highlight underrepresented composers.
In Sanskrit, the term rasa refers to the indescribable power of art to move, inspire, and connect us—a quality Rasa String Quartet strives to embody in every performance.
Find out more at rasastringquartet.com or see them on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/rasastringquartet/
Listen to a short sample of Bohemian Rhapsody Below: