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NEWS FROM THE AQ.... WAKE-UP  WAKE-UP  WAKE-UP! The Alternative Quartet will be making a very early morning appearance on CNC3 Morning Show -   Wednesday 20th February @ 7am.       Click here to watch via stream video. -     A division of Guardian Media Limited Trinidad Guardian Newspaper For more then six years, members of Alternative Quartet have been " Making Strings Sexy " across the Caribbean with their unique electric string sounds.  Join them on their world-wind journey as they make stops on Stage, Television and Radio. BE A PART OF "#STRING DOMINANCE"  VISIT AQ 's official Web Site ! LIKE AQ 's official Face Book Page FOLLOW AQ on Twitter LISTEN to AQ 's Tracks on Sound Cloud WATCH AQ 's videos on YouTube ENGAGE with AQ on Reverbnation BOOK  AQ -  felicia@alternativequartet.net

Check out this piece on AQ's Wasia Ward in the Trinidad Express woman magazine:  [It's the final chord of the interview and Ward concludes with "Kol nidrie" by Max Bruch. It's a piece about the holocaust. Very emotional and painful but a magnificent manifestation of hand movements on the cello courtesy T&T's very own Beethoven, Wasia Ward]   Wasia Ward Soothing, sensual, musical By By Lorraine Waldropt-Ferguson Soothing, sensual, she strums the chords as if she was born with a golden fiddle in her hands. Wasia Ward is playing "Elegie" composed by Gabriel Faure. This is a romantic piece and it's also very painful but as Ward explains the wonderful parts translate into memories of what used to be. It's her favourite piece which she executes expertly on her cello. A dedicated and diligent, cellist, the 22-year-old has been involved in music for most of her life as a pannis...

AQ member spotlight on: Wasia Ward is newest member to the AQ family. She is a dedicated and diligent cellist and has been involved in music for most of her life as a Pannist, Singer and Pianist. She started playing the cello at the age of 16 and quickly became the best in her field. Wasia serves as the principal cellist of the Trinidad and Tobago Youth Philharmonic and the St. Augustine Chamber Orchestra. Wasia Big Ups! Model Wasia Model Wasia Wasia completed her ABRSM grade 8 where she received her certificate of merit. Wasia has also won first place in competition category of open cello solo for 2010’s Music Festival and has attended workshops in Venezuela, receiving master classes from some of the best cellists where her skill was even more enhanced. Apart from being an outstanding player, Wasia mentors younger...

The Alternative Quartet's "I am Paradise" video shoot: on location in the West Indies. December 27, 2012  Trinidad and Tobago, WI.-   The Alternative Quartet began shooting their official video entitled, "I am Paradise last week."    I f there were ever a place to shoot a classical string video in mid December, just before Christmas chimes in around the world , w hat better place then on the awe inspiring, sun drenched tropical island of Trinidad and Tobago , on a yacht sailboat no less . As the “Alternative Quartet” prepares to embark on their first U.S. tour, they are revamping their musical and visual  repertoire in an effort to relay their mystically sophisticated string innovation to the world. Wasia Ward: Cellist on location of "I am Paradise" video shoot Although the members of the quartet are being hush-hush on the details of the release date, there's no doubt that the AQ, whom together, embodies ...