from the article, "As Unexplainable as Life Itself" (4/28/06)

"Among the most cohesive and approachable of the pieces was Zachary Wadsworth's 'String Quartet No. 2.' Admittedly partly classical in style, Wadsworth's quartet wove familiar elements into 20th-century-style suspensions, canceling any foot-tapping urges the audience might have succumbed to. 'When writing a string quartet,' he wrote in the concert program, 'a modern composer is forced to reconcile his voice with the weight of the ensemble's tradition... in [this] quartet, I attempt to reconcile my own, modern musical voice with the huge weight of tradition.' Beautifully reconciled, but without the nod to the tonic that marks classical music, Wadsworth's piece seemed to draw in the audience and hold it in rapturous mid-air before it landed in applause."

— Regina DeAngelo