THE PLAYLIST
You haven’t heard pop hits played like this before. Vitamin String Quartet is known for reimagining popular songs as orchestral compositions, taking on 2017’s biggest tracks on the recent release VSQ Performs
the Hits of 2017, which interprets tracks from Ed Sheeran, Lorde and Imagine Dragons. VSQ isn’t a quartet in the traditional sense, but rather a loose collective of string projects. With help from VSQ musicians, the group’s project director, James Curtiss, shares a playlist with USA TODAY of some favorite tracks that the group has covered in recent years.