Cicada Woods is a new kind of string quartet pushing the boundaries of the strings sonic universe. It was born when dear musical friends Suhashini Arulanandam (violin), Esme Allen-Creighton (viola), Sybil Shanahan (cello) and Shannon Wojewoda (double bass) spent three magical days by Pine Lake exploring how their instruments could mimic and expand upon the traditional sound world of Argentinian Tango including the bandoneon, piano and guitar. Following this tradition, each instrument is a soloist and virtuoso as well as ensemble musician. Cicada Woods also use their virtuosity to maintain the rich texture of traditional tango ensembles, arranging parts where instruments frequently carry multiple lines and harmonies. Their name was inspired by the tango ‘chicharra’ (Cicada) string technique where the bow scratches along the string windings as well as the forest setting where they made their first arrangements–four wooden instruments reborn from the gestation of classical and tango roots.