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Kids Commute: Pop! Goes the string quartet week (Taylor's version)

Pop! Goes the string quartet week (Taylor's version) stars the Vitamin String Quartet
Pop! Goes the string quartet week (Taylor's version) stars the Vitamin String Quartet.

How does a pop song become a string quartet? Find out this week as we explore the Vitamin String Quartet's arrangements of tunes by pop icon Taylor Swift!

Last year, a Kids Commute listener requested a Taylor Swift week. One of our most popular weeks last season was "Pop! Goes the string quartet week," so we decided to combine those two ideas.

Welcome to "Pop! Goes the string quartet (Taylor's Version)!"

All week, we'll be hearing performances by the Vitamin String Quartet from their album "VSQ Performs Taylor Swift." We'll learn about the different ways that classical instruments can be used to play pop music.

It'll be a fun week of Taylor tunes, classical style. Also - heads up, Swifties! This week's Quizlet will be Taylor Swift-themed, as well.

Kids Commute - Pop! Goes the string quartet week (Taylor's version) Monday: "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" performed by the Vitamin String Quartet

We know Taylor Swift likes to hide little Easter Eggs in her lyrics on an album's liner notes, so we thought we'd give it a try. Can you find the hidden message below?

KC Pop! Goes the string quartet (Taylor's version) Week - Tuesday: Blank Space, performed by the Vitamin String Quartet

Can you solve Tuesday's Easter Egg hunt and find the hidden message?

KC Pop! Goes the string quartet week (Taylor's version) - Wednesday: Look What You Made Me Do, performed by the Vitamin String Quartet

Another Easter Egg hunt!

KC Pop! Goes the string quartet week (Taylor's version) - Thursday: "Lover" performed by the Vitamin String Quartet
KC Pop! Goes the string quartet week (Taylor's version) - Friday: "Anti-Hero" performed by the Vitamin String Quartet

How to answer the Kids Commute Quizlet:

Each week, we present you with a brand-new Quizlet question to answer. We'll ask the question at the beginning of the week, and our pal Quizbot will provide daily clues until Thursday.

Email your answer to kidscommute@interlochen.org . If you get the answer right, Quizbot will let you know! Quizbot's very polite, though, and doesn't want to tell you if you got it wrong, so if you don't hear from Quizbot, keep trying with a new answer.

On Thursday at noon, we'll draw a name from all the Kids Commuters who got the answer right, and award a lucky winner with this year's prize - a shiny, holographic Kids Commute Sticker! If it's your first time answering the Quizlet, we'll send your grownup a form to fill out so you can be eligible for our prize drawing. They'll only need to fill out the form one time.

On Friday's episode, we'll do what we call "shout-outs" - we'll read the names of every single Kids Commuter that got the answer right that week!

Good luck and thanks for listening to Kids Commute - no kid or commute required!

Kate Botello is a host and producer at Classical IPR.
Emily Duncan Wilson is the producer of "Kids Commute."