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Press
"...One can consider the college freshmen as musical prodigies with their ability to write original songs..." - The Martinsburg Journal
"Transcendent Third put on one of the most memorable performances during 'Philly Rising's' open stage competition. Their cool tunes and outstanding harmonies provide for them a mature sound that helped to carry them to our final level of competition at World Cafe Live."
- Bruce Torres, host of World Cafe Live's Philly Rising
“…They have an edgy, alternative sound with the guitar and bass, but also bring in the more sophisticated, classical side with the violins…The heartfelt and creative lyrics draw you in, and the music keeps you listening….As they mature with their music, Transcendent Third will be a band to listen for.” - WFRE / Frederick, MD
Transcendent Third mesmerizes audiences as soon as they start the first song. Each nuance is arranged brilliantly and you find yourself wondering how they communicate, play, and sing so well all at once. They've been together a long time, and it shows! - Ron Goad, SAW showcase director
Discography
A Chance to Grow and Bleed, 2008 (independent)
Watch The Stars Fall, 2006 (independent)
The Feeling, 2004 (independent)
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Bio
Identical twins Michael and Matthew Polonchak got their musical start at the age of five on the violin. By age eight, they were dabbling with guitars and covering songs from their parent's Everly Brothers CD.
Fast forward to 2010, age twenty-two and they've performed at 100+ venues, produced and independently released three CDs, and toured the east coast multiple times to support them.
Venues they have played include:
*Club Passim, Cambridge, MA
*World Cafe Live, Philadelphia
*The Space, CT
*Jammin' Java, Washington D.C./VA
*The Skellig, Boston
*Saltwater Music Festival, ME
*Takoma Park Folk Festival, MD
*2005 Mountain Stage New Song Festival (finalists), WV
*FestivALL regional of 2005 Mountain Stage NSF (winners), Charleston, WV
*The Ragged Edge, Gettysburg, PA
*The Pour House, Westminster, MD
*Coffee and Tea Room, Williamsport, PA
*Westside Cafe, Frederick, MD
Their outstanding harmonies and melodic hooks will catch your ear. Their lyrics about love, life, loving life and living to find love will keep you there. Lyrical bass lines, effective guitar parts and their instrumental/violin fan favorite "The Crossing" will convince you of their musicianship. Their onstage banter will remind you that they are, before anything else, brothers.
Equally comfortable in a concert hall or a coffee shop, in front of five hundred or five, they're a sure bet for audiences young and old.
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