The soothing sound of flutes welcomed the crowd that had gathered for the PANdemonium4 group’s performance on Nov. 8 in the Elizabeth Pastor Recital Hall.

The type of music people listen to is purely opinionated and up to the person themselves, but some of the most pleasant music comes from the windwood instruments, like the musical group PANdemonium4 uses.

Using different types of high pitch flutes as well as mutes makes the sound appear clear and beautiful.

Pandemonium4 is made up of four women: Lindsay Goodman, Lisa Jelle, Alison Sincoff and Kimberlee Goodman. These four women have a strong passion for their music.

“We were founded in central Ohio as we all loved playing our flutes and Alison Sincoff suggested we form a musical group and we all said yes,” Flutist Kimberlee Goodman said.

The pieces of music that were played included: Daniel Dorff’s Musetta Steps Out, Cynthia Folio’s Four ’Scapes (Cityscape, Seascape, Landscape, Escape), Linda Kernohan’s My Compass Still to Guide Me, Nicole Chamberlin’s arrangement of Metallica’s Enter Sandman and Mark Flugge’s Jazz Fantasy that had three movements titled Ahmed, The Letter and Samba Fantasy.

“We mainly play music that were written by women composers, as women write music too,” Goodman said regarding their taste in music.

The music that was played that night was astonishing. Each piece had a different setting as when the music was being played, the notes wrap up together in a peaceful set and the imagination takes a wild turn.

Hearing a Metallica song being played on flutes was something that most would never think of hearing, as the strong theme of heavy metal music is almost completely on electric guitars and drums, but the ability to translate this type of sound to a more calming and peaceful tone on a flute is amazing.

Each song led to a different setting, like a flower meadow or treacherous ocean, the songs took the mind on quite a journey.

The performance was elegant and joyful. No amount of music can be as elegant as music played on a flute, with their sounds being a gift to human ears.