November 6, 2011

Master Class with Rebecca Albers

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Bring friends as well!  Membership to the MVS and AVS is optional.  

Master Class and Competition
November 6th, 2011
6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. (approx.)
The University of Minnesota
Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
Free -- Open to the public

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Benjamin Britten’s Lachrymae: Reflection on a Song  by Dowland, Op. 48a       

The University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of    Maestro Mark Russell Smith, isaging in a major project that began early       this fall and culminates in performances of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem in  February and March of 2012.  Part of this project includes an exchange of  student and faculty vocalists with theochschule für Musik in Detmold,                 Germany.  Thirty musicians from the U of MN School of Music will travel to             Germany in mid-February for rehearsals and performances, and return to host   thirty German musicians for a performance on March 1 in Minneapolis and on     March 3 and 4 in the Quad Cities.                                                                                     

                                                     

Named the Britten Peace Project, this endeavor is part of the School of Music’s   commitment to a thematic curriculum in which the entire student/faculty body       focuses on a composition, musical period and the surrounding                               ideas/philosophies there of.  Courses are being offered which focus on the War Requiem including musical, historical, and poetic analyses of the many facets    of the piece. Faculty from the English and History departments are taking        part,         as well as important Britten scholars, in a series of lectures relating to the Peace Project. A partnership with the Nobel Peace Forum has been forged. The Forum’s over-arching theme of “The Price of Peace” is incredibly relevant to the War Requiem and Wilfred Owens’ powerful poetry. The Forum’s series of     student and community presentations/workshops will offer great insight into       peace and the arts.                                                                                                               

                                      

Adhering to the Britten theme for the 2011-2012 academic school year, Maestro Smith has programmed Britten’sLachrymae: Reflections on a Song of Dowland, Op 48a for viola and string orchestra for the final University Symphony Orchestra concert of the fall semester commencing on December 12, 2011 in Ted Mann Concert Hall. Students of Professor Korey Konkol and affiliate faculty member Tom Turner are auditioning for the performance opportunity and will be accompanied by pianist Jenya Trubnikava, candidate for the DMA in Collaborative Piano and Accompanying. The distinguished judges for the event include Rebecca Albers (assistant principal viola of the Minnesota Orchestra) and Maiya Papach (acting co-principal viola of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra).                                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

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Rebecca Albers is the Assistant Principal Viola of the Minnesota Orchestra. Rebecca received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School, where she was a student and teaching assistant of Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang.  As winner of Juilliard’s 2002–03 viola competition, Rebecca made her New York concerto debut performing the New York premiere of Samuel Adler’s Viola Concerto in Alice Tully Hall.  She made her European recital debut at the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, France.  Prior to joining the Minnesota Orchestra in 2010, Rebecca was the youngest Department of Strings faculty member at the University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & Dance. She is currently on the faculties of the North American Viola Institute in Orford, QC and the Perlman Music Program in Shelter Island, NY. Rebecca has performed at such festivals as the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival, the Marlboro Music Festival, Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove (UK), and Strings Music Festival.  Past teachers include Ellie LeRoux and James Maurer.

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Viva la Viola Ensembles!

Well, as expected, the always entertaining, animated and expressive Korey Konkol introduced the fortunate attendees of the 2009 MNSOTA clinic to a sampling of viola ensembles, including new, original pieces along with delightfully effective transcriptions.  

Korey has been the viola professor at the U of M since 1992 and the ensembles ...        

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The Minnesota Viola Society Summer Picnic Play-In

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Sunday July 17th, 2011

from 5 to 7 p.m.

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

4557 Colfax Ave. S.

Minneapolis

 

Come and join us

for our annual viola play-in

Viola ensemble music will be provided

and groups will be led by members of the Viola Society

We'll be playing indoors, with potluck outdoors,

weather permitting.

*The Minnesota Viola Society will provide beverages, plates and utensils, as well as viola ensemble music for players of all levels.

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Previous events sponsored by the Minesota Viola Society:

SAMUEL RHODES MASTER CLASS

NOTE CHANGE OF ROOM:
The Master Class has been moved Room 90 (Choral Rehearsal Room) on the lower level of Ferguson Hall

CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA with the support of SCHUBERT CLUB presents a Master Class by the distinguished violist of the Juilliard Quartet, SAMUEL RHODES.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
4:00 pm in Ferguson Hall #225
University of Minnesota
2106 Fourth St.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Previous events sponsored by the Minesota Viola Society: