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November 6, 2011 Master Class with Rebecca Albers Click on the image to view or download the brochure. Find
more information about directions and parking here:https://music.umn.edu/about/ Bring friends as well! Membership to the MVS and AVS is optional. Master Class and Competition 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).
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. ~Site last updated 03/11/2012 ~
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The mission of the Minnesota Viola Society is to promote, study, and further the research and performance of the viola and its repertoire. We welcome members of all ages and abilities. Please feel free to browse our site. We are looking forward to sharing with you the many wonderful and varied aspects of the viola. |
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