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ViolAtlantic Crossings: Paul Silverthorne and FriendsOctober 8, 2006, 7:30 p.m.Manhattan School of MusicProgramYork Bowen - Fantasie Quartet Ichiro Nodaira - Transformation l on the Ciaconna for Violin
BWV 1004 by J.S. Bach (2000) George Benjamin - "Viola, Viola" Benjamin Dale - Introduction and Andante, Op.5 About the Artists: has been
Principal Viola of the London Symphony Orchestra since 1991 and of
the London Sinfonietta since 1988, whilst continuing to pursue a busy
solo career. As a soloist, he has performed with the LSO, the London
Sinfonietta, and with other major orchestras in the UK, USA and Europe.
Mr. Silverthorne has played often
in New York; at Avery Fisher Hall (Harold in Italy and Martinu Rhapsody
Concerto), Carnegie Hall ("Viola, Viola") as well as Alice Tully and
Merkin Halls. He performed a solo recital for the New York Viola Society
in December 1997. In March of 2007 he will be in the USA again playing
the Walton Concerto with the Las Colinas Symphony in Texas.
He has recorded widely for EMI,
Koch International, ASV, Chandos, Meridian and many other labels;
his most recent release is Vaughan Williams' Flos Campi on the Naxos
label, which received rave reviews and was Gramophone magazineís
'Record of the Month'.
He is much in demand around the
world for masterclasses and is a Professor at the Royal Academy of Music,
to whom he is indebted for the loan, from their collection, of the
Grancino viola of 1677 on which he will playing tonight.
, a native Scot, joined the London Symphony Orchestra in January 1999 and now holds the post of Co-Principal. Until recently, she enjoyed the flexibility of combining this with her position as Principal Viola with the acclaimed Scottish Ensemble, a post she held for ten years. However, two children later, she now bases herself very much in London where she is also in demand as a solo and chamber musician, attracting commissions from leading contemporary composers such as Sally Beamish and Edward Maguire. Ms. Haddow has also appeared as guest principal viola with orchestras such as The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. is joint Principal Viola of the London Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his LSO committments, Mr. Vanderspar enjoys a busy career as a soloist and chamber music performer. He has a wide concerto repertoire, and has given performances and solo recitals throughout the world. Mr. Vanderspar is in great demand as a teacher, and has given Master Classes at The Royal Academy of Music, The Royal College of Music and The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and also at Heidelberg University and at the Hochschule Karlsruhe. He was a scholarship student at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Berne Conservatoire, and received awards from the Countess of Munster Trust and the W.E. Hill & Son's Prize at the Tertis International Viola Competition in (1984). He has studied and coached with Max Rostal, Rudolf Barshai, Peter Schidlof and Bruno Giuranna, among others. is a graduate of
the Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with Karen Tuttle. Currently
the violist of the Elements Quartet, and formerly of the Lark Quartet, Ms.
Farina has toured extensively in North America, Europe, and Scandinavia
performing at some of the most prestigious venues and festivals including
Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution,
Schleswig Holstein Festival, and the International Instanbul Music Festival.
She can be heard on the Agora, Arabesque, and Koch labels.
Other artistic pursuits include
performances with Poetica Musica, Locrian Chamber Players, Mosaic, The
Mark Morris Dance Group, The Silk Road Project, Ensemble Sospeso, Speculum
Musicae, VisionIntoArt, Concertante, Music from Copland House, Columbia
University's Miller Theater, and Carnegie Hall's Making Music Series and
Perspectives Series. Ms. Farina premiered Peter Schickele's viola concerto with
The Pasadena Symphony this past January as well as his "Mountain Music II"
for viola and piano this past spring. She is on the faculty of the
Juilliard School's Pre-College Division.
received his diploma from The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with Michael Tree, and a B.M. Summa cum laude from Boston University's School of Music where he was a Presser Scholar and a student of Michelle LaCourse. Mr. Holloway was principal violist of the Haddonfield Symphony and twice principal violist and chamber musician of the NY String Orchestra under Jaime Laredo. He received first prize in the American String Teachers' Association Massachusetts Competition and was a member and guest principal violist of the Portland Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. He has played at Bargemusic, New York's 92nd Street Y, on WQXR-FM NY's Young Artists? Showcase, and with the Boston Symphony, American Symphony, Boston Musica Viva, Pennsylvania Ballet, Philly Pops and Metamorphosen. He plays frequently with the New York Philharmonic and has played and toured with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Holloway was principal violist at Tanglewood and has played chamber music at the Marlboro, Angel Fire, Sarasota, Prussia Cove, Banff and Taos festivals. As a member of the Brandenburg Ensemble he toured Florida and Puerto Rico, and with the Charles String Quartet he gave concerts in Russia at the Hermitage and the Moscow Conservatory. He has played with Yo-Yo Ma, Pinchas Zuckerman, Cho-Liang Lin, Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson in Carnegie Hall and at the Library of Congress. This season he will appear with the North Country Chamber Players, the Lyric Chamber Music Society of NY, at Caramoor's "Rising Stars" series, with the Boston Chamber Music Society, and at the 92nd St. Y with Jaime Laredo, Ida Kavafian, Sharon Robinson, Paul Watkins, and Daniel Hope. Mark is a native of Oceanside, NY and lives in New York City. received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Ohio University, her Masters of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Yale University and did postgraduate work at the Juilliard School with Lillian Fuchs. She has participated in the Aspen, Spoleto and New Hampshire Music Festivals, and was principal viola of the Eastern Music Festival for seven years. Ms. Ims is an active free-lancer in the New York area, performing regularly with such groups as the New York Pops, Opera Orchestra of New York and the Brooklyn Philharmonic. She also maintains a busy schedule both as a chamber musician and viola teacher. Ms. Ims is presently principal viola of both the Glimmerglass Opera and the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic. A native of Israel,
began his violin studies at age 8 and picked up the viola at age 13. He
maintains a performing career on both instruments. He graduated with honors
from the Tel-Aviv Conservatory in 1992 and then served as first violinist of
the Israeli army string quartet and a concertmaster of the Israeli army
chamber orchestra as a part of the Outstanding Musicians Program of the
Israel Defense Forces. Mr. Katz received his Bachelor and Master Degrees from
the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied violin and viola with Pinchas
Zukerman and Michael Tree.
Shmuel Katz has participated in several
prestigious festivals, most notably the Verbier Festival in Switzerland,
Rolandseck Festival in Germany, Interlochen Arts Camp in the USA and Kfar
Blum Chamber Music Festival in Israel. Mr. Katz performed as a soloist with
numerous orchestras both as a violinist and a violist and in chamber music
concerts with such artists as Pinchas Zukerman, Tabea Zimmermann, Michael
Tree,and Ralph Kirschbaum.
Shmuel Katz is a frequent substitute
violist and violinist with the New York Philharmonic. He went on tour with the
NYP to Europe, South America and the Far East and recorded with them for
Deutsche Grammophon label. He also performs regularly with Orchestra of the St.
Luke's and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, where he also appeared as a principal
violist. Other orchestra work include Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and
New York City Opera.
is associate principal violist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He began his career in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and went on to become the assistant principal violist of the Lyric Opera Orchestra of Chicago and also the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra. He grew up in Chicago and Milwaukee, where his musical studies began with his father, Edward Mumm, retired concertmaster and assistant conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Mumm earned his Bachelor of Music Performance degree from Northern Illinois University as a student of Shmuel Ashkenasi of the Vermeer Quartet. He furthered his studies in Switzerland with Zino Francescati, and while in Europe, played with the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra in Essen, Germany. Along with his position in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Mr. Mumm is a regular performer with James Levine's MET Chamber Ensemble-Weill Hall Concert series. He maintains an active career as a teacher, soloist, chamber and recording musician. has been a member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra since 1978, plays with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and is principal violist with the American Symphony Orchestra. Chamber music groups have included the Lighthouse Chamber Players, the Perspectives Ensemble, the Harmonie Ensemble and the Broyhill Chamber Ensemble. His many recordings include over sixty with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra as well as a number of recordings with the Broyhill Chamber Ensemble, the Harmonie Ensemble, the Perspectives Ensemble and many more on such labels as Deutsche Grammophon, Nonesuch, SONY, Music and Arts and Chesky. He has been a soloist throughout the U.S., Europe and Japan with Orpheus and has also been a guest soloist with the Kansas City Camerata and the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra. 's talents stem from a wide range of solo and chamber experience. She has been awarded grants from Chamber Music America and the National Endowment for the Arts, and, as a member of the Orchestra of St. Luke's, has recorded extensively for Telarc, Sony and Deutsche Grammophon. In recent seasons she has been heard with the New York Philharmonic and the St. Louis Symphony. She also develops events designed to combine music with literature, history, dance and language in performance. Ms. Roggen is a tireless advocate for unique and unusual repertoire for the viola in combination with other instruments and voice. In her collaboration with the New York Viola Society, she has been successful in creating numerous performance opportunities in New York City for dedicated violists to explore this repertoire, both old and new. Highlights of the 2006-2007 season include solo performances with the Zagreb Chamber Orchestra (Croatia), as well as recitals under the auspices of the American Cultural Centers in Zagreb and Vilnius, Lithuania. Ms. Roggen received her musical training at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University and the Juilliard School. Her principal teachers have included Karen Tuttle, Lillian Fuchs, Joseph Fuchs and the Juilliard String Quartet. is an avid chamber musician and has appeared with Musicians from Marlboro, the Boston Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music at the Y and the International Sejong Soloists. Performances have brought him to Boston's Jordan Hall, Gardner Museum and Sanders Theater, New York's Metropolitan Museum and Town Hall, and the Freer Gallery and Kennedy Center in Washington DC. He has also performed at the Aspen, Marlboro, Prussia Cove, Ravinia and Tanglewood festivals where he received the Henri Kohn Memorial Prize. Jonathan recently moved to New York from Boston where he studied at New England Conservatory with Kim Kashkashian. Before moving there, he studied chemistry at Princeton University and was honored by the Sudler Prize in the Arts. The New York Viola Society would like to thank Danielle Farina, Tim Deighton and Marylene Gingras-Roy, whose help in arranging rehearsal space and supplying music for the Bach/Nodaira was invaluable. We also thank the Manhattan School of Music for the use of Greenfield Hall for this concert. |
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