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The New York Viola Society's 2005-2006 Season of
Concerts, Recitals and other Viola Events
The New York Viola Society's Fourteenth Season:
November 13, 2005, 1:30 p.m.
Mannes College of Music
Collegial Concert I
Sid Robinovitch (1942 - ) - Adieu Babylon (1991)
Sharon Wei, Viola
Angela Park, Piano
Alessandro Rolla - Esercizio II
Daniel Avshalomov, Viola
Philipp Scharwenka - Sonata in G minor for Viola and Piano, Op.
106
Christine Ims, Viola
Yi-Fang Huang, Piano
Paul Hindemith - Sonata Op. 11, No. 4, for Viola and Piano
Diane Leung, Viola
Yi-Fang Huang, Piano
John Hawkins (1949 - ) - Gestures
Nardo Poy and Ann Roggen, Violists
John Hawkins (1949 - )- Waiting: Tango
Ann Roggen, Viola
Gail Kruvand Moye, Bass
January 29, 2006, 2:30 p.m.
Donnell Library Center Auditorium
Collegial Concert II
Bach (arr. Suzuki) - Gavotte
Asha Paul (2005 Rosemary Glyde Scholarship recipient)
von Weber (arr. Suzuki) - Hunter's Chorus
Shani Paul (2005 Rosemary Glyde Scholarship recipient)
Bach - Suite No. 1 in G Major for Cello (transcribed for Viola)
Prelude, Allemande and Courante
Daniel Lay, Viola
Ernest Bloch - Suite for Viola and Piano (1919)
Movement ll: Allegro Ironico
Dawn Smith, Viola
Yi-Fang Huang, Piano
Bohuslav Martinu - Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Denise Huizenga, Violin
Elizabeth Hostetter, Viola
Isang Yun - Contemplation for 2 Violas
Olivia Koppell, Viola
Eddy Malave, Viola
Igor Stravinsky - Elegie for Solo Viola
Kimberly Foster, Viola
George Gershwin (Arranged for viola and piano by Alan Arnold )
- Grand Fantasy On Themes From " Porgy and Bess"
Tania Halko-Susi, Viola
Mark Evans, Piano
February 19, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church
The Puchhammer-Desjardins Duo
Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Viola
Élise Desjardins, Piano
Jean Coulthard (1908-2002) - Sonata Rhapsody for Viola and Piano
(1962)
Ernst Naumann (1832-1910) - Sonata in G minor for Viola and Piano,
Op. 1
Robert Fuchs (1847-1927) - Sonata in D minor for Viola and Piano,
Op. 86
Robert Schumann - Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73
About the Artists:

Since her arrival in Quebec in 1987, Viennese-born Jutta
Puchhammer-Sédillot has been acclaimed by critics
for her exceptional qualities as a violist.
She is a performer in great
demand on the Canadian and international scenes, having acquired
a solid musical training at the Wiener Hochschule für Musik und
Darstellende Kunst under Siegfried Führlinger and also developed
exceptional music skills with Heidi Castleman at the Eastman School
of Music in Rochester, New York.
In Austria, Ms. Puchhammer-Sédillot
has been a guest soloist with the Frauenkammerorchester and has
given recitals in various cities such as Salzburg and Vienna. As
a member of the Wiener Nonett, she has toured Japan, Germany, Italy,
Spain, Switzerland and Austria.
Her numerous musical activities
in Canada do not deter Ms. Puchhammer-Sédillot from returning
home once a year to Austria to give recitals and chamber music concerts
in Vienna and other cities.
She has been invited to be a guest artist with Orchestre Métropolitain,
the Fine Arts Quartet, the Colorado Quartet, Musica Camerata and
the Alcan Quartet. She has played with such renowned artists as
Janos Starker and Lorand Fenyves. Co-founder of the Trio Kegelstatt,
the Quatuor Claudel and the Trio à Cordes de Montréal,
she is now principal viola with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens Orchestra
and the Orchestre Symphonique de Laval.
Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot
is the head of the string department and professor of viola and
chamber music at the University of Montréal and at the Orford
Arts Center. She also is the director and host of the upcoming 34th
International Viola Congress 2006 in Montréal (www.violacongress2006.ca).
Having been a guest at many
international viola congresses, including those held in Seattle
and Austin in the United States, Linköping in Sweden, and Guelph
in Canada, Ms. Puchhammer-Sédillot has been encouraged to
search for new unpublished compositions for viola. Her first CD,
entitled "Alto Romantic Fantasies" (Eclectra ECCD-2060), charms
with wonderful pieces including the Sonata-Fantasia by Philipp Scharwenka
and the Phantasiestücke by Robert Fuchs. Her love for this
repertoire has led Ms. Puchhammer-Sédillot to discover the
enchanting sonata by Ernst Naumann, and the viola sonata by Robert
Fuchs - which according to Ms. Puchhammer-Sédillot is the
most Viennese sonata she has ever encountered. The result of her
efforts is a new compact disc which offers unknown German romantic
sonatas that will captivate every listener with their unique soundcolors
and beauty.
Élise Desjardins
started her training at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal
where she received the highest distinction of "Premier Prix" for
piano and for chamber music. Shortly thereafter, she became the
recipient of many grants to help pursue graduate studies. Following
the Conservatoire, she enrolled at the Indiana School of Music,
obtaining a Master's degree in Music with honors. Teachers of great
influence have been Anisia Campos, Enrica Cavallo-Gulli, Marietta
Orlov, Yuli Turovsky, and Rotislav Dubinsky from the Borodin Trio.
At the Conservatoire, Ms. Desjardins
developed a passion for chamber music while studying with Yuli Turovsky
and, upon returning from Indiana, joined other musicians involved
in the Montréal chamber music scene such as Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot,
Thomas Williams, Richard Roberts, Lise Beauchamp and Michel Bettez.
Ms. Desjardins is frequently sought after as an accompanist for
her unique playing abilities, demonstrating great intensity and
warm sensibility. She is a regular participant in various broadcasts
on the CBC classical radio network.
Ms. Desjardins currently holds
a teaching-coach position at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal,
the McGill University School of Music and the summer academy at
Domaine Forget.
Since 1985, Ms. Puchhammer-Sédillot
and Desjardins have performed together as the Puchhammer-Desjardins
Duo. They can be heard regularly on all Montréal stages,
at summer festivals such as Mont-Tremblant and St. Adèle,
as well as at international viola congresses. These occasions allow
the Duo to share their new treasures discovered while searching
for unknown romantic and post-romantic repertoire. Their interest
is centered on the German and English literature that still hides
many delightful compositions written for the famous violists Lionel
Tertis and William Primrose.
March 19, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
Manhattan School of Music
Jennifer Stumm, Viola
Elizabeth Pridgen, Piano
Telemann - Fantasie No. 5 in A major TWV 40:18
Schumann - Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73
Hindemith - Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 11, No. 4
Faure - Four Songs:
Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8, No.
1
Lydia, Op. 4, No. 2
Notres Amour, Op. 23, No. 2
Toujours, Op 21, No. 2
Rebecca Clarke - Sonata for Viola and Piano
About the Artists:
Jennifer Stumm began playing the viola after
hearing a children's orchestra concert at age eight and has since
been recognized internationally for her passionate commitment to
the instrument and its solo repertoire. In 2005, Ms. Stumm was a
laureate of two major international competitions, winning first
prize of the William Primrose Competition in Utah and second prize
at the International Competition in Geneva. Hailed as "outstanding"
by the Strad, Ms. Stumm's recent performances include appearances
at Alice Tully Hall, New York, St. John's, Smith Square, London
and the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Don Quixote with conductor Yan-Pascal
Tortellier at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and the Sage, Gateshead,
and the Bartok Concerto with the Hamburger Sinfonikern in Berlin
and the L'Orchestre du Chambre, Geneva. She has appeared on the
Rising Stars Series of the Ravinia Festival, Chicago, at the Verbier
Festival, Switzerland, and has been heard on BBC 3, NPR, Dutch and
German National Radios. Upcoming, she will perform at the 2006 International
Viola Congress in Montreal and give recitals in Amsterdam, London,
Denver, and Atlanta among others.
Ms. Stumm is an enthusiastic
chamber musician, devoted to varied collaborations and performing
in festivals worldwide. Her collaborative partners have included
members of the Beaux Arts Trio, Guarneri, Juilliard and Alban Berg
Quartets and the period ensemble L'Archibudelli. She is a member
of the London-based Aronowitz Ensemble which makes its Wigmore Hall
debut this season as well being ensemble in residence at the Aldeburgh
Festival. She participates regularly at the International Musicians
Seminar in Cornwall, having performed in that festival's annual
tour, and spent the last three summers at the Marlboro Music Festival
in Vermont. Other festival appearances include the Kronberg Academy's
Chamber Music Connects the World with Gidon Kremer, the Aldeburgh
Festival, and the Steans Institute at Ravinia.
A native of Atlanta, Ms. Stumm
attended the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she
studied with Karen Tuttle. Concurrent with her musical studies she
also pursued interests in astrophysics and politics at the University
of Pennsylvania. She received the Master of Music degree from the
Juilliard School in New York as a pupil of Samuel Rhodes. Ms. Stumm
bases her career in Europe, where her recent musical mentors have
been the violist Nobuko Imai and cellist Steven Isserlis. She plays
a Mantegazza viola, 1767.
Pianist Elizabeth Pridgen has been described
as an artist with a "big piano presence" (American Record Guide
Jan/Feb 2005). Her recent engagements include concerts at Alice
Tully Hall, the Kosciuszko Foundation, and the DACOR Bacon House
in Washington D.C., as well as solo recitals in Atlanta, Long Island,
and CuraÁao. She has performed with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
and with the Mark Morris Dance Group at Jacob's Pillow. Ms. Pridgen
is an active chamber musician and has performed with esteemed artists
including Hilary Hahn, Lynn Harrell, Robert McDuffie, Mark O'Connor,
and Rachel Barton Pine. She frequently collaborates with members
of the New York Philharmonic and Boston and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras,
and has performed extensively at the Tanglewood Music Festival and
the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival.
Ms. Pridgen earned
a master's degree from the Juilliard School where
she studied with Joseph Kalichstein and held the Howard and Ethel
B. Ross Piano Scholarship. In May 2001, she received her bachelor's
degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music as a student of Ann
Schein. Ms. Pridgen has also attended the International Musicians'
Seminar in Prussia Cove, England, the Conservatoire Americain in
Fountainebleau, France, and the Aspen Music Festival. A native of
Atlanta, Georgia, she currently resides in New York City.
May 8, 2006, 7 p.m.
Advent Lutheran Church (93rd Street and Broadway)
Collegial Concert III
Henri Vieuxtemps - Capriccio for Viola Solo
David Lau, Viola
Recipient of the New York Viola Society's Harold Coletta Memorial
Scholarship for 2006
Otto Luening - Duo for Viola and Flute
Olivia Koppell, Viola
Diva Goodfriend-Koven, Flute
Brahms - Sonata in f minor for Viola and Piano, Op. 120, No. 1
Allegretto grazioso, Vivace
Carmela Federman, Viola
Yi Fang Huang, Piano
Rebecca Clarke - Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale
Rebecca Osborn, Viola
Dean LeBlanc, Clarinet
Alexander Dmitriev - Sonata in Three Movements for Viola and Piano
Sander Strenger, Viola
Alla Borzova, Piano
Atli Heimir Sveinsson - Sonata for Viola (New York Premiere)
Cavatine; Fantasie; Ballade
Junah Chung, Viola
Robert Schumann - Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73
Jun Huang, Viola
Elizabeth Pridgen, Piano
Vincent Persichetti - Parable XVI for Solo Viola, Op.130
Mark Holloway, Viola
Rebecca Clarke - "Morpheus"
Carrie Dreyer, Viola
Soyeon Kim, Piano
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