Author: Emily

“Timeless” is one part of a larger, evolving work for viola and film. The basic elements include a short film of the player’s choosing, accompanied by a pre-recorded track that was performed on viola and 5-string viola and can be remixed as the player wishes, and the five-part viola composition with the parts to be performed in the order the violist chooses.

Violist, composer, and Park City Chamber Music Society founder and Director Leslie Harlow will be performing her work “Timeless” on March 22 as part of the Utah Viola Society’s Viola Day 2014 Solo Recital.

Not only does Leslie direct multiple festivals including Park City Chamber Music Society and Park City Film Music Festival, she is also an artist and maintains a CafePress Shop which features musically themed gift items, including everything for the alto clef lover in your life!
Viola Day 2014 is March 22, 2014 at 4pm at Dumke Recital Hall at the University of Utah.

She plays the viola and she knits beautiful  handmade items! Come to the Utah Viola Society’s Viola Day on March 22, 2014 to hear Dr. Claudine Bigelow spin her musical yarns!

Maybe you’ve played one or several of the 44 Duos by Bela Bartok on a studio recital, or read them with your teacher or your students during lessons, but did you ever stop to wonder what was the history behind the music? Why is  one entitled “Sadness?”  What’s a “Mosquito Dance?” Was this a folk song? What did it sound like when Bartok heard it? How did he collect the original folk songs?

Find out the answers to all your questions when BYU Professor Dr. Claudine Bigelow presents Voices from the Past: Béla Bartók’s 44 Duos as part of Viola Day 2014! Join her at 4pm at the Dumke Recital Hall at the University of Utah to hear her presentation on the Bartok Duos, and then celebrate the release of her CD Voices from the Past with her at 5pm. This CD is the first time that all 44 Duos have been recorded on the viola, and represents the culmination of a tremendous amount of research from both Dr. Bigelow and her duo partner Dr. Donald Maurice. Read more about the project and about Claudine Bigelow here.

If you’d like to purchase her CD, she will have them for sale at Viola Day, and you can also purchase directly from BYU Music Store.

Utah Viola Society’s Viola Day 2014 is March 22, 2014 starting at 4 pm at Dumke Recital Hall.

(P.S    Look at the beautiful knitted items!!!)

Tatjana Mead Chamis will return to Utah in March to give a recital at the University of Utah.
Her recital will be a scholarship benefit concert in honor of former Utah Symphony violist and Adjunct Professor of viola and chamber music at University of Utah.
Sunday, March 9, 2014.
7pm at Libby Gardner Hall

For more information: http://music.utah.edu/featured/tatjana.php

Additionally, she will also be giving a masterclass at BYU on Tuesday March 4, 5:00-7:00.

Hope to see you there!

Dear Colleagues,
Please plan to attend Viola Day!!!!2014 on Saturday, March 22! All performances will be held at Dumke Recital Hall, University of Utah. Registration will be at the door, we are asking for a $5 fee. Students under 18 are encouraged to attend at no cost. In a separate email I will include a poster – please print and post wherever you can, and forward it to those you think would enjoy the event. We need your help in getting the word out. Encourage your students, friends, and family to come, let’s invite everyone into our “Viola Society”! Here is a schedule of events:

We will start at 3:00 with a meeting, please come early and be a part of this. Because of our change of relationship with the AVS, there is a certain amount of reorganizing that needs to be done. I think we have some good ideas, but in order to have a society which can serve and inspire our members, we need input from each one of you.

At 4:00 Dr. Claudine Bigelow will be presenting her fascinating project on Bela Bartok and his 44 duos. She has been able to use Bartok’s own historic field recordings, pairing Bartok’s compositions with their inspiration from folk sources. The presentation will include live performances with the aid Utah Symphony violist Julie Edwards.

Claudine has produced a CD from this project, and at 5:00 we will host a CD release party and pizza dinner for all attendees. This is our chance to all get together – it should be a lot of fun, and a good chance to support a worthwhile creative endeavor!

The Utah Viola Society Recital will begin at 6:00, featuring solo and sonata performances from many of your friends and colleagues. This will be a full-length recital with intermission. Afterward, we will take a short break and finish with the Viola Ensemble Concert, with groups from the Utah Symphony Viola Section, Chamber Orchestra Ogden, and the several of the area universities.

Hope to see you all there,
Brad

Bradley Ottesen
Violist, Fry Street Quartet
Faculty, Caine College of the Arts
Utah State University

The Tim Deighton Masterclass looks like it was a ton of fun, and I am so sorry I had to miss it! Thanks to Claudine Bigelow for making all the arrangements and for hosting! Here are some pictures in case you missed them on Facebook!-Julie