February 12, 2008

Birmingham, Alabama
Hulsey Recital Hall
University of Alabama at Birmingham
7:30 P.M.

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Adam Bowles, piano
Avi Friedlander, cello
Paul Mosteller, baritone

Works by Michael Angell
Prig & the Pig for violin and piano
Songs on Wrongful Death (world premiere)

February 15, 2008

Birmingham, Alabama
Hill Recital Hall
Birmingham Southern College
7:30 P.M.

Music of Martin Bresnick

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Lisa Moore, piano

Bird as Prophet

Besides having received The Rome Prize, The Berlin Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Koussevitzky Commission, among many others, Martin Bresnick is also recognized as an influential teacher of composition and teaches at the Yale School of Music.

Described by The New York Times as “lustrous at the keyboard, and at once engaging and challenging” and as a “phenomenal pianist” in The Village Voice, Australian Lisa Moore enjoys one of the most diverse musical careers experienced by pianists today.

Review in the Birmingham News

February 20, 2008

Jacksonville, Alabama
Mason Hall
Jacksonville State University
7:30 P.M.

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin and other members of the BAMA players

Technology Enhanced Concert featuring acoustic and electronic instruments with video accompaniment

February 23, 2008

Annville, Pennsylvania
Zimmerman Recital Hall, Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery
Lebanon Valley College
7:30 P.M.

February 24, 2008

State College, Pennsylvania
Palmer Museum of Art
in conjunction with the G. Daniel Massad: Loading the Work exhibition
Penn State University
2:00 P.M.

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin

Justin O’Dell, clarinet

Dennis Parker, cello

Music of Scott Eggert

Six Wooden Blocks for violin, clarinet, and cello (world premiere)

Uccello for solo cello

Dance Card for violin and cello

Go! for volin, clarinet, and cello (world premiere)

March 4, 2008

Birmingham, Alabama
Reynolds/Kirschbaum Recital Hall
University of Alabama at Birmingham
7:00 P.M

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Adam Bowles, piano
Avi Friedlander, cello
Paul Mosteller, baritone
Birmingham Southern College Concert Choir, Lester Seigel, Conductor

Michael Angell: Songs on Wrongful Death
Jan Vicar: The Sun is Going Down for female choir and violin

March 12, 14, & 15, 2008

San Francisco, California
Theater Artaud
8:00 P.M.

Paul Dresher Electro-Acoustic Band
Paul Dresher: The Tyrant

Review from San Francisco Chronicle

April 11, 2008

Atlanta, Georgia
Emory University
Schwartz Center
1700 North Decatur Road
12:00 Noon

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
William Ransom, piano

Edvard Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45
Bach: Violin Sonata in E major, BWV 1016

April 12-18, 2008

Czech Republic
April 12, 7 P.M. in Domanín– Dělnický dům
April 14, 7 P.M. in Brno – Konvent
April 15, 7 P.M. in Kyjov – Divadelní sál
April 16, 6 P.M. in Kolín – Židovská synagoga
April 17, 7:30 P.M. in Rakovník – Rabasova galerie, Heroldova síň
April 18, 7 P.M. in Plzeň – Masné krámy

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Dennis Parker, cello

J.S. Bach: Suite in C minor for solo cello
Viktor Kalabis: Duo for violin and cello
Erwin Schulhoff: Duo for violin and cello
J.S. Bach: Sonata in G minor for solo violin
Jan Vicar: Homage to Fiddlers
Scott Eggert: Dance Card for violin and cello

May 4, 2008

Birmingham, Alabama
Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham
4300 Hampton Heights Drive
3:00 P.M.

May 5-9, 2008

Birmingham, Alabama
Vulcan Park and Museum
1701 Valley View Drive
12:00 P.M.

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Grant Dalton, percussion

Christian Woehr: Djembach: Suite for solo violin & percussion (1997)
Elliott Carter: March for solo timpani (1950) and Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi for solo violin (1984)
David Jaffe: Impossible Animals (1989 version for volin and synthetic voices)
Ole Saxe: Salsa for Karen for violin and percussion (1998)
Unto Mononen: Satumaa: Finnish Tango (Fairytale Land, 1955)
Odd Bakkerud: Fanitullen for Norwegian hardangerfele, Poem by Jorgen Moe
Ervin T. Rouse: Orange Blossom Special (1936)
Dan Tepfer: Solo Blues for violin and piano

Review in the Birmingham News

May 16, 2008

Palo Alto, California
Stanford University
CCRMA Ballroom

Paul Dresher Electro-Acoustic Band
Samuel Carl Adams: Mirror (World Premiere)

September 13, 2008

Kansas City, Missouri
University of Missouri
UMKC Performing Arts Center
4949 Cherry St.
7:30 P.M.

Signature Series: Paul Dresher Ensemble

Paul Dresher: Chorale Times Two and Din of Iniquity
Paul Dresher: Double Ikat
James Mobberley: FUSEBOX
Ingram Marshall: In Deserto: Black Rock

September 15, 2008

Guerneville, California
Russian River Performing Arts Center
16375 Fourth Street (at Mill)
7 P.M.

Jorge Sosa: Capricho para violin solo (2003)
Dan Tepfer: Solo Blues for violin and piano (2007)
David Jaffe: Impossible Animals (1989 version for Violin and Synthetic Voices)

September 19-20, 2008

San Francisco, California
Project Artaud Theater
450 Florida Street
8 P.M.

Paul Dresher Ensemble

Featuring the premiere of commissioned works from the two amazingly-talented young composers, Gyan Riley and Sam Adams (both the sons of very well-known and influential composers), a new commission from multi-talented Bay Area composer/guitarist John Schott, and the Seventh Avenue String Quartet performing the concert music premiere of Dreshers quartet, Time Passes, a work first heard in Dreshers acclaimed score for the Berkeley Repertory Theaters production of Adele Shanks adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse. Also on the program is the return of Ingram Marshalls atmospheric In Deserto (BlackRock), and Dreshers Double Ikat, a lyrical and luscious trio for violin, piano and percussion, a score with deep roots in the music of Indonesia and India.

Review on SFGate by Leah Garchik

September 21, 2008

Guerneville, California
Russian River Performing Arts Center
16375 Fourth Street (at Mill)
6:45 P.M. Open Dress Rehearsal
8:15 P.M. Formal Performance

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons with Karen Bentley Polllick, violin & Jonathan Salzedo, harpsichord
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Piano Concerto with Seth Montfort, piano; Gabriel Sakakeeny, conductor

November 6, 2008

Pell city, Alabama
Pell city Center
25 Williamson Dr.
1:00 P.M.

A free program for junior- and high-school students in the Pell City area
David Jaffe: Impossible Animals

November 23, 2008

New Roads, Louisiana
Julien Poydras Museum & Art Center
500 West Main Street
3:00 P.M.

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin

Dennis Parker, cello

Viktor Kalabis: Duo for violin and cello

Erwin Schulhoff: Duo for violin and cello

Jan Vicar: Homage to Fiddlers

Scott Eggert: Dance Card for violin and cello

December 20, 2008

Highlands, North Carolina
Highlands Performing Arts Center
507 Chestnut Street
5:00 P.M.

Father Christmas Favorite Chamber Music

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin

David Hancock, cello

William Ransom, piano

Santa Claus will be on hand to introduce with interesting and witty remarks some of his favorite works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bernstein and others for violin, cello and piano. And good listeners will receive a treat from Father Christmas on the way out. As a benefit for the Highlands Emergency Council, this will be a perfect way to celebrate the season with incredible performances of some of the world’s greatest music while helping those in need.