2009 Performances
February 9, 2009
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham-Southern College
Hulsey Hall at the Welcome Center
7:30 P.M.
Chamber Music of Scott Eggert
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Osiris Molina, clarinet
Dennis Parker, cello
Violinist Karen Bentley Pollick and Louisiana State University cellist Dennis Parker will reprise Scott Eggert’s trio Six Wooden Blocks with University of Alabama clarinetist Osiris Molina. Inspired by a poem of Sally McNall, Six Wooden Blocks was premiered at Lebanon Valley College and Pennsylvania State in February 2008. Artist Dan Massad’s response to the poem will also be on exhibit. The string duo has performed Eggert’s ragtime and tango infused Dance Card throughout the Czech Republic during their appearances at the 2007 and 2008 American Spring Festivals and will premiere a new duo entitled Songbook on this occasion.
Six Wooden Blocks for violin, clarinet, and cello
Songbook for violin and cello (world premiere)
Dance Card for violin and cello
Go! for violin, clarinet, and cello
February 17, 2009
Birmingham, Alabama
Hess-Abroms Recital Hall
Alabama School of Fine Arts
7:00 P.M.
The Birmingham Art Music Alliance presents Strings, Piano and Winds in a program of works by area composers
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Julia Sakharova, violin
Michael Fernandez, viola
Kathryn Fouse, piano
Craig Hultgren, cello
Tariq Masri, bassoon
The Amion Quartet
James A. Jensen: Whitman Sampler (2009) World Premiere
James A. Jensen: Bare ruin’d choirs for solo cello
Emily Fencher: The Singer’s Bane
Andrew Rindfleisch: Quiet Music for solo cello
Paul Clem: Violin and Bassoon
Matthew Scott Phillips: Fate for violin and viola (2009) World Premiere
Brian C. Moon: String Quartet No. 2
Visit artmusic.org for more information
March 9, 2009
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham-Southern College
Hill Recital Hall
7:30 P.M.
World Premiere of Sam Adams’s Aves Nostradamus
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Lisa Moore, piano
Australian pianist Lisa Moore returns to Birmingham-Southern College for a recital of avian inspired duos for violin and piano with violinist Karen Bentley Pollick. The duo will perform Bird as Prophet by Yale composer Martin Bresnick and offer the World Premiere of Aves Nostradamus by young California composer Sam Adams. Other repertoire will include Road Movies by Pulitzer Prize winner John Adams, Elapsed Time by Paul Dresher, and Sonata for Violin and Piano by Leoš Janáček.
Martin Bresnick: Bird as Prophet
John Adams: Road Movies
Paul Dresher: Elapsed Time
Sam Adams: Aves Nostradamus
Leoš Janáček: Sonata for violin and piano
Pre concert publicity in Birmingham News
Read the Review in Birmingham News
Birmingham, Alabama
Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham
4300 Hampton Heights Drive
3:00 P.M.
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin and viola
Meagan Langford, clarinet
Adam Bowles, piano
Aram Khachaturian: Trio for clarinet, violin and piano (1932)
Robert Boury: Two Blues – Mother of Pearl, A Tristan Two-Step
Jan Vicar: Uspavanky (Lullabies)
Brian Moon: La Chose Verte
John Halle: Rozology
Ole Saxe: Tango Orientale for viola and piano
Fullerton, California
California State Fullerton School of Music
Meng Hall, 800 N. State College Blvd.
8:00 P.M.
Paul Dresher Ensemble, electric guitar, percussion, electronics and guests
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Lisa Moore, piano
Joel Davel, percussion
Paul Dresher, quadrachord
Elapsed Time for violin and piano
Double Ikat for violin, piano and percussion
In the Nameless for quadrachord and percussion
New York, New York
Tenri Cultural Institute
43 West 13th Street, #3A
8:00 P.M.
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Lisa Moore, piano
Martin Bresnick: Bird as Prophet
Don Byron: Seven Etudes for piano
March 27, 2009
New York, New York
Klavierhaus
211 West 58th Street
8:00 P.M.
Prophet Birds: Avian Inspired Duets
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Lisa Moore, piano
Violinist Karen Bentley Pollick teams up with Australian pianist Lisa Moore for a recital of avian inspired duos for violin and piano. The duo will perform Bird as Prophet by Yale composer Martin Bresnick and offer the New York premiere of Aves Nostradamus by young California composer Sam Adams. Other repertoire will include Road Movies by Pulitzer Prize winner John Adams, Elapsed Time by Paul Dresher, and Sonata for Violin and Piano by Leoš Janáček.
Martin Bresnick: Bird as Prophet
John Adams: Road Movies
Paul Dresher: Elapsed Time
Sam Adams: Aves Nostradamus (New York premiere)
Leoš Janáček: Sonata for violin and piano
Read the Review in Monotonous Forest
Read a Blogpost by Timothy Andres: Baby Bird 3/29/09
April 6, 2009
New York, New York
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
7:30 P.M.
Gary Levinson, violin
Karen Bentley Pollick, viola
Victoria Bond: Woven for violin and viola
April 10, 2009
Atlanta, Georgia
Emory University
Michael C. Carlos Museum
12 noon
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Charae Krueger, cello
William Ransom, piano
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story Suite
Dan Tepfer: Solo Blues for violin and piano
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor
Read the Review from Emorywheel.com
May 2, 2009
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham-Southern College Theatre
7:00 P.M.
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin and viola
John Scalici, percussion
Teri Weksler, choreographer
Roger Fleteren, dancer
Mary Margaret Scalici, dancer
Premiere of new a collaborative work of original choreography and musical composition as the culmination of an Interdisciplinary Grant to Individual Artists from the Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham.
August 28, 2009
Nashville, Tennessee
BB Kings
7 P.M. to 1 A.M.
2009 Just Plain Folks Nominee Showcase
Dan Tepfer: Solo Blues for violin and piano
August 29, 2009
Nashville, Tennessee
Wild Horse Saloon
5-11 P.M.
Just Plain Folks Music Awards Show
Just Plain Folks Eclectic Ensemble
Danny Ellis
Birmingham, Alabama
Vulcan Park and Museum
1701 Valley View Drive
11:45 A.M.
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Grant Dalton, percussion
Roger van Fleteren choreographer
Phillip Ratliff, composer
Vulcanalia
A ballet in one act for violinist, percussionist and five dancers for Vulcan Park and Museum
San Francisco, California
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Montclair, New Jersey
Montclair State University
Normal Avenue at Valley Road
Peak Performances
Other Suns
With live music performed by The Paul Dresher Ensemble
In her 35-year career, Margaret Jenkins has created a body of work that is physically demanding, intellectually rigorous, and always imbued with interpretations about the human character. Other Suns is a trilogy of dances created by Jenkins and her Company in a cross-cultural collaboration with the Guangdong Modern Dance Company of Guangzhou, China and its executive artistic director, Liu Qi.
Created over the past two years in both the U.S. and China, the trilogy features music by composers Paul Dresher and Bun Ching-Lam, visual design by Alexander V. Nichols and costumes by Laura Hazlett and Vivi Zhang.
Investigations of symmetry and asymmetry in both cultures reveal many balances and imbalances in our world–Other Suns examines that fragile place. With athleticism, technical acuity and nuance, the dancers from the MJDC and the GMDC create a highly charged landscape that transcends national and cultural borders.
East Coast Reviews
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham-Southern College
Hill Recital Hall, 7:30 P.M.
Violapalooza
Karen Bentley Pollick, viola
Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra
Ole Saxe: Daladans for viola and orchestra (world premiere)
Ole Saxe: Tango Orientale for viola and orchestra
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham-Southern College Theatre
November 17-21, 7:30 P.M.
November 22, 2:30 P.M.
Striking 12: The Musical with 6 Piece Band
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Michael Flowers, director