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

TransBAMAgiNations

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Ivan Sokolov, piano

www.artmusic.org

The idea for a duo collaboration with pianist/composer Ivan Sokolov was sparked after reading violin and piano sonatas at the Seattle home of Elena Dubinets, a Russian musicologist who had invited each of us to perform with the Seattle Chamber Players as guests in their 2004 Icebreaker II: Baltic Voices, an international conference of contemporary music from the countries of the Baltic Sea. We played through the Shostakovich Viola Sonata, which was inspired in mood and motif by Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and is permeated by autobiographical quotations from his own symphonies. Vanya then exclaimed that he would like to compose his own Solnechnaya (Sunlight) Sonata for violin and piano that we would premiere in a duo recital during the upcoming season at Birmingham-Southern College. We contacted Charles Mason and Dorothy Hindman to request a duo composed by each of them and were midstream in our planning when Dr. Mason was awarded the 2005 Samuel Barber Rome Prize in Music Composition. The triple duo project was then relocated to Seattle where the Washington Composers Forum presented the TransMagiNations program and then onto Rome where we performed at Villa Aurelia at the American Academy in May 2006 as the culmination of their year in Rome. The current program was augmented from a call for scores in October 2006 by BAMA (Birmingham Art Music Alliance) composers and we are at long last bringing the project back home to Alabama under the title TransBAMAgiNations

Ivan Sokolov has performed as a soloist throughout the former Soviet Union and Europe. He is a regular participant in contemporary music festivals in Russia and abroad, including at the Alternativa, Moscow Autumn, December Nights festivals, the Schleswig-Holstein festival, Almeida Festival London, the Copenhagen Culture festival and others.

“Sokolov, born and trained in Russia, played…with
enormous speed, brio and variety.”
— Seattle Post-Intelligencer

• Michael Angell: Prig & the Pig (world premiere)
• Charles Norman Mason: Incantesimi
• Dorothy Hindman: centro
• Ivan Sokolov: Solnechnaya (Sunlight) Sonata for Violin and Piano
• Robert Boury: Two Blues (world premiere)
• Jan Vicar: Uspavanky (Lullabies) (world premiere)

Palo Alto, California
Stanford Hospital Atrium
12:30 P.M.

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Dmitriy Cogan, piano

• Brahms: Violin Concerto
• Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
with Redwood Symphony

• Brahms: Violin Concerto

May 6 in Pilsen
May 7 in Snezne
May 8 in N. Mesto
May 11 at Zbiroh Castle
May 13 in Pisek

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Dennis Parker, cello

May 7, 8, and 13

• Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello
• Vicar: Homage to Fiddlers
• Eggert: Dance Card for Violin and Cello
• Schulhoff: Duo for Violin and Cello
• Vicar: Lullabies for Violin and Piano

May 11

• Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and (Viola) Cello, K.364
• Williams: Scherzo alla Marcia, from Symphony No. 8
• Dvorak: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments, Op. 44

With the Wind Ensemble of the Prague Castle Guard
and Czech Police Band
Vaclav Blahunek – Conductor

Berkeley, California
8 P.M. Thursday and Saturday
Zellerbach HallBerkeley Edge FestPaul Dresher Electro-Acoustic Band
John Duykers, tenor

• Paul Dresher: The Tyrant

See the Edge Fest web site for more information

Mill Valley, California
7:30 P.M. FridayPrivate House Concert

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Ian Dogole, percussionViolinist/violist Karen Bentley Pollick and multipercussionist Ian Dogole possess a far-reaching musical vision, traversing the realms of Bach, Bartók and Brahms, segueing seamlessly into free improvisation, morphing into Finnish tango and then onto Corea, Gershwin and Monk by way of a Danish salsa. Never constrained by preexisting formulas, their musical adventures transport listeners to previously uncharted musical landscapes. It’s an aural/visual feast for the senses. Join us in the intimate setting of a Mill Valley living room with exquisite views for an evening of spirited and ever-shifting musical dialogues. Limited seating, so please call to make reservations.

Amelia Island
11 A.M.
Historic Nassau County CourthouseCoffee Concert with Richard StolzmanRichard Stolzman, clarinet
Vega String Quartet
William Ransom, pianoProgram includes works by
Gershwin, Wolf, Puccini, Weber and Schulman
written or arranged for clarinet

See www.aicmf.com/festival.htm for more information

Highlands/Cashiers, North Carolina

Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival7 P.M. Friday, July 27
Highlands
and
5 P.M. Saturday, July 28
CashiersWilliam Preucil and Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Miles Hoffman and Paul Murphy, viola
Christopher Rex, cello
William Ransom, piano

• Saint Saéns: Sonata for Violin and Piano
• Dvorak: Viola Quintet in E-flat

5 P.M. Sunday, July 29
Highlands
and
7 P.M. Monday, July 30
Cashiers

Charae Kreuger and Christopher Rex, cello
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin, viola, and hardangerfele
Philip Thomson, piano
Garfield Lemonius and Glenda Norcross, dancers

• Bach: Cello Suite
• Chopin: Grand Polonaise for Cello and Piano
• Liszt: Mephisto Waltz for Piano
• Piazzolla: Tangos for Piano Trio
• John Halle: Rozology for Violin and Piano
• Ole Saxe: Tango Orientale for Viola and Piano
• Odd Bakkerud: Fanitullen for Norwegian hardangerfele

See http://h-cmusicfestival.org for more information

Birmingham, Alabama
7 P.M.
Birmingham International Center Atrium
1910 Third Avenue NorthJust Plain Folks Southeastern Roadtrip ShowcaseSee www.jpfolks.com for more information

Birmingham, Alabama
7 P.M.
Alys Stephens Center
1200 10th Ave. S.Theresa H. and James Bruno Magic City Chamber Music FestivalYakov Kasman, piano
Denise Gainey, clarinet
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Michael Fernandez, viola
Charae Krueger, cello

• Manuel Ponce: String Trio
• Béla Bartók: Contrasts
• Robert Schumann: Quartet for Piano and Strings in E flat Major, Opus 47

See the Magic City Chamber Music Festival web site for more information

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

Works by Ivan Sokolov

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Dennis Parker, cello

“Sokolov, born and trained in Russia, played…with
enormous speed, brio and variety.”
— Seattle Post-Intelligencer

• Solnechnaya (Sunlight) Sonata for Violin and Piano (2005)
• Sonata for Viola and Piano (2006)
• Sonata for Cello and Piano (2002)
• Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano (2000)

The three sonatas are cyclical and share a similar theme.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
5:00 P.M.
Westervelt Warner Museum
8316 Mountbatten Road NE

Works by Ivan Sokolov

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Dennis Parker, cello

“Sokolov, born and trained in Russia, played…with
enormous speed, brio and variety.”
— Seattle Post-Intelligencer

• Solnechnaya (Sunlight) Sonata for Violin and Piano (2005)
• Sonata for Viola and Piano (2006)
• Sonata for Cello and Piano (2002)
• Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano (2000)

The three sonatas are cyclical and share a similar theme.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
12 Noon
Frank Moody Music Building
810 2nd Avenue

Convocation–Seeing Through Sound
works by Ivan Sokolov

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Dennis Parker, cello

“Sokolov, born and trained in Russia, played…with
enormous speed, brio and variety.”
— Seattle Post-Intelligencer

For information, call 205-348-7111

Baton Rouge, Louisiana
School of Music Recital Hall
Louisiana State University
8:00 P.M.

Works by Ivan Sokolov

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Dennis Parker, cello

“Sokolov, born and trained in Russia, played…with
enormous speed, brio and variety.”
— Seattle Post-Intelligencer

• Solnechnaya (Sunlight) Sonata for Violin and Piano (2005)
• Sonata for Viola and Piano (2006)
• Sonata for Cello and Piano (2002)
• Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano (2000)

The three sonatas are cyclical and share a similar theme.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana
School of Music Recital Hall
Louisiana State University
8:00 P.M.

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Dennis Parker, cello

• Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello
• Vicar: Homage to Fiddlers
• Eggert: Dance Card for Violin and Cello
• Schulhoff: Duo for Violin and Cello
• Vicar: Lullabies for Violin and Piano
• Dorothy Hindman: Monumenti

Birmingham, Alabama
Brock Recital Hall
Samford University
7:30 P.M.

Mason/Robertson Award Recognition

• Hradcanska for flute, violin, cello and piano
• Oh What a Beautiful Morning! for string quartet
• Three Legged Race for piano trio
• Incantesimi for violin and piano

Birmingham, Alabama
Pearson Auditorium
Miles College
2:00 P.M.

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Adam Bowles, piano

• Charles Mason: Incantesimi
• Robert Boury: Two Blues
• John Halle: Rozology
• Ole Saxe: Tango Orientale for Viola and Piano
• Phillip Ratliff: Duo for Viola and Piano (World Premiere)

 

A concert of homegrown contemporary music featuring a world premiere for viola and piano by Miles College professor of composition Phillip Ratliff.

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

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Paul Bowman, guitar

• Monroe Golden: Ten Strings for violin and guitar
• Mary Elizabeth Neal: Duo for Violin and Guitar
• Matthew Scott Phillips: Fate for violin and guitar

Carbondale, Colorado
Steve’s Guitars
19 N. 4th
8 P.M.FEAST
Karen Bentley Pollick, violinFEAST has created a completely new sound in music. Combining rigorous classical training with the timeless melodies andy rhythms of the great Irish, Spanish, and American musical traditions, as well as Classical music, their concerts are greeted with wild enthusiasm and standing ovations. FEAST offers a program of delightful variety: brilliant and soulful group numbers are interspersed with soulful duos, solos and trios. The emotional palette ranges from tear-jerking versions of “Danny Boy” to humorous versions of classic songs, and all-out rockin’ versions of hot fiddle tunes. The result is a stunning and unforgettable musical banquet.970-963-3304

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

• Michael Angell: Prig & the Pig
• Michael Angell: Songs on Wrongful Death (world premiere)

Birmingham, Alabama
Hill Recital Hall
Birmingham Southern College
7:30 P.M.Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Lisa Moore, pianoMusic of Martin BresnickBesides 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.

Jacksonville, Alabama
Mason Hall
Jacksonville State University
7:30 P.M.Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
and other members of the BAMA playersTechnology Enhanced Concert
featuring acoustic and electronic instruments with video accompaniment

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

Music of Scott Eggert

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Justin O’Dell, clarinet
Dennis Parker, cello

• Six Wooden Blocks for Violin, Clarinet, and Cello (world premiere)
• Uccello for Solo Cello
• Dance Card for Violin and Cello
• Go! for Violin, Clarinet, and Cello (world premiere)

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.Music of Scott Eggert

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Justin O’Dell, clarinet
Dennis Parker, cello

• Six Wooden Blocks for Violin, Clarinet, and Cello (world premiere)
• Uccello for Solo Cello
• Dance Card for Violin and Cello
• Go! for Violin, Clarinet, and Cello (world premiere)

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

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

Birmingham Southern College Concert Choir
Lester Seigel, conductor

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

San Francisco, California
Theater Artaud
8:00 P.M.Paul Dresher Electro-Acoustic Band

• Paul Dresher: The Tyrant

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

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: Suita C-major for solo cello
• Viktor Kalabis: Duo for violin and cello
• Edwin Schulhoff: Duo for violin and cello
• J.S. Bach Sonata G-minor for solo violin
• Jan Vicar: Hommage to Fiddlers
• Scott Eggert: Dance Card for violin and cello

Birmingham, Alabama
Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham
4300 Hampton Heights Drive
3:00 P.M.andMay 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 Violin 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)
• May 4 only – Dan Tepfer: Solo Blues for Violin and Piano

More info from The Birmingham News

Palo Alto, California
Stanford University
CCRMA Ballroom

Paul Dresher Ensemble

• Sam Adams: Mirror (World Premiere)

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

Signature Series: Paul Dresher Ensemble

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

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)

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

Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band

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

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 Jonathan Salzedo, harpsichord
•  Rimsky-Korsakoff: Piano Concerto, with Seth Montfort, piano,
  Gabriel Sakakeeny, conductor

Tickets:
$10 Open rehearsal
$20 ($15 in advance) Formal performance

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

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: Hommage to Fiddlers
• Scott Eggert: Dance Card for violin and cello

225-638-9792 or 225-638-3800

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

Father Christmas Favorite Chamber Music

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
David Hancock, cello
Williams 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.

See the web site for tickets and more information.

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 trioSix 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

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: A new piano composition (to be announced)
• James A. Jensen: Bare ruin’d choirs for solo cello
• Emily Fencher: The Singer’s Bane
• Andrew Rindfleisch: Quite Music for solo cello
• Paul Clem: Violin and Bassoon
• Matthew Scott Phillips: A duet for violin and viola (to be announced)
• Brian C. Moon: String Quartet No. 2

Tickets: Adults $6; Students & Seniors $3
Free admission for students of the Alabama School of Fine Arts
Call 205-602-3871 or visit artmusic.org for more information

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

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 Choral Times Two

More information is available here.

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

More information is available here.

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

Friday, 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

New York, New York
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
7:30 P.M.

Cutting Edge Concerts

Gary Levinson, violin
Karen Bentley Pollick, viola

• Victoria Bond: Woven for violin and viola

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

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, dancerRead the full press releasePremiere 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.

Tickets available at the door only, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Nashville, Tennessee
BB Kings
7 P.M. to 1 A.M.2009 Just Plain Folks Nominee ShowcaseKaren Bentley Pollick, violin

• Dan Tepfer: Solo Blues for Violin and Piano

Nashville, Tennessee
Wild Horse Saloon
5-11 P.M.Just Plain Folks Music Awards Show

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, composerVulcanalia
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 EnsembleIn 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.

Birmingham, Alabama
Birhimgham-Southern College
Hill Recital Hall, 7:30 P.M.
ViolapaloozaKaren 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
Birhimgham-Southern College Theatre
November 17-21, 7:30 P.M.
November 22, 2:30 P.M.
Striking 12: The Musical with 6 Piece BandKaren Bentley Pollick, violin
Michael Flowers, director
Cast album on Amazon

College Station, Texas
Texas A&M UniversityPaul Dresher Ensemble QuartetKaren 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

See more information about this performance here

See here for ticket information

New York, New York
Klavierhaus
211 West 58th Street<amberwood> LiveKaren Bentley Pollick, violin
Ivan Sokolov, piano

• Ivan Sokolov: Solnechnaya Sonata
• Sokolov: Viola Sonata
• Jan Vicar: Uspávanky (Lullabies)
• Ole Saxe: Tango Orientale
• Sergei Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives
• Ivan Sokolov: In the heaven
• Dan Tepfer: Solo Blues for Violin and Piano

Suggested donation: $15
212-245-4535

Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham-Museum of Art
2000 Eighth Avenue North
6:00 P.M.
Solo Violin with Alternating CurrentsKaren Bentley Pollick, violin & pianoCharles Norman Mason, Technical Director

• Michael Angell: Capital Spheres (world premiere)
• Dorothy Hindman: Fantasia for Karen Alone (world premiere)
• Charles Norman Mason: Metaman (world premiere)
• Brian Moon: Duetto con Bobik (world premiere)
• David Jaffe: Impossible Animals
• Zack Browning: Sole Injection
• Dan Tepfer: Solo Blues for Violin and Piano
• Alex Shapiro: Vista

This program has been made possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Admission to the concert is free and open to the public.

Seattle, Washington
The Chapel at Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Avenue North
8:00 P.M.
Solo Violin with Alternating CurrentsKaren Bentley Pollick, violin & piano

• Michael Angell: Capital Spheres
• Dorothy Hindman: Fantasia for Karen Alone
• Charles Norman Mason: Metaman
• Brian Moon: Duetto con Bobik
• David Jaffe: Impossible Animals
• Zack Browning: Sole Injection
• Dan Tepfer: Solo Blues for Violin and Piano
• Alex Shapiro: Vista

This program has been made possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

$5 to $15 sliding scale at the door (cash or check only)
Web: waywardmusic.blogspot.com
Email: gscchapel@gmail.com
Phone: 206-789-1939

Birmingham,Alabama
Birhimgham-Southern College Theatre
Hill Recital Hall
2:30 P.M.
Homage to RSCHKaren Bentley Pollick, violin and viola
Lucerne DeSa, pianistIn celebration of the 200th year of Robert Schumann’s birth, Karen Bentley Pollick teams up with BSC pianist Lucerne DeSa in a recital of duos by Schumann and his circle of friends and muses. Robert Schumann’s epic Sonata No. 2 in D minor for Violin and Piano anchors the program along with his Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano. The FAE Sonata is a musical tribute to the renowned Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim and is comprised of movements composed by Albert Dietrich, Johannes Brahms and Schumann. The performance concludes with a pair of delightful Romances by Clara and Robert Schumann.

Vulcan Park and Museum
1701 Valley View Drive
11:30 A.M.
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Grant Dalton, percussion
Roger van Fleteren choreographer
Phillip Ratliff, composerVulcanalia
A ballet in one act for violinist, percussionist and five dancers
for Vulcan Park and Museum

Birmingham, Alabama
Unitarian Church of Birmingham
4300 Hampton Heights Drive
4:00 P.M.
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin and viola
Julia Sakharova, violin

• Jean Marie Leclair: Duo in E minor
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 1 in B minor
• Henryk Wieniawski: Etudes Caprices No. 1 in G minor, No. 4 in A minor
• Jeremy Cohen: Tango Eight
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Duo No. 2 in B-flat major
• Ivan Sokolov: Elegie for Solo Viola
• Benedikt Brydern: Bebop for Beagles
• Marc O’Connor: F.C.’s Jig

Birmingham, Alabama
Samford University
Harrison Theatre
7:30 P.M. May 22
2:30 P.M. May 23
Southern Danceworks presents Spring DancesThe performance will include the world premiere of Quips and Cranks, which blends viola, violin, and a variety of percussion instruments along with the use of electronics in a dynamic score performed onstage with dancers.Tickets: $20 adult, $15 senior, $10 students
205-726-2853

San Francisco, California
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street
8:00 P.M. June 4
4:00 P.M. June 6
The Paul Dresher Ensemble Double DuoKaren Bentley Pollick, violin
Lisa Moore, piano, electric keyboard
Joel Davel, percussion, marimba lumina
Paul Dresher, quadrachord & electric guitarThe Bay Area debut of the Dresher Ensemble’s newest chamber music grouping–the Double Duo–features a program of challenging and exciting contemporary acoustic, electro-acoustic and invented instrument compositions by Paul Dresher, Sam Adams, and Martin Bresnick. The Double Duo features Dresher performing on electric guitar and his remarkable 15 foot-long invented stringed instrument, the Quadrachord, long-time Ensemble percussionist Joel Davel on the miraculous Marimba Lumina, virtuoso violinist Karen Bentley Pollick and pianist Lisa Moore, the noted contemporary music soloist and founding and long-time member of the Bang on A Can All Stars. Performing in various combinations of duo, trio and quartet, the Double Duo’s repertory highlights very recent works by Martin Bresnick (Bird As Prophet) and Sam Adams (John Adams’ very talented young son) composed specifically for Bentley Pollick and Moore, Dresher and Davel, performing their invented instrument duo Glimpsed From Afar (recently performed twice with the Los Angeles Philharmonic) as well long-time favorite Dresher compositions such as the trio Double Ikat, the duo Elapsed Time and a new quartet version of Chorale Times Two.

Tickets available here. Phone 415-474-1608
$17 General admission; $14 seniors & students

Birmingham, Alabama

Pepper Place

2901 2nd Avenue. South

9:00 P.M.The Improvisor FestivalKaren Bentley Pollick, violin and viola
John Scalici, Percussion
Sharrif Simmons, Spoken Word (myspace link)

Birmingham, Alabama
Vulcan Park and Museum
1701 Valley View Drive
11:30 A.M.Vulcanalia
A ballet in one act for violinist, percussionist and five dancers for Vulcan Park and MuseumKaren Bentley Pollick, violin
Grant Dalton, percussion
Roger van Fleteren, Choreographer
Phillip Ratliff, Composer

Birmingham, Alabama
Samford University
Brock Recital Hall
7:30 P.M.BAMA 2010-2011 Opening Concert: Quirks and QuartetQuirks and Quartet consists of pieces for small ensemble: solos, duos, a trio, and a quartet. As always, the program includes an eclectic mix of works with something for everyone.

• Josh Crowe: Quirktet, performed by Karen Bentley Pollick, Julia Sakharova, Gabirel Schlaffer, and Craig Hultgren
• Ed Robertson: Reflections, performed by Lori Adrovino
•  J. Cooper Schrimsher: Field of Dreams, performed by Karen Bentley Pollick and Kathryn Fouse
• Aurelia Gooden: Allegro in F Minor, performed by the composer
• Dorothy Hindman: Jerusalem Windows, performed by Karen Bentley Pollick, Craig Hultgren, and Kathryn Fouse
• Monroe Golden: 81, performed by Adam Bowles
• Jan Vičar: Musica da Canzonetta, performed by Karen Bentley Pollick and Abraham Becker

Artburst
Unitarian Universalist Church
4300 Hampton Height Drive
Birmingham
8:00 to 10:00 P.M.CD Release Event
Rosas de Pulpa, the Music of Valdo SciammarellaClick to see CD review.

Featuring soprano Diane McNaron, the CREDO piano quartet performers: violinist Karen Bentley Pollick, violist Melanie Rogers, cellist Craig Hultgren and pianist Adam Bowlers; Argentine studies speaker Kelly C. Jensen. Live performances, tracks from CD, stories about Argentina and its noted eighty-six year old composer, Valdo Sciammarella.

Hors d’Ouevres, BYOB. Reservations at dianemcnaron.com/references.html

Alys Stephens Center Kids’ Club
Reynolds-Kirshbaum Recital Hall
1200 10th Avenue South
Birmingham
1:30 P.M. and 3:00 P.M.Karen Bentley Pollick, violin and viola
John Scalici, Percussion
Germaul Barnes, ChoreographerIn this exciting, contemporary performance children can explore the creative process between choreographers, dancers and musicians. Featuring award-winning choreographer Germaul Barnes and musicians/composers Karen Bentley Pollick and John Scalici. Part of the 11 Day Opening FestivalTickets: $8 (kids), $10 (adults)

Napa, California
Napa Valley College
Performing Arts Center
2277 Napa-Vallejo Highway
8 P.M.San Francisco Concerto Orchestra

Guerneville, California
The Composer’s House
16375 4th Street, Guerneville
8 P.M.San Francisco Concerto Orchestra: All Beethoven ConcertKaren Bentley Pollick, violinBeethoven Violin Concerto

Guerneville, California
The Composer’s House
16375 4th Street, Guerneville
8 P.M.San Francisco Concerto Orchestra: Prodigies & MysticsKaren Bentley Pollick, violin (concertmaster)

Guerneville, California
The Composer’s House
16375 4th Street, Guerneville
8 P.M.San Francisco Concerto Orchestra: All Bach ConcertKaren Bentley Pollick, violinBrandenburg Concertos No. 4 & 5

Miami, Florida
Clarke Recital Hall
Frost School of Music
University of Miami
3 P.M.26th Annual SEAMUS National ConferenceKaren Bentley Pollick, violin

• Heather Stebbins: the forgotten dialect of autumn (2009)
• Dorothy Hindman: Fantasia for Karen Alone (2009)
• Charles Norman Mason / Sheri Wills: METAMAN for Violin and Digital Sound and Video (2009)

See here for more info

April 26: Olomouc, Czech Republic
April 27: Jesenik Priesnitz Spa
7:00 P.M.
Solo Violin with Alternating CurrentsKaren Bentley Pollick, violin & piano

• Michael Angell: Capital Spheres
• David Jaffe: Impossible Animals
• Brian Moon: Duetto con Bobik
• Charles Norman Mason: Metaman
• Traditional: Cluck Old Hen — Variations for Violin
• Dan Tepfer: Solo Blues for Violin and Piano
• Alex Shapiro: Vista for Violin and Prerecorded Electronics
• Dorothy Hindman: Fantasia for Karen Alone
• Zack Browning: Sole Injection

See here for more info

Read this paper on the creation of Metaman

Birmingham, Alabama
Vulcan Park and Museum
1701 Valley View Drive
11:30 A.M.VulcanaliaA ballet in one act for violinist, percussionist, and five dancers for Vulcan Park and MuseumKaren Bentley Pollick, violin
Grant Dalton, percussion
Roger van Fleteren, Choreographer
Phillip Ratliff, Composer

Birmingham, Alabama
Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham
4300 Hampton Heights Drive
4:00 P.M.Mother’s Day Recital and Benefit for the Tornado Relief Effort in AlabamaBach: Toccata and Fugue in A Minor (transcribed for violin)
Brustad: Eventyrsuite
Jaffe: Cluck Old Hen Variations for Solo Violin
Cohen: Blues Etude
Ratliff: Vulcanalia for Violin and PercussionKaren Bentley Pollick, violin
Grant Dalton, percussion

Highlands, North Carolina
Highlands Performing Arts Center
Highlands/Cashiers Music FestivalFriday: 6 P.M.Haydn: String Quartet Op. 33
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in C Minor, Op. 30
Brahms: String Sextet in G Major, Op. 36

Karen Bentley Pollick, viola

Sunday: 5 P.M.

Bach: Concerto for Two Violins
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

Karen Bentley Pollick, viola

More info

Sunrise Ranch
Loveland, Colorado
5:30 P.M.
Quid Novi JamA recent arrival to Colorado, Karen Bentley Pollick will debut at the Quid Novi Jam at Sunrise Ranch in Loveland on August 18, 2011 performing her favorite repertoire for solo violin, viola and Norwegian hardangerfele. Selections will include: Salsa for Karen by Swedish composer Ole Saxe, David A. Jaffe’s bluegrass inspired Cluck Old Hen Variations,Blues Etude by Jeremy Cohen, Duetto con Bobik, featuring the vocals of Karen’s hound dog Bobik by Alabama composer Brian C. Moon, Fanitullen (Devil’s Dance) for hardangerfele, and The Red Curtain Dance for solo viola by Colorado composer Ofer Ben-Amots.Sunday: 5 P.M.

Tickets: www.sunriseranch.org
Festival info: www.quidnovifestival.com

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
ArtMusicCoffeeHouse.com
63 Chariton Drive
8:00 P.M. EST
Electric Diamond Renaissance live webcastListen live

Brooklyn, New York
Bargemusic (under the Brooklyn Bridge)
8:00 P.M.
Sam Adams: Piano Trio (world premiere)
with Two Sense
Lisa Moore, piano and Ashley Bathgate, cello

Seattle, Washington
Century Ballroom
915 East Pine, 2nd floor
1–3:30 P.M.
Waltz CafeYour Chance to be ‘in the Movies’ With the Valse Café OrchestraKaren Bentley Pollick, violin
Dave Bartley, guitar
Toby Hanson, piano/accordion
Eric Likkel, clarinet
Dennis Staskowski, bass

See more info about Waltz Cafe here

Seattle, Washington
Chapel at Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Avenue North (4th floor)
8:00 P.M.Seeing through Sound:  chamber music by Ivan SokolovKaren Bentley Pollick, violin
Ivan Sokolov, composer/piano

Russian composer/pianist Ivan Sokolov returns to the Chapel at Good Shepherd Center for a program of his chamber works with piano and strings. Violinist Karen Bentley Pollick joins Sokolov in his sonorous Solnechnaya Sonata for Violin and Piano and hypnotic Viola Sonata, featured repertoire from their duo CD <amberwood>. Violist Laura Renz and cellist Page Smith will join for the world premiere of Sokolov’s Piano Quartet composed in 2010.

November 5: Evergreen, CO
Church of the Hills Presbyterian
28628 Buffalo Park Road
6:00 P.M.November 6: Dillon, CO
Lord of the Mountains Lutheran
56 Highway 6
4:00 P.M.
Seeing through Sound:  compositions by Ivan SokolovKaren Bentley Pollick, violin
Ivan Sokolov, composer/piano

Evergreen violinist/violist Karen Bentley Pollick will debut with Russian composer/pianist Ivan Sokolov in recital at Church of the Hills Presbyterian in Evergreen, Colorado on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 6:00 pm. Sokolov’s sonorousSolnechnaya Sonata for Violin and Piano and hypnotic Viola Sonata are featured repertoire from their duo CD along with duos by Czech composer Jan Vičar and Swedish composer Ole Saxe. Also on the program are Sokolov’s profound Elegie for Solo Viola and transcendent In The Heaven for Solo Piano, and Four Preludes by Dmitri Shostakovich.

Complete program notes.

For info
Nov. 5: 303-675-6641 / Nov. 6: 970-468-6809

Denver, CO
King Center Recital Hall, Auraria Campus
Metropolitan State College of Denver
855 Lawrence Way
7:30 P.M.
Electric Vivaldi: Global SolsticeKaren Bentley Pollick, violin
Ivan Sokolov, composer/pianoGregory Walker will be dusting off his guitar chops for the occasion, with a crack chamber ensemble, including the dynamic duo of Hardanger virtuosa Karen Bentley Pollick and Irish fiddler Mintze Wu, multi-percussionist Josh Reagan, synthesist Lori Walker, Boulder Philharmonic and Boulder Chamber Orchestra principals Aniel Caban, Marcelo Sanches, and Dale Day, as well as Colorado Public Radio host David Rutherford. Together, we’ll play Vivaldi, Corelli and Walker’s own composition Global Solstice that merges traditional and classical music from his travels into a nostalgic yet challenging odyssey of holiday madness.

 Watch

Tickets:
UCD Student: $5
General Admission: $12.00
Senior: $7.00
Non-UC Denver Student :$7.00
Box Office: www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/main/box_office.html
or 303-556-2296
Free Parking

• April 13
  in Palo Alto
• April 14
  in San Jose
• April 15
  in Palo Alto
• April 26
  steaming live from
  Evergreen, CO
• May 11, 2012
  in Burlington

April 13 – 15

Friday, April 13  12:30 P.M.
Palo Alto, California
Stanford Hospital Atrium

Saturday, April 14  3 P.M.
San Jose, California
Foothill Presbyterian Church, 5301 McKee Road

Sunday, April 15  4 P.M.
Palo Alto, California
St. Ann’s Chapel, 541 Melville Avenue

Karen & Heather Bentley join the Albany Consort for the Usual & the Unusual

The Usual
Antonio Vivaldi Four Seasons
J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

The Unusual
Alex Shapiro Slip for Violin and Harpsichord
Jeremy Cohen Tango Eight for Two Violas

Jonathan Salzedo & Marion Rubinstein, harpsichord
Karen Bentley Pollick violin & viola
Heather Bentley, viola
Laura Rubinstein-Salzedo, violin
Natalie Carducci, violin
Roy Wheldon, gamba
Amy Brodo, cello
Hallie Pridham, cello
Andrei Gorbatenko, bass

Tickets:
$10-25  www.albanyconsort.com/

April 26, 2012

Evergreen, Colorado
Evergroove Studio
7 P.M. Mountain Time

Mountain Size Records Presents
Violin, Viola & Video Virtuosity

Live Webcast
The show can be streamed at
www.mountainsizerecords.com/live-streaming.htm
or at the Mountain Size Records Facebook page

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin & viola
Video by Sheri Wills

May 11, 2012

Burlington, Vermont
Flynn Theatre

Paul Dresher Double Duo

Paul Dresher, quadrachord
Joel Davel, marimba lumina
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Lisa Moore, piano

Tickets:
$25 www.flynntix.org/Productions/Details.aspx?perfNo=7511&perfCodePrefix=FST12D

Two Sense performs at Barge Music

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Pohadka (1923) Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
Prayers Remain Forever (2011 Martin Bresnick (b.1946)
Piano Trio* (2011) Samuel Adams (b.1985)
Piano Trio (1988) Martin Bresnick (b.1946)

ELECTRIC DIAMOND REUNION CONCERTS

June 22 and 23, 2012

Stuart Diamond, Electronic Wind Instrument
Don Slepian, Keyboards
Karen Bentley Pollick, Violin

Featuring Stuart Diamond’s Baroque Fantasy for Solo Violin

ISAM GALA CONCERT in Ochsenhausen, Germany

Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 7:00 pm

You are invited to the ISAM Gala Concert concert and prize giving ceremony held on Thursday 9th August 2012, 7pm, at the Bibliothekssaal Ochsenhausen (Landesmusikakademie Baden-Württemberg, Schloßbezirk 6, Ochsenhausen, 88416, Germany). Violinist Karen Bentley Pollick, cellist František Brikcius, pianist Sabine Sauer-Essl and percussionist Aurélien Hadyniak will feature brand new music written by winners of the Joseph-Dorfman-Composition Competition.