Presenter:
Ames Asbell

Violist Ames Asbell shares her journey into composition from the performer’s perspective, informed by a variety of creativity texts and interviews with active violist-composers. This session details her process of self-discovery and reflections on creativity, identity, and the expressive potential of the viola, culminating in a performance of Blue Ridge Sketches, a set of original miniatures inspired by the landscapes of the Blue Ridge Mountains and accompanied by visuals and poetry by a college friend who posts his own photos and thoughts on Instagram as @adam_red_dirt.