Presenters: Anna-Sofia Botti Nicholas Lindell Francis Poulenc’s 1940s Sonata for Cello and Piano carries a notorious reputation for its diabolical difficulty. After dreaming of stepping up to the challenge, I...
Presenter: Douglas Temples Bernadette Lo This lecture recital draws from my doctoral research into the legacy of Maurice Vieux (1878–1951), the Paris conservatory professor who shaped the modern French viola...
Presenters: Danielle Wiebe Burke Ayn Balija David McCormick Johanna Beaver Sam Suggs What sounds might a visitor to Monticello have heard? Music was often in the air - Thomas Jefferson...
Presenter: Andrew Braddock Ting-Ting Yang French composer Betsy Jolas (b. 1926) has written a body of captivating and beguiling works for the viola. While she once joked that she belonged...
Presenters: Clara Qiyun Zhao Christopher Raphael What can AI do in music? No, not to generate, not to steal and copy, nor taking away the fundamentals and essences of human...
Presenters: Sheila Browne Lisa Leonard This lecture recital with violist Sheila Browne and pianist Lisa Leonard will explore these two works- Lera Auerbach’s Arcanum and Jennifer Higdon’s Viola Sonata, for...