The Voice of the Viola: Betsy Jolas’s Works for Viola
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...
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The AI and I
Room 142/Choir Room (Music)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...
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A Rediscovered Voice: Oppel Viola Solo Suite from the WWII
Room 204 (Music)Presenter: Penny Tong This lecture-recital introduces a remarkable rediscovery in the viola repertoire: the Suite for Solo Viola (1940) by German composer Reinhard Oppel (1878–1941). Written in the final year...
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Peggy Glanville-Hicks’ Concerto Romantico: increasing access to study and performance through the creation of an engraved edition
Room 142/Choir Room (Music)Presenter; Roselyn Hobbs Bernadette Lo Peggy Glanville-Hicks' Concerto Romantico for Viola and Chamber Orchestra is a powerful gem of viola writing that most violists have never heard. Premiered in 1957...
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Amy Beach’s Violin Sonata Transcribed for the Viola: An Exploration of Her Letters and Synesthesia
Room 204 (Music)Presenter: Angela Rubin Joseph Yungen Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867–1944) stands as a monumental figure in the history of American classical music, renowned for her achievements as the first American...
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Tapping Into Your Roots: A Genealogical Exploration through Viola and Voice
Room 204 (Music)Presenter: Gregory K. Williams Over the past 30+ years, longer than I have been playing the viola, I have been exploring my family tree, absorbing the experiences of my ancestors,...
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The Creative Process: A Journey from Performer to Violist-Composer
Room 142/Choir Room (Music)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...
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A Belgian Addition to the Viola Repertoire: Joseph Jongen and his Viola Works
Room 204 (Music)Presenter: Kunjing Dai Thomas Weaver Belgian composer Joseph Jongen (1873–1953), famous for his organ and chamber works, contributed significantly to the viola repertoire, yet lesser-known. Jongen collaborated with Lionel Tertis...
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Expanding the Pedagogical Repertoire for Intermediate Violists: Lesser-Known Works from the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Bulgaria
Room 142/Choir Room (Music)Presenter: Lisa Nelson Bernadette Lo Teachers of intermediate viola students are familiar with the challenge of finding pedagogically useful and musically engaging pieces for their studio. The variety and depth...
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Minimalisn’t: Philip Glass in 2025’s Context
Room 204 (Music)Presenter: Ameila Hollander Ames While Philip Glass’s name is the first that comes to mind for many people when you say the word “minimalism,” in fact his Songs and Poems,...
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Lillian Fuchs’s Sonata Pastorale and the Evolution of Her Compositional Voice
Room 142/Choir Room (Music)Presenter: Katrin Meidell Lillian Fuchs (1902–1995) is a central figure in the development of modern viola repertoire. Celebrated equally for her artistry as a performer and skill as a pedagogue,...
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Violists in the Military: Service Through Music
Room 142/Choir Room (Music)Presenter: Julia Clancy The violists in Pershing's Own, the President's Own, and the Air Force Strings serve a unique roll in the orchestral, chamber, pedagogical, and solo music ecosystem in...