She has participated in the Cabrillo Festival, is the winner of the Avalon Composition Competition, and the recipient of the Darius Milhaud Award at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Minna remembered her composition teacher William Alwyn as a very good teacher and a fine composer who emphasized a good balance between strength and lyricism he provided encouragement and support at the time of her first serious compositions.Ĭomposer Alexandra Bryant has received commissions from the Kronos Quartet, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, William Preucil (former concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra), the Aeolus Quartet in collaboration with the Friends of Chamber Music of Reading and through a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, Carmen Balthrop, Duo Scordatura and Scordatura Music Society, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Orchestra Association, the Tacoma Youth Symphony Association, The Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies and the Metropolitan Ballet Theater & Academy.
She began composing tunes at the age of twelve, which she later described as "English with a Jewish overlay." Her father died in 1926 while Minna was still a teenager, and instead of going to university to study modern languages as planned, she attended the Royal Academy of Music, where she studied from 1928 to 1929. She had always enjoyed playing the piano and in her early years Beethoven was her idol. Though her parents had no musical training, Minna had an Uncle Leibel who played the violin very well she remembered experiencing a lot of music in the household, particularly her mother's singing of Hebrew folk songs. She was the eldest daughter of Yiddish-speaking Fanny and Jacob Nerenstein, who were Russian-Jewish immigrants. Minna Keal was born Minnie Nerenstein on Main the back room of her parents' Hebrew publishing business in the East End of London a "true Cockney," as she liked to say.
Please see our Health + Safety page for more information. Health + SafetyĪll patrons 12 years of age and older are required to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result from a test taken within 48 hours of the performance for entry into the venue (home tests will NOT be accepted). The Clarice lobby concession bar Encore will not be open for food and beverage sales during this event. Moment of Silence) for Solo ViolaĪlexandra Bryant: From the Apricot Tree for Viola and OboeĮlizabeth Maconchy: Sonata for Viola and Piano This program of works from the last 100 years contains passion, beauty and intrigue.Īnn Park-Rose: Mook Nyum (trans. Choosing the instrument that most closely resembles the female human voice, a number of women composers-often little known-have made significant contributions to the viola repertoire. Through the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, a new appreciation blossomed for the voice of the viola both performers and composers began to recognize its warmth, versatility and expressive potential. Viola Professor Katherine Murdock is joined by Oboe Professor Mark Hill and guest pianist Audrey Andrist to present The Viola Speaks Through Women Composers. us in person at The Clarice or watch the livestream from the comfort of your home.
Committed to building a more inclusive musical community, she serves as the curation director for the Boulanger Initiative, a DC-based non-profit advocacy group that fights gender discrimination in concert programming. In 2016 she founded Arco Belo, a genre-fluid chamber jazz ensemble she composes, arranges for and leads, and has recently released a critically acclaimed debut album, The Space Between Disguises. She has held residencies at the Banff Centre, the Hambidge Center, Dee Dee Bridgewater's Woodshed Network, NextLOOK (UMD), Avaloch Farm, Spectrum Toronto and won grants from DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Maryland State Arts Council and Chamber Music America. Steeped in her Judeo-Roman roots, she has performed across Europe, Israel and the Americas. a blossoming talent and inventive composer on the rise” (Downbeat Magazine), Simone Baron’s genre-fluid work is rooted in exploring the creative process. The pianist-accordionist-composer Simone Baron will lead an all-star quartet in a concert of original creative music that draws freely and spontaneously from languages of jazz, avant-garde polyhedric compositions, film scores, and anything in between.Ī “bandleader of impressive agility.
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