2009 Performances

February 9, 2009

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 trio Six 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

 

 

 

February 17, 2009 

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: Whitman Sampler (2009) World Premiere

James A. Jensen: Bare ruin’d choirs for solo cello

Emily Fencher: The Singer’s Bane

Andrew Rindfleisch: Quiet Music for solo cello

Paul Clem: Violin and Bassoon

Matthew Scott Phillips: Fate for violin and viola (2009) World Premiere

Brian C. Moon: String Quartet No. 2

Visit artmusic.org for more information

 

 

 

March 9, 2009

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 BresnickBird as Prophet

John AdamsRoad Movies

Paul DresherElapsed Time

Sam AdamsAves Nostradamus

Leoš Janáček: Sonata for violin and piano

 

Pre concert publicity in Birmingham News

Read the Review in  Birmingham News

 

 

 

March 15, 2009

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 PearlA Tristan Two-Step

Jan Vicar: Uspavanky (Lullabies)

Brian Moon: La Chose Verte

John Halle: Rozology

Ole Saxe: Tango Orientale for viola and piano

 

 

March 21, 2009

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

 

 

 

March 26, 2009

New York, New York
Tenri Cultural Institute
43 West 13th Street, #3A
8:00 P.M.

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Lisa Moore, piano

Martin BresnickBird as Prophet

Don Byron: Seven Etudes for piano

 

 

 

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 BresnickBird as Prophet

John AdamsRoad Movies

Paul DresherElapsed Time

Sam AdamsAves Nostradamus (New York premiere)

Leoš Janáček: Sonata for violin and piano

 

Program Notes

Read the Review in Monotonous Forest

Read a Blogpost by Timothy Andres:  Baby Bird 3/29/09

 

 

April 6, 2009

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

 

 

April 10, 2009

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

Read the Review from Emorywheel.com

 

 

May 2, 2009

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, dancer

Premiere 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.

Press Release

 

 

August 28, 2009

Nashville, Tennessee
BB Kings
7 P.M. to 1 A.M.

2009 Just Plain Folks Nominee Showcase

Dan Tepfer: Solo Blues for violin and piano

 

 

August 29, 2009

Nashville, Tennessee
Wild Horse Saloon
5-11 P.M.

Just Plain Folks Music Awards Show

Just Plain Folks Eclectic Ensemble

Danny Ellis

 

 

September 8-11, 2009

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, composer

Vulcanalia
A ballet in one act for violinist, percussionist and five dancers for Vulcan Park and Museum

 

 

 

September 24, 25, & 26, 2009

San Francisco, California
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

October 15, 16, 17 & 18, 2009

Montclair, New Jersey
Montclair State University
Normal Avenue at Valley Road
Peak Performances

 

Other Suns
With live music performed by The Paul Dresher Ensemble

In 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.

East Coast Reviews

 

 

November 15, 2009

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

Violapalooza

Karen Bentley Pollick, viola
Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra

Ole Saxe: Daladans for viola and orchestra (world premiere)

Ole Saxe: Tango Orientale for viola and orchestra

 

 

November 17-22, 2009

Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham-Southern College Theatre
November 17-21, 7:30 P.M.
November 22, 2:30 P.M.

Striking 12: The Musical with 6 Piece Band

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Michael Flowers, director

Cast album on Amazon