Videos
Welcome to my Vimeo Channel!
Welcome to my YouTube Channel!
Videos of Violin, Viola & Video Virtuosity from our April 26, 2012 launch from Evergroove Recording Studio in Evergreen, Colorado are on Sheri Wills’ Vimeo Channel
Here are quick links to my YouTube videos:
Solo Blues for Violin and Piano (2009)
by Dan Tepfer
Dance Suite for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (2002)
by Ole Saxe
Movement I: Balkan Dance & Jig Movement II: Rhumba for Viola & Tango
Dance Suite for Violin,Viola and Orchestra (2002)
by Ole Saxe
Movement III: Finale Flamenco
Vista (2005)
by Alex Shapiro
Metaman, for Violin with Digital Sound and Video (2009)
by Charles Norman Mason
Quips and Cranks with Southern Danceworks Part I (2010)
Quips and Cranks with Southern Danceworks Part II
Sole Injection, for Violin and Computer-generated Sounds (1996)
by Zack Browning
Elegie for Solo Viola (2001)
by Ivan Sokolov
Duetto con Bobik,for Violin and Electronics (2010)
by Brian C. Moon
Blues Etude (2006)
by Jeremy Cohen
Toccata and Fugue in A minor BWV 565
by J.S. Bach
Vulcanalia for Violin and Percussion (2009)
by Phillip Ratliff
Cluck Old Hen Variations for Solo Violin (2004)
by David A. Jaffe
Sonata for Viola and Piano (2006)
by Ivan Sokolov
Tango Orientale for Viola and Piano (2001)
by Ole Saxe
Rag GIDON Time (1996) with Ivan Sokolov
by Giya Kancheli
performed at Lord of the Mountains Church in Silverthorne, Colorado on November 6, 2011
Slip for Violin and Harpsichord (2001)
by Alex Shapiro
Baroque Fantasy for Violin (1974)
by Stuart Diamond
Grand Tango for Violin and Video (2011)
by Jeffrey Harrington
Resonances from Vilna concert with pianist Jascha Nemtsov in Vilnius on May 22, 2014
Violin & Video Virtuosity at CCRMA Stanford University on November 20,2014
Telling Tales (2014) by Stuart Diamond with harpsichordist Jonathan Salzedo
Human Rights Suite (2008)
filmed live in Siljansnas, Sweden on April 11, 2015
Music and Videos by Ole Saxe
Duetto con Bobik (2015)
Composed by Brian C. Moon
Video by Aiste Ptakauske
Camera by Fella
Serenity Diptychs (2015)
by Zibuokle Martinaityte
Violin, Viola & Video Virtuosity
Permainu muzika (Klaipeda, Lithuania)
22 September, 2016
How Did It Get So Late So Soon?
World Premiere of David A. Jaffe Violin Concerto
August 27, 2016 at Tytuvenai Festival
Lithuanian National Opera & Ballet Theatre Orchestra
Maestro Robertas Servenikas
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Contrasts in Time (2016)
Music by Ayal Adler
Video by Stuart Diamond
World Premiere at Permainu muzika (Klaipeda, Lithuania)
September 22, 2016
Life on Mars (2016)
Music by Daniel Felsenfeld: Hooked to the Silver Screen for solo viola (2011)
Video by Stuart Diamond
Ciaccona from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Johann Sebastian Bach
Video by Stuart Diamond (2017)
Ciaccona from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Johann Sebastian Bach
Video by Stuart Diamond (2017)
Live performance at Microsoft Auditorium at the Seattle Central Library
September 30, 2018
Mont Ararat for solo viola (2012)
Music by Dominique de Williencourt
Video by Stuart Diamond (2017)
New York Women Composers at the Chapel
February 1, 2018
Daniel Husser, Videographer
Für HELEN{G}A for solo violin
by Karen Bentley Pollick
World Premiere February 1, 2018
Georges Enescu Third Sonata in A minor, Op. 25 (1926)
III Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Oana Rusu Tomai, piano
February 10, 2018 at Seattle Central Library Microsoft Auditorium
Karen Bentley Pollick & Jonathan Salzedo in recital chez Harry Bernstein, Berkeley, California April 8, 2018
Live Concert Audio
SIMETRA for violin, fixed and live (wii balance board) electronics (2018)
by Christopher Jette
World Premiere at CCRMA May 26, 2018
KAREN@CINETic
July 3, 2018 Bucharest, Romania
Live Concert Video
KAREN@CCRMA@theChapel
September 6, 2018 Seattle, Washington
Live Concert Video
MAQA VIOLIN (2018)
by Yitzhak Yedid
US Premiere Seattle, Washington
September 6, 2018
The Making of “The Making of a Violin” (2018)
Concept, text, soundtrack and video by Constantin Basica
Recorded and live music improvisations by Karen Bentley Pollick
Performed by Karen Bentley Pollick at CCRMA, Stanford University on May 25, 2018
Fantasy Piece for solo violin (2014)
by Hsueh-Yung Shen
New York premiere at SPECTRUM
November 3, 2018
Sarabanda (1915)
by George Enescu
New York premiere at SPECTRUM
November 3, 2018
Cantus IV: Dedication (1986)
by Mark Kopytman
November 3, 2018 at SPECTRUM
Electric Diamond at Cabrini Shrine
Washington Heights
November 4, 2018
Tango por una Cabeza
Music by Carlos Gardel
Arranged by John Williams
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Oana Rusu Tomai, piano
San Pancho Music Festival
February 22, 2019
Romanian lautari tunes
Mocirita cu Trifoi
Hora Martisorului
by Nicolae Bogdan
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Oana Rusu Tomai, piano
San Pancho Music Festival
February 22, 2019
Dynamic Duo
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin & viola
Jonathan Salzedo, harpsichord
In recital at Palo Alto Presbyterian Church
May 4, 2019
Ode to K
in memory of Kathryn Gould
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin recorded at Battle Mountain Vineyard on June 14, 2019
Stuart Diamond, electronics
Valse Café Orchestra live from Florence, Oregon
April 24, 2019
Sunday, May 31 2020 @ 1:00 pm PDT
KAREN@HOME
Recent works from Karen’s home studio in San Pancho, Nayarit with live electronics from Mantautas’ home studio in Vilnius, hosted by Stanford University Chez Constantin Basica in Palo Alto, California
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin & viola
World Premieres by Lithuanian composers Mantautas Krukauskas and Žibuoklė Martinaitytė
Mantautas Krukauskas: Mirroring for violin with live electronics (2020)
John Henry Kreitler: Conversations Beyond the Stars for flute, violin & electronics (2020)
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė: KALBA for viola & electronics (2020)
“Inhabited Silences” from “In Search of Lost Beauty”
The US premiere of Žibuoklė Martinaitytė’s complete “In Search of Lost Beauty…” took place in Fall 2019. This video shows the “Inhabited Silences” section for the first time online. The hauntingly immersive piece is composed for piano, violin, cello, electronic soundtrack, and synchronized video projections.
Performed October 26, 2019 at the Dresher Ensemble Studio
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Monica Scott, cello
Marja Mutru, piano
filmed and edited by Mark Palmer
audio by Zach Miley
Executive Producer: Thomas Steenland
George Enescu’s Day
August 19, 2020
George Enescu National Museum
Karen Bentley Pollick, Violin
Interview with Dr. Carmen Carneci
GEORGE ENESCU – Airs dans le genre roumain (Arii în stil românesc) pentru vioară-solo (1926)
GEORGE ENESCU – Sarabande pentru vioară-solo (1915)
GEORGE ENESCU – Impressions en style roumain le 5 septembre 1925
Compassion Niggun for solo violin by Yitzhak Yedid (2021)
I Think I’ve Been Here Before – Live Show at Circo De Los Niños in San Pancho, Nayarit, Mexico June 3, 2021
KBP-JS Duo
Sunday, September 5, 2021
First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto
Full Live Concert
October 10, 2021 Listening Party
Concert Program
GEMINI FUNK by Karen Bentley Pollick (2021)
World Premiere Sunday, September 5, 2021
First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto
MAQA VIOLIN by Yitzhak Yedid
Recorded in San Pancho, Nayarit on December 6, 2021
Melodiya by Myroslav Skoryk (1938 – 2020)
Recorded in San Pancho, Nayarit on March 2, 2022
Homage to Ukraine
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Ludmila Yurina, piano
Thursday, September 29, 2022 at CCRMA
Paean to St. Francis (2020)
Karen Bentley Pollick: vocals & violin
Stuart Diamond: electronics & video
World Premiere September 29, 2022 at CCRMA
Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (2020)by Jerry Mader
WORLD PREMIERE Karen Bentley Pollick – Solo Violin
The Sound Ensemble Bobby Collins, Conductor
October 2, 2021 Trinity Church, Seattle, Washington