Triad Arts with David Ford Violist Sheila BrowneJanuary 10, 2013Q: How is lightning like a viola player’s fingers? A: Neither one strikes the same place twice. And that’s one of the kinder gentler viola jokes out there! The fact is the instrument and those who play it have been maligned for centuries. Viola has always been the middle child in the orchestra: larger, heavier and harder to finger than its smaller sister the violin, and unable to achieve the lowest lows of its big brother the cello.
But in the hands of a great performer, the viola is a wonderful string, often vocal-sounding string instrument in its own right with lots of great music to play. University of NC School of the Arts professor of viola Sheila Browne is one such performer, and you can hear for yourself during her upcoming recital with Czech pianist David Kalhous and harpist Jacqui Bartlett. The performance is Tuesday night, January 15 at 7:30pm in the beautiful Watson Hall on the UNCSA campus. On the wide-ranging program titled “The Viola in My Life” is the Morton Feldman piece by the same name, music by Turkish composer Hasan Ucarsu, Haydn divertimenti (originally for cello), Paul Hindemith’s 1939 Sonata, and Benjamin Britten’s Lachrymae just in time for the composer’s 100th birthday.
Tickets to “The Viola in My Life” are 15 dollars for adults and 13 for students and seniors. You can hear Sheila Live in Studio A this Friday afternoon at 1:00pm during Triad Arts Weekend when she’ll shatter the many myths surrounding her instrument and repertoire.
Sheila began her conversation with David Ford by sharing her love of 20th century American composer Morton Feldman's music.
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Triad Arts Archives
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December 29, 2012: Rodney Holman Remembered
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December 28, 2012: Composer Kenneth Frazelle
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December 27, 2012: The Forget Me Nots
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December 26, 2012: Sending Christmas Cards to Huck and Hamlet
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December 25, 2012: Lucy Milner & Alex Kim
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December 22, 2012: Leigh Rodenbough
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December 21, 2012: Songs of Water
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December 20, 2012: Trumpeter Judith Saxton
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December 19, 2012: Awake the White and Wint'ry Queen
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December 18, 2012: St. Paul's Episcopal Church presents 9 Lessons and Carols
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December 15, 2012: Tony Griffey and Friends
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December 14, 2012: Yadkin Cultural Arts Center presents Exquisite Miniatures
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December 13, 2012: Piedmont Dance Theatre and The Salisbury Symphony present Nutcracker
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December 12, 2012: Piedmont Chamber singers present A Moravian Christmas
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December 11, 2012: Green Hill Center for NC Art presents Winter Show 2012
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December 8, 2012: The Kernersville Choral Society presents Handel's Messiah
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December 7, 2012: Honor Card Program 2012
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December 6, 2012: Piedmont Wind Symphony presents Kenny G
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December 5, 2012: The Hispanic Arts Initiative presents Punto de Vista-Latino Perspectives
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December 4, 2012: Opus Concert Series 2012-2013
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December 1, 2012: Carolina Winter Music Festival presents Swingle Bells 2012!
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November 30, 2012: NC Shakespeare Festival presents A Christmas Carol
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November 29, 2012: UNCSA School of Dance presents The Nutcracker
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November 28, 2012: Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance presents Sordid Lives
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November 27, 2012: Black Nativity Returns to the North Carolina Black Repertory Company
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November 24, 2012: Secrest Artists Series presents Danu and Christmas in Ireland
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November 23, 2012: The Art of the Poem with Terri Kirby Erickson
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November 22, 2012: The Depth of Jazz Diva Cle Thompson
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November 21, 2012: The Art of Glass with a Master Craftsman
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November 20, 2012: The High Point Theatre is Hot!
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