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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June 18, 2009: Triad Stage II Tartuffe
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June 17, 2009: NC Shakespeare Festival II
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June 16, 2009: Carolina Summer Music Festival
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June 15, 2009: NC Shakespeare Festival I: Educational Outreach
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June 11, 2009: Carolina Chamber Symphony Players
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June 10, 2009: Greensboro Children's Theatre
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June 9, 2009: Triad Stage I Tartuffe
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June 8, 2009: Triad Pride Men's Chorus
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June 4, 2009: West Side Civic Theatre
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June 3, 2009: Arts d'Vine II
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June 2, 2009: Triad Stage and the Appalachian Summer Festival
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June 1, 2009: Arts d'Vine I
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May 29, 2009: Schubert, Snakes and Screen Art
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May 28, 2009: Green Hill Center for NC Art (part II)
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May 27, 2009: W-S Youth Orchestra (WSYO) programs (part II)
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May 26, 2009: W-S Youth Orchestra (WSYO) programs
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May 25, 2009: Greenhill Center for NC Art
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May 22, 2009: Triad Arts Weekend: W-S Symphony, Inspired Dance Festival, W-S Little Theatre
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May 21, 2009: W-S Symphony Discovery Series Concert: Music of the Wild West!
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May 20, 2009: Winston-Salem Little Theatre's production of Leading Ladies
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May 19, 2009: AIDS Care Service Inspired Dance Festival
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May 18, 2009: Bob Moody, Barber & Beethoven 9
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April 16, 2009: Lookout Towers
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April 15, 2009: Claire Culbreath
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April 14, 2009: Graphic Novels: Ben Towle and Kyle Webster
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April 13, 2009: Snake Den Ridge: A Bestiary
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April 10, 2009: Triad Arts Weekend
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April 9, 2009: The Birth of the Banjo
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April 8, 2009: Homegrown Handmade: Art Roads and Farm Trails
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April 7, 2009: Joseph Mills
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