Post by deanna on Feb 10, 2014 8:56:55 GMT -7
Violist Kim Fredenburgh Performing with New Mexico Philharmonic
at Popejoy Hall on February 22nd—Philip Mann Conducts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ALBUQUERQUE, NM, January 31, 2014—The New Mexico Philharmonic returns to Popejoy Hall on Saturday, February 22nd at 6 p.m. with a concert featuring New Mexico Philharmonic’s star violist, Kimberly Fredenburgh, whose solo appearance with the orchestra two seasons ago received major accolades. The evening opens with Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes, Fredenburgh follows with Walton’s Viola Concerto, and the orchestra ends the evening with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8.
Kimberly Fredenburgh is Associate Professor of Viola at the University of New Mexico where she teaches private viola lessons, classes in orchestral audition preparation, and chamber music ensembles. Ms. Fredenburgh served as assistant principal viola of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra for ten years, and is currently the assistant principal viola with the New Mexico Philharmonic. She performs regularly with the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra and appears as principal viola with the Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra. For seven years she was the associate principal viola of the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and also taught on the faculty at Arizona State University.
Ms. Fredenburgh was a principal violist with the New World Symphony (Miami, FL), under Michael Tilson Thomas, and has appeared in Carnegie Hall with Sir Georg Solti conducting. She has been featured as a concerto soloist with orchestras such as the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonica de Sergipe (Brazil), the New Mexico Philharmonic, and the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. She has taught master classes and performed in recitals across the U.S., as well as in Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Monaco. Ms. Fredenburgh has delivered pedagogical papers at several National ASTA conferences and also performed in recitals at the 2008 International Viola Congress and as part of the Primrose International Viola Competition.
Hailed by the BBC as a “talent to watch out for, who conveys a mature command of his forces,” American conductor Philip Mann is quickly gaining a worldwide reputation as an “expressively graceful yet passionate” artist with a range spanning opera, symphonic repertoire, new music, and experimental collaborations. Now in his third season as Music Director of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, his first season shattered all previous attendance records as the orchestra reached new artistic heights. He previously held several posts in Europe and served as San Diego Symphony’s Associate Conductor. He has conducted the Cleveland Orchestra, l’Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Georgian State Opera, and the National Symphony of Cyprus. Mann has worked with leading artists such as Joshua Bell, Sharon Isbin, Dmitri Alexeev, and Marvin Hamlisch. He maintains a lively schedule as a guest conductor, having conducted at New York’s Avery Fischer Hall and London’s Barbican Center, and has served as music director of the Oxford City Opera and Oxford Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra.
Elected a Rhodes Scholar, Mann studied and taught at Oxford, and won the annual competition to become principal conductor of the Oxford University Philharmonia. He worked with Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center’s National Conducting Institute, and Michael Tilson Thomas at the New World Symphony.
Prices for Popejoy concert tickets range from $20 – 68. Single tickets for all Popejoy concerts may be purchased at www.unmtickets.com, UNM Ticket Offices at The Pit (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.), at the UNM Bookstore (Tuesday – Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.), and at all Albertsons supermarkets in Albuquerque, Rio Rancho and Santa Fe. They can be purchased by phone at 505-925-5858 (Monday – Friday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.).
As the major professional orchestra in the state, the New Mexico Philharmonic is committed to inspiring audiences of all ages and backgrounds through its artistic excellence, innovative programming, and educational and community engagement. The New Mexico Philharmonic is a non-profit corporation recognized as a charitable 501(c)(3) organization by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Contributions are tax deductible as allowed by the IRS. To learn more about upcoming performances or to become a volunteer, please visit www.nmphil.org. Donations are gratefully accepted at www.nmphil.org/donate-to-the-nm-phil/
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Media Contact: Chris Rancier 505-263-2959 crancier@comcast.net
at Popejoy Hall on February 22nd—Philip Mann Conducts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ALBUQUERQUE, NM, January 31, 2014—The New Mexico Philharmonic returns to Popejoy Hall on Saturday, February 22nd at 6 p.m. with a concert featuring New Mexico Philharmonic’s star violist, Kimberly Fredenburgh, whose solo appearance with the orchestra two seasons ago received major accolades. The evening opens with Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes, Fredenburgh follows with Walton’s Viola Concerto, and the orchestra ends the evening with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8.
Kimberly Fredenburgh is Associate Professor of Viola at the University of New Mexico where she teaches private viola lessons, classes in orchestral audition preparation, and chamber music ensembles. Ms. Fredenburgh served as assistant principal viola of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra for ten years, and is currently the assistant principal viola with the New Mexico Philharmonic. She performs regularly with the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra and appears as principal viola with the Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra. For seven years she was the associate principal viola of the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and also taught on the faculty at Arizona State University.
Ms. Fredenburgh was a principal violist with the New World Symphony (Miami, FL), under Michael Tilson Thomas, and has appeared in Carnegie Hall with Sir Georg Solti conducting. She has been featured as a concerto soloist with orchestras such as the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonica de Sergipe (Brazil), the New Mexico Philharmonic, and the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. She has taught master classes and performed in recitals across the U.S., as well as in Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Monaco. Ms. Fredenburgh has delivered pedagogical papers at several National ASTA conferences and also performed in recitals at the 2008 International Viola Congress and as part of the Primrose International Viola Competition.
Hailed by the BBC as a “talent to watch out for, who conveys a mature command of his forces,” American conductor Philip Mann is quickly gaining a worldwide reputation as an “expressively graceful yet passionate” artist with a range spanning opera, symphonic repertoire, new music, and experimental collaborations. Now in his third season as Music Director of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, his first season shattered all previous attendance records as the orchestra reached new artistic heights. He previously held several posts in Europe and served as San Diego Symphony’s Associate Conductor. He has conducted the Cleveland Orchestra, l’Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Georgian State Opera, and the National Symphony of Cyprus. Mann has worked with leading artists such as Joshua Bell, Sharon Isbin, Dmitri Alexeev, and Marvin Hamlisch. He maintains a lively schedule as a guest conductor, having conducted at New York’s Avery Fischer Hall and London’s Barbican Center, and has served as music director of the Oxford City Opera and Oxford Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra.
Elected a Rhodes Scholar, Mann studied and taught at Oxford, and won the annual competition to become principal conductor of the Oxford University Philharmonia. He worked with Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center’s National Conducting Institute, and Michael Tilson Thomas at the New World Symphony.
Prices for Popejoy concert tickets range from $20 – 68. Single tickets for all Popejoy concerts may be purchased at www.unmtickets.com, UNM Ticket Offices at The Pit (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.), at the UNM Bookstore (Tuesday – Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.), and at all Albertsons supermarkets in Albuquerque, Rio Rancho and Santa Fe. They can be purchased by phone at 505-925-5858 (Monday – Friday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.).
As the major professional orchestra in the state, the New Mexico Philharmonic is committed to inspiring audiences of all ages and backgrounds through its artistic excellence, innovative programming, and educational and community engagement. The New Mexico Philharmonic is a non-profit corporation recognized as a charitable 501(c)(3) organization by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Contributions are tax deductible as allowed by the IRS. To learn more about upcoming performances or to become a volunteer, please visit www.nmphil.org. Donations are gratefully accepted at www.nmphil.org/donate-to-the-nm-phil/
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Media Contact: Chris Rancier 505-263-2959 crancier@comcast.net