Degree Recital: Rosemary Nelis, viola
Friday, February 10, 2017
Bitó Conservatory Building
7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Bethany Pietroniro, piano
The Bard College Conservatory of Musicpresents
Degree Recital: Rosemary Nelis, viola
with
Bethany Pietroniro, piano
Figment IV (2007) Elliott Carter (1908-2012)
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1929) William Walton (1902-83)
Andante comodo
Vivo, con molto preciso
Allegro moderato
Intermission
Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourrée I & II
Gigue
Sonata for Viola and Piano Op.11 No.4 (1919) Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Fantasie
Thema mit Variationen
Finale (mit Variationen)
Violist Rosemary Nelis is a fifth-year student at Bard College Conservatory of Music where she studies with Steven Tenenbom. Beginning at age five, she attended the Special Music School in New York City, and later moved on to Bard High School Early College in Manhattan where she graduated in 2012 with an associate of arts degree. In addition to collaborating with musicians on the Conservatory faculty including Daniel Phillips, Laurie Smukler, Benjamin Hochman, and Peter Wiley, Rosemary has participated in festivals such as Music@Menlo, Kneisel Hall, Bard Music Festival, and Bowdoin International Music Festival.
Rosemary recently completed the requirements for her second major in Asian Studies with the submission of her senior thesis: Can You Hear the Roars of Autumn's Wind:Discussing the Silenced Voice in An Qi's Poetry. Rosemary has greatly enjoyed and valued her time at Bard and looks forward to what the future will bring. She is incredibly grateful to have been a recipient of the Bard Conservatory’s G. de las Heras Scholarship.
Bethany Pietroniro is a postgraduate collaborative piano fellow at the Bard College Conservatory of Music. She has twice been the recipient of a Marc and Eva Stern Fellowship at SongFest in California, where she had the opportunity to study with leading artists including Margo Garrett, Graham Johnson, and Lucy Shelton. Bethany has also participated in the Bowdoin International Music Festival, the Garth Newel Chamber Music Fellowship Program, and the New Music on the Point Summer Festival, where she worked with composers Tom Cipullo, Daron Hagen, and Gilda Lyons, and coached with Paul Sperry and members of the International Contemporary Ensemble. Bethany received dual master of arts degrees in solo piano and vocal accompanying from Peabody Conservatory, where she studied with Yong Hi Moon. She holds bachelor of arts degrees in piano performance and mathematics from Indiana University.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Bitó Conservatory Building