Oberlin College and Conservatory

Guest Recital: Kristina Giles ’05, viola/violin

Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 7:00pm to 8:30pm

David H. Stull Recital Hall, Bibbins 339
77 West College Street, Oberlin, OH 44074

A conservatory guest recital performed by Kristina Giles ’05, viola and baroque violin.

Co-sponsored by the Oberlin Alumni Office.

Free admission

Program:

Veracini: Sonata for violin and basso continuo, Op. 2, No. 12

Webb Wiggins, harpsichordJuliana Soltis, viola da gamba

Ligeti: Sonate for viola solo

Stamitz: Sonata in B-flat Major for fortepiano and viola obbligato

David Breitman, fortepiano

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Based in New York City, Kristina Giles (neé Hendricks) enjoys a creative and varied performing career.  She identifies best as a poly-stylist: while trained as a classical violist with degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, Rice University, and SUNY Stony Brook, she has become known for her artistry on the baroque violin, modern violin and baroque viola, in addition to the modern viola.  She has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and China, and recorded as a soloist on indie-folk and country albums.  She is the creator ofThe Sequenza Show, a series of performances featuring all of Luciano Berio's Sequenzas, and the founder of THE COLONIALS, a hot new mixed-period ensemble.

Kristina’s love of new music has led her to work with composers such as Mason Bates, Gunther Schuller, Joan Tower, Harrison Birtwistle and Oliver Knussen on their chamber and solo works.  An equal passion is period Baroque music, and she has collaborated and studied with Manfredo Kraemer, Arthur Haas, Jeanette Sorrell, Robert Mealy and Jörg-Michael Schwarz, on Baroque violin and viola.   She is a member of NYC-based groups SIREN Baroque and Arcos Chamber Orchestra.  Before moving to New York, she performed frequently with the Dallas Opera, Kansas City Symphony, and Huntsville Symphony, and played in various summer festivals including Aspen, Sarasota, Longy Baroque Institue and Kneisel Hall.

Ms. Giles has a great passion for teaching, which began when she acquired her first student at age 15.  Continuing the journey, she received her D.M.A. at Stony Brook in 2011.  Kristina maintains private violin and viola studios in Poughkeepsie, New York and New York City.  A firm believer in the importance of music education, she enjoys giving informative lecture-style concerts, accessible to all ages.

Kristina grew up outside of Kansas City, and started her musical training on piano at age five.  She began playing viola in public school when she was nine.  Her principal teachers include Peter Slowik, James Dunham, Katherine Murdock and Daniel Panner.

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