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X-WR-CALNAME:Guest Master Class: Nadia Sirota\, viola 
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DESCRIPTION:A guest master class by Nadia Sirota\, viola.\n\n--\n\nViolist 
 Nadia Sirota’s varied career spans solo performances\, chamber music\, a
 nd podcasting. In all branches of her artistic life she aims to open Class
 ical music up to a broader audience. Nadia’s singular sound and expressi
 ve execution have served as muse to dozens of composers\, including Nico M
 uhly\, Donnacha Dennehy\, Bryce Dessner\, Richard Reed Parry\, and Marcos 
 Balter. Recently\, Nadia won a 2015 Peabody Award\, broadcasting’s highe
 st honor\, for her podcast Meet the Composer\, from Q2 Music\, which deftl
 y profiles some of the most interesting musical thinkers living today.\n\n
 This season she releases two new records\, one featuring Nico Muhly’s Vi
 ola Concerto with the Detroit Symphony under Leonard Slatkin\, and one fea
 turing Donnacha Dennehy’s groundbreaking work for viola and microtonal v
 iola da gamba consort\, Tessellatum\, featuring gambist Liam Byrne.\n\nNad
 ia is a member of the chamber sextet yMusic and the chamber orchestra Alar
 m Will Sound\, and and has lent her sound to recording and concert project
 s by such artists and songwriters as Anohni\, Jónsi and Arcade Fire. In 2
 013 she won Southern Methodist University’s Meadows Prize\, awarded to p
 ioneering artists and scholars with an emerging international profile. She
  received her undergraduate and Master’s degrees from the Juilliard Scho
 ol\, studying with Heidi Castleman\, Misha Amory\, and Hsin-Yun Huang.\n\n
 “If the ancient and unassuming viola is having a renaissance in contempo
 rary music\, it’s thanks largely to Nadia Sirota\, who specializes in\, 
 well\, anything a composer can throw at her.” (New York Magazine)\n\nMor
 e info about the artist can be found at:\n\nhttp://www.nadiasirota.com/\n\
 n \n\n(Photo by Samantha West)
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LOCATION:Bibbins Hall (Conservatory of Music)\, 224
SUMMARY:Guest Master Class: Nadia Sirota\, viola 
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 irota_viola
CATEGORIES:Master Class
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