Streaming Concert_#246: Audrey Wright: Beyond Bach Part 1

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Audrey Wright

The “Beyond Bach” series is made possible in part by funding from New York Women Composers.

4/18/21 - “Violin Plus” - featuring works for unaccompanied violin that expand the voice of the violin by incorporating electronics, foot pedals, and non-traditional tunings.

5/16/21 - “Homage” - works intended as homages to people and places.

6/20/21 - “Movement and Dance” - a program inspired by motion, movement, and dance forms.

7/11/21 - “American Voices Now” - featuring works by living American composers.


Violinist Audrey Wright is Associate Concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Concertmaster of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. A versatile performer in solo, chamber music, and orchestral realms, Audrey has previously held positions with the Excelsa Quartet (2014-16) and New World Symphony (2013-14). Her repertoire spans the early 17th century to the modern-day, and her performing experience includes the full spectrum of these musical styles from Baroque performance practice to the premiering of new and personally commissioned works.



 

This is a recording of her performance on April 18, 2021

“Violin Plus”

Works for unaccompanied violin that expand the voice of the violin by incorporating live electronics, foot pedals, and non-traditional tunings. 

JOHANN JOSEPH VILSMAYR - Partita No. 3 from Artificiosus Concentus pro Camera a Violin Solo 
FLANNERY CUNNINGHAM - Depth Sounding
NILOUFAR NOURBAKHSH - A Shared Solitary
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN, ARR. AUDREY WRIGHT - O virtus Sapiente
STEVE REICH - Violin Phase

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Joseph_Vilsmayr
• http://flannerycunningham.com
• https://niloufarnourbakhsh.com
• https://www.stevereich.com

Violinist Audrey Wright is Associate Concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Concertmaster of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. A versatile performer in solo, chamber music, and orchestral realms, she previously held positions with the Excelsa Quartet (2014-16) and New World Symphony (2013-14). Her repertoire spans the early 17th century to modern-day, and her performing experience includes the full spectrum of these musical styles from Baroque performance practice to the premiering of new and personally commissioned works.

While a member of the Excelsa Quartet, Audrey traveled throughout North America and Europe giving concerts and competing in international competitions. The quartet worked closely with members of the Guarneri, Emerson, St. Lawrence, and Juilliard Quartets, and in 2015 commissioned and gave the world premiere of John Heiss's Microcosms. As a participant of the Verbier Festival since 2012, Audrey performed with the Verbier Festival Orchestra and Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra and was concertmaster under the direction of Gábor Takács-Nagy, Kent Nagano, Iván Fischer, and Charles Dutoit. She also appeared with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, and Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra.

Audrey holds performance degrees from the New England Conservatory and a D.M.A. from the University of Maryland. Her principal teachers include Lucy Chapman, David Salness, Bayla Keyes, and Magdalena Richter. Audrey plays on a 1763 J.B. Guadagnini violin generously loaned to her by conductor Marin Alsop.

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