Join Classical Tuesdays Nov 10 for a violin recital by Maria Sampen

Watch for this on Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma's links, starting 7pm November 10 and available from then on at:

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Maria Sampen, Professor of Violin at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA, enjoys a vibrant musical career as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral performer, recording artist and teacher.  She performs both standard repertoire and new experimental works; her engagements include concertos, concerts and masterclasses in Europe, Asia, Canada and all over the United States. Dr. Sampen has been featured as soloist on KING FM in Seattle and other public radio stations throughout the country. She has released recordings on AMP Records, Block M Records and Perspectives in New Music/Open Space. She is currently preparing recordings of Georges Enesco’s Sonata No. Béla Bartók’s Sonata No. 2, and Marilyn Shrude’s “Memorie di Luoghi.”

Maria Sampen, violinist

Dr. Sampen performed and studied at the Mozarteum Sommerakademie, the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workingshop, the Aspen Festival, Tanglewood and the Musicorda Festival.  She holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Rice University and was also a fellow at Aspen and the Tanglewood Music Festival. Her major teachers include Paul Kantor, Kenneth Goldsmith and Paul Makara. In addition to her work as a soloist, Sampen concertizes frequently with her new music group, Brave New Works, as well as the IRIS Orchestra of Tennessee, and the Puget Sound Piano Trio.

Indonesian pianist and teacher, Isabella Jie, completed her Master of Music and Performer's Diploma degrees at Indiana University and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance at the University of Minnesota, Her DMA dissertation connects her extensive studies of western music with her Indonesian heritage and passion for teaching: "Debussy and Gamelan: An Introduction to Gamelan Music for Piano Students". 

The program for Maria's virtual recital will include movements from:

Samuel Barber, Violin Concerto

Amy Beach, Romance

Daniel Bernard Roumain, Filter

Andre Myers, Partita for Solo Violin

Grazyna Bacewicz, Sonata for Solo Violin