Violinist Karen Bentley Pollick will join the UCCS Ensemble Peak Frequency to present “Statio Hiberna/Winter Stasis” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 at the UCCS Gallery of Contemporary Art, 121 S. Tejon in the Plaza of the Rockies Building.
A preconcert discussion is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. The events are part of the Peak Frequency Creative Arts Collective Wednesday Night Live! @ GOCA series.
The events are open to the public, a $10 donation is suggested.
The first half of the concert will include works from Bentley Pollick’s multimedia presentation “Violin, Viola & Video Virtuosity” by composers Jeffrey Harrington, Charles Norman Mason and Ofer Ben-Amots. The second half includes “Equipoise”(breath in repose), a premiere from composer Glen Whitehead, Associate Professor, UCCS Department of Visual and Performing Arts; Alaskan composer Matthew Burtner’s “The Golden Sparrow” for off-stage trumpet, container of light and electronics; Elliott Carter’s “Shard” for solo guitar; and a masterwork of impressionism, Claude Debussy’s “Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp” (arr. guitar).
Three UCCS faculty members will also perform. They are Whitehead, trumpet; Jane Rigler, senior instructor, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, flute; and Colin McAllister, music program coordinator, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, guitar.
The current GOCA121 exhibit, “Ceramica: Contemporary Clay.” will act as a visually stimulating backdrop for the music. This exhibit features an installation highlighting five regional artists.
Bentley Pollick has performed as violinist with Paul Dresher’s Electro-Acoustic Ensemble since 1999 and performs a wide range of solo repertoire and styles on violin, viola, piano and Norwegian hardangerfele. A native of Palo Alto, Calif., she studied with Camilla Wicks in San Francisco and with Yuval Yaron, Josef Gingold and Rostislav Dubinsky at Indiana University where she received both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in violin performance. She has several recordings of original music, including “Electric Diamond,” “Konzerto and Succubus” and “Ariel View,” for which she has received three music awards from Just Plain Folks, including Best Instrumental Album and Best Song. On her own record label, Ariel Ventures, she has produced “Dancing Suite to Suite, <amberwood>”, and “Homage to Fiddlers”. She filmed Dan Tepfer‘s “Solo Blues for Violin and Piano” in Shoal Creek, Ala., in June 2009. For more information, visit http://www.kbentley.com/
GOCA is a regional hub of contemporary art, culture, and conversation. By featuring world-class artists, hosting artist & expert talks, and offering meaningful events we engage UCCS students, faculty, staff and Pikes Peak Region community members in contemporary culture and life. GOCA features two galleries – one founded on the UCCS campus in 1982 and a satellite opened in 2010 in the Plaza of the Rockies building.
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