| Karen Bentley Pollick Artist's Website >> Karen Bentley Pollick- violin - has performed as violinist with Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band since 1999. She performs a wide range of solo repertoire and styles on violin, viola, piano and Norwegian hardangerfele. She studied with Camilla Wicks in San Francisco and at Indiana University with Yuval Yaron, Josef Gingold and Rostislav Dubinsky, graduating with Bachelors and Masters of Music Degrees in Violin Performance. Her recordings of original music, including Electric Diamond, Angel, Konzerto and Succubus and Ariel View, have 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, Pollick was concertmaster of the New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 1984 and has participated in the June in Buffalo and Wellesley Composers Conferences. She has given recitals at the American Academy of Rome, throughout the Czech Republic in American Spring Festivals and in England at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. She appeared as soloist with Redwood Symphony in the world premiere of Swedish composer Ole Saxe’s Dance Suite for Violin and Orchestra, the Alabama Symphony and orchestras in Panama, Russia, Alaska, New York and California. With choreographer Teri Weksler and percussionist John Scalici, Pollick was a recipient of a Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham 2008 Interdisciplinary Grant. Their work premiered at Birmingham-Southern College on May 2, 2009. With pianist Lisa Moore, Pollick formed the duo Prophet Birds in 2009. For more information: www.kbentley.com O1C Performances: The Paul Dresher Ensemble Double Duo The Paul Dresher Ensemble Double Duo |
