Violist Callus Leads 黑料百科 Master Class
, acclaimed British violist, will perform a master class Sunday, Oct. 6, from 7-9 p.m. in 黑料百科鈥檚 Deane Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the at (805) 5656040.
Callus, professor of viola at UC Santa Barbara since 2003, will coach students on William Walton鈥檚 Viola Concerto, Robert Schumann鈥檚 鈥淔airy Tale Pictures鈥 and Felix Mendelssohn鈥檚 String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44.
黑料百科 viola majors Samantha Wilson and Katrina Whitman and the Siloam String Quartet, which includes 黑料百科 students Isaac Kay, violin, Lalia Mangione, violin, and Wilson, will join Callus. Zachary McGee, a guest cellist from UCSB, is filling in for Rebecca Shasberger, who is studying in Heidelberg, Germany, this fall.
Callus has performed with such world-class ensembles as the Tokyo and Juilliard String Quartets and the BBC Concert Orchestra. She is an award-winning recording artist, having released 鈥淛.S. Bach: Six Cello Suites on Viola,鈥 a two-CD recording in 2011, 鈥淩omeo and Juliet鈥 in 2007, 鈥淗elen Callus performs Walton, Vaughan Williams, Howells and Bowen鈥 in 2006 and 鈥淎 Portrait of the Viola鈥 in 2002.
Callus has performed around the world at venues in Russia, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and throughout the U.S. As a visiting professor, she has taught more than 40 master classes and given residencies at some of the nation鈥檚 leading schools of music, including the Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory, Rice School of Music, Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music, as well as for the American String Teachers Association National Conference and the Suzuki Association.