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Michelle Ross: Discovering Bach Michelle Ross: Discovering Bach

Sun April 9th, 2017

5:00PM

Main Space

Minimum Age: All Ages

Doors Open: 4:30PM

Show Time: 5:00PM

Event Ticket: $15 / $20

Day of Show: $20 / $25

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Michelle Ross: Discovering Bach

Violinist Michelle Ross presents selections from all 6 solo violin Sonatas and Partitas of J.S. Bach, exploring the entire arc of the Bach cycle while juxtaposing pieces by Ravel, Messiaen, and her own original improvisations and compositions. She will be joined by pianist Euntaek Kim.

Program

Kaddish – Maurice Ravel
Sonata No. 1 in G minor BWV 1001: Adagio and Fuga – J.S. Bach

Improvisation – Michelle Ross
Partita No. 1 in B minor BWV 1002: Sarabande – J.S. Bach

To the Moon – Michelle Ross
Sonata No. 2 in A minor BWV 1003: Allegro – J.S. Bach

Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004: Ciaconna – J.S. Bach
Sonata No. 3 in C major BWV 1005: Adagio – J.S. Bach

Louange a l’Immortalite de Jesus, from Quatour pour la fin du Temps – Olivier Messiaen
Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006: Preludio – J.S. Bach

Ticketing Policy

TABLE SEATING POLICY Table seating for all seated shows is reserved exclusively for ticket holders who purchase “Table Seating” tickets. By purchasing a “Table Seating” ticket you agree to also purchase a minimum of two food and/or beverage items per person. Table seating is first come, first seated. Please arrive early for the best choice of available seats. Seating begins when doors open. Tables are communal so you may be seated with other patrons. We do not take table reservations.

A standing room area is available by the bar for all guests who purchase “Standing Room” tickets. Food and beverage can be purchased at the bar but there is no minimum purchase required in this area.    All tickets sales are final. No refund or credits.

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Michelle Ross

Michelle Ross official site | Michelle Ross’ discoveringbach.com

Violinist and composer Michelle Ross is unique as both a solo artist and collaborative visionary. In 2013, she had her Carnegie Hall debut with Maestro Harry Bicket, and her European debut as both soloist and conductor, with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris as part of Play/Direct, in Cite de La Musique. She is the recipient of the 2012 Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund for the Performing and Visual Arts.

A noted soloist and chamber musician, Ross is also in demand as guest concert- master all around the world, recent highlights including appearances with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra throughout Europe, MusicAeterna and Teodor Currentzis in Russia, the Orchestre National du Capitol de Toulouse and the Orchestre d’Auvergne. Ross is the Artistic Director and Founder of Music in the Mountains, a classical chamber music festival atop Summit Powder Mountain in Eden, Utah. In 2016 Michelle also launched the inaugural season of Chamber Music at Eleventh Street Arts Gallery in New York City.

As a chamber musician, she has toured extensively with Itzhak Perlman, and also collaborates with Mitsuko Uchida and Dénes Várjon, as well as members of the Juilliard, Guarneri, and Cleveland String Quartets. Ross was an artist at the Marlboro Music Festival from 2011-2014, and has toured with Musicians from Marlboro since 2012.

As a composer and improviser, Michelle is extremely interested in creating mul- timedia and collaborative works, and was recently awarded a New Music USA grant for her work with RendezVous. Her work has toured with the Aspen Sante Fe Ballet for three seasons. She has also had premieres in Baryshnikov Arts Center, the Joyce Theater and in Lincoln Center’s Beyond the Machine Festival.

Michelle holds a M.M. from the Juilliard School and a B.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University, where she studied in the Columbia/ Juilliard joint degree program. She has studied with Dorothy DeLay, Itzhak Perlman, Catherine Cho and Ronald Copes.

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