Sunday, December 13, 2020
3:00 p.m. Mountain Time - Live-Streaming
Please
join
our
host
violinist
David
Felberg
for
the
fourth
chamber
music
concert
of
our
34th
season.
Owing
to
current
restrictions
on
live
events
in
New
Mexico
due
to
the
pandemic,
this
performance
is
being
live-streamed
from
our
regular
venue,
Las
Placitas
Presbyterian Church, for enjoyment in your own home.
David Felberg and Friends
David Felberg, violin and host
Megan Holland violin
Laura Steiner, viola
James Holland, cello
Musical Program Information and Program Notes
Concert Generously Sponsored by Sally and John Curro
David Felberg
And Friends
Laura
Steiner
is
a
member
of
the
New
Mexico
Philharmonic
and
a
teacher
of
violin,
viola,
and
music
theory.
She
plays
occasionally
with
the
Santa
Fe
Symphony,
Performance
Santa
Fe,
Chatter,
and
other
New
Mexican
performing
arts
organizations,
and
previously
held
a
position
with
the
Tuscaloosa
Symphony
Orchestra.
She
has
performed
solo
works
with
the
New
Mexico
Philharmonic,
the
Albuquerque
Youth
Symphony,
the
Masterworks
Festival
Philharmonic
Orchestra,
and
the
University
of
Alabama Huxford Symphony Orchestra.
Laura
enjoys
chamber
music
and
new
music,
playing
both
violin
and
viola
in
groups
with
strings,
winds,
and
piano.
She
is
currently
pursuing
a
M.M.
in
viola
performance,
string
pedagogy,
and
music
theory
at
the
University
of
New
Mexico,
where
she
is
a
member
of
New
Music
New
Mexico.
She
has
taught
violin
and
viola
students
for
more
than
10
years
and
music
theory
courses
at
UNM
for
seven
semesters.
Her
principal
teachers
include
Kimberly
Fredenburgh,
Wendy
Richman,
Daniel
Sweaney,
Gabriel
Gordon,
and
Derek
Reeves,
and
she
received
her
Bachelor
of
Music
degree
from
the
University
of
Alabama
(summa
cum laude)
Originally from Albuquerque, violinist Megan Holland
has performed throughout the United States, Mexico,
Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands. Reviewers have
characterized her performances as "poised" and
"powerful." Holland has received degrees in music from
the Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of
Southern California. She has previously held principal
positions in the Charleston Symphony, Breckenridge
Music Festival Orchestra, and Opera Southwest. She
performs regularly around the Southwest with groups
including Chatter and Albuquerque Chamber Soloists.
Holland is currently the principal second violin of Santa
Fe Pro Musica. She has also been a recurring guest
lecturer for the University of New Mexico Pedagogy
Department, specializing in the Mozart Violin Concerti
and how to teach them.
Cellist James Holland is a native of Pensacola, Florida.
He holds degrees in cello performance from the
University of Alabama and the Eastman School of Music.
For two years, James was a member of the New World
Symphony, a Miami-based training orchestra under the
direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. In 1996, Holland
was appointed principal cellist of the Charleston (South
Carolina) Symphony Orchestra, a position he held until
his relocation to Albuquerque in 2007 with his wife,
violinist Megan Julyan Holland.
He performs frequently with most of New Mexico’s
musical organizations, including Albuquerque Chamber
Soloists, Chatter, The Figueroa Project, the Placitas
Artists Series, Santa Fe Symphony, and Santa Fe Pro
Musica. He spends his summers in Breckenridge,
Colorado as principal cellist of the Breckenridge Music
Festival orchestra, a position he has held since 1998. He
can also be heard performing the music of Duke
Ellington with jazz legends Eddie Daniels and Roger
Kellaway on the 2013 IPO Recording release, Duke at the
Roadhouse: Live in Santa Fe, which was recently named
Best Jazz Album of the Year by L’Académie du Jazz in
Paris, France. Holland was invited by Daniels and
Kellaway to perform with them again at the 2013 Detroit
Jazz Festival. He maintains a large, active private
teaching studio.
David
Felberg,
instructor
of
violin
and
director
of
the
Contemporary
Chamber
Ensemble,
is
currently
the
associate
concertmaster
of
the
New
Mexico
Symphony
Orchestra.
A
native
of
Albuquerque,
he
performs
regularly
throughout
the
Southwest
as
concerto
soloist,
recitalist
and
chamber
musician.
He
has
appeared
as
a
soloist
with
the
New
Mexico
Symphony
Orchestra,
Albuquerque
Philharmonic
Orchestra,
Noisy
Neighbors
Chamber
Orchestra,
Tucson
Symphony
and
the
Chautauqua
Music
School
Festival
Orchestra.
David
has
performed
solo
recitals
in
Albuquerque,
Santa
Fe,
Los
Alamos,
Clovis,
Portales,
and
most
recently
on
the
Outstanding
Artists
Recital
Series
for
the
Emerald
City
Opera
in
Steamboat
Springs,
Colorado.
In
June
of
2005,
he
made his New York City recital debut in Merkin Hall.
As
a
chamber
musician,
David
has
been
a
faculty
member
and
performer
with
the
Apple
Hill
Center
for
Chamber
Music,
and
from
1993
to
1997
was
a
member
of
the
Helios
String
Quartet.
He
is
a
regular
on
many
chamber
music
series
throughout
New
Mexico,
including
The
Albuquerque
Chamber
Soloists,
Noisy
Neighbors,
Taos
Chamber
Music
Group,
Serenata
of
Santa
Fe,
Los
Alamos
Coffee
Concerts
and
the
Placitas
Artists
Series,
and
performed
the
Mendelssohn
Octet
with
the
Takacs
Quartet in Boulder, Colorado, in April of 1998.