Guest Masterclass: Tonya Burton, viola
Friday, November 15, 2024
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Moores School of Music is excited to host Tonya Burton (Monarch Chamber Players, Kinetic Ensemble), who will be teaching a viola masterclass.
An
artistic
leader,
violist
Tonya
Burton
is
a
core
member
and
curator
for
Monarch
Chamber
Players
and
Kinetic
Ensemble.
Kinetic’s
album
Kinetic,
recently
debuted
as
number
one
on
the
Billboard
Traditional
Classical
Albums
chart
in
2023.
As
a
soloist,
Burton
won
third
place
in
the
2023
American
Prize
for
Instrumental
Soloists,
‘Best
Classical
Artist’
in
the
D.C.
Wammie
awards,
and
a
track
from
her
solo
album
won
a
2022
Wammie
award
for
‘Best
Classical
Song.’
Burton
is
an
Artist
in
Residence
at
the
Caroga
Lake
Music
Festival
and
Talis
Festival,
an
affiliate
artist
with
Apollo
Chamber
Players,
and
frequently
performs
Aperio,
the
Woodlands
Diversion,
Musiqa,
and
other
ensembles
around
the
United
States.
In
addition
to
performing,
Burton
teaches
at
Sam
Houston
State
University
and
maintains
a
thriving
home
studio.
She
received
a
Master’s
in
Music
from
Rice
University
studying
with
James
Dunham,
a
Bachelor’s
of
Music
from
Cleveland
Institute
of
Music
under
the
tutelage
of
Jeffrey
Irvine,
and
served
as
Katherine
Murdock’s
Teaching
Assistant
while
working
on
her
Doctorate
at
the
University
of
Maryland.
- Location
- Choral Recital Hall (MSM 160)
- Cost
- Free
- Contact
- msmprog@central.uh.edu