Violinguistics: American Voices

August 6, 2009

2009 Albany Records Scott Conklin, violin

Included Works

About the Album

Violinist Scott Conklin and pianist Alan Huckleberry have assembled an impressive group of new American compositions for violin and piano, which, with the exception of the Bolcom and Sheng, are world premiere recordings. Scott Conklin is Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Iowa School of Music. He appears regularly as a recitalist, soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player and teaching clinician throughout the United States and abroad. He was named the 2008 Iowa String Teachers Studio Teacher of the year and was a featured artist at the 2004 Music Teachers National Association Conference. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Conklin earned his D.M.A. from the University of Michigan School of Music.

1. Sonata for violin & piano: Intense and Aggressive

2. Sonata for violin & piano: Groové

3. Sonata for violin & piano: Spirited and Explosive

4. Sonata for violin & piano: Delicate

5. The Graceful Ghost, a concert variation for violin & piano

6. Snow Ash, for violin & piano

7. The Stream Flows, for solo violin: Movement One

8. The Stream Flows, for solo violin: Movement Two

9. Colloquial Threads, for violin & piano: Faulkner

10. Colloquial Threads, for violin & piano: Football and the Lord

11. Colloquial Threads, for violin & piano: Lamentation

12. Colloquial Threads, for violin & piano: Mint Julep

13. Aria, for violin & piano

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