Violinist & Pianist Will Share The Stage

For Next NFoM Concert

Newtown Friends of Music (NFoM) will sponsor a performance by the violinist Jennifer Stumm and the pianist Tom Poster on Sunday, March 14, at 3 pm. The concert will be in the auditorium of Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street in Newtown.

Violist Jennifer Stumm is internationally recognized as a musical innovator and dynamic advocate for her instrument. She has won a number of major competitions including Concert Artists Guild in 2006, where she was the first solo violist in the nearly 60-year history of the competition to win first prize; and the William Primrose and Geneva Competitions in 2005. That same year Ms Stumm was honored with an award from the Vriendenkrans of Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.

A native of Atlanta, Jennifer Stumm began viola studies at the age of eight in her school’s orchestra program and now devotes time to master classes and educational outreach with the hope that younger musicians will be similarly encouraged. Ms Stumm holds a bachelor’s of music degree from Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute and pursued interests in astronomy and politics at the University of Pennsylvania at the same time. Ms Stumm also earned a master’s of music degree at The Juilliard School.

Currently she divides her time between musical commitments in the US and Europe, where her recent mentors have been violist Nobuko Imai and cellist Steven Isserlis.

Pianist Tom Poster enjoys a busy and diverse career, appearing as concerto soloist, solo recitalist and chamber musician across an extensive repertoire in a range of major international venues. Since his London concerto debut at the age of 13, Mr Poster has appeared in a wide-ranging concerto repertoire of 30 major works, with orchestras and conductors including the BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Scottish Symphony with James Loughran, China National Symphony/En Shao, Southbank Sinfonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy, St Petersburg State Capella Philharmonic and European Union Chamber Orchestra.

The program for March 14 will include works by Rebecca Clarke, Benjamin Britten, traditional Catalan music, a jig by György Kurtag, a sonata by Heitor Villa Lobos, and will conclude with music by Franz Schubert.

Tickets are $20, with students grades K-12 admitted free of charge when accompanied by a ticket-holding adult. The box office at the town hall will open one hour before the start of the concert. Parking is free and plentiful behind Edmond Town Hall and the facility is handicap accessible.

An informal reception following the concert will offer concertgoers the opportunity to mingle with the artists.

Advance reservations are strongly recommended; call 203-426-6470. For additional information on this and the April concert that will conclude the current season for NFoM the website NewtownFriendsOfMusic.org is also available.