PRINCIPAL VIOLA
The Mary Anne Rennolds Chair
Molly Sharp, Principal Violist of the Richmond Symphony, teaches viola at Virginia Commonwealth University and played in the Oberon String Quartet for 22 years. Molly is also the creator of VlaTutti.com, which provides resources for violists that elevate teaching, learning, and performing through the joy of collaboration.
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Music in the Galleries:
Musical Impressionism
Molly Sharp VIOLA
Mary Boodell FLUTE
MAY
DEBUSSY (1862 - 1918)
Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE (1892 - 1983)
Pastorale
As Principal Flutist of the Richmond Symphony, Mary Boodell has won acclaim not only for her orchestral playing but also for her numerous chamber music performances. Equally at home in baroque and contemporary music, Ms. Boodell has performed at festivals across the US and Europe, including at the Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl, Eastern Music Festival, Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, and regularly at the Staunton Music Festival in Staunton, VA.
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SATIE (1866 - 1925)
3 Gymnopedies
IBERT (1890 - 1962)
Entr’acte
DUBOIS (1837 - 1924)
Terzettino for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Praised for her “virtuosity and beautiful tone”, harpist Alicia Romeo enjoys a varied career performing as a symphony musician, chamber musician and recitalist. She currently performs with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra. Through a grant with the Virginia Commission for the Arts, she has toured not only the rural communities of Virginia but performed in great concert halls such as the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the American Consulate in Florence, Italy and Carnegie Hall. Alicia enthusiastically explores opera, ballet, chamber and orchestral repertoire from all epochs and across all genres.
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