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Juilliard Student Recital: Erin Carter Pitts, Viola with Collaborative Piano (Site)

Saturday November 23, 2019, 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Free

Erin Carter Pitts, Viola

Venue
Paul Hall

Erin C. Pitts is a passionate and dedicated violist whose goal is to promote the arts through solo and chamber music performance and teaching. A rising senior at the Juilliard School, Pitts is a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship. She has participated in summer music festivals for the past nine years. For two summers at the Music Academy of the West (2016,2017), she studied with the Takács Quartet in the prestigious String Quartet Seminar. This past summer she was an International Program Artist at Music@Menlo (2018). She has received many awards in competitions that include the Atlanta Symphony Youth Concerto Competition, Samuel Fordis Competition, Johansen International Strings Competition, and American Viola Society Competition. She served as a Principal Violist in the National Youth Orchestra. Erin Pitts was featured on NPR’s From the Top in 2015 and 2017 and has performed in prestigious venues throughout the United States including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Granada Theatre, Walt Disney Hall, and many others. Most recently, Pitts attended the International Music Seminar at Prussia Cove, studying with Lars Anders Tomter and Thomas Riebl (2019). This past summer, Pitts attended the renowned Verbier Festival Academy. Pitts is pursuing a degree in viola performance under the tutelage of Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang. She previously studied with Marilyn Seelman and Manuel Díaz. She has performed in master classes with Cynthia Phelps, Donald McInnes, Richard O’Neill, Jennifer Stumm, and Roberto Díaz, among others.

Details

Date:
Saturday November 23, 2019
Time:
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://www.juilliard.edu/event/141086/erin-carter-pitts-viola

Venue

Juilliard School
155 W 65th St, Street Level
New York, NY 10023 United States
Phone:
212.769.7406
Website:
http://www.juilliard.edu/about