The University at Albany Department of Music is pleased to present Viola X-Treme!, a concert by electric 5-string violist/composer/progressive recording
artist Martha
Mooke on Monday, October 8, 2007 at 7pm in the Recital
Hall of the Performing Arts Center on the uptown campus. The program will include original music as
well as works written for Mooke by leading composers on the new music scene.
Mooke, a pioneer in the
field of electric five-string viola and alumni of UAlbany, transcends musical
boundaries by synthesizing her classical music training with extended techniques,
digital effects processing and improvisation. She is a Yamaha Artist and
leading clinician on electric and alternative approaches to string
playing. Founder and violist of the
electro-acoustic Scorchio Quartet, Mooke has performed and recorded with Barbra
Streisand, David Bowie, Philip Glass, David Byrne, Moby, Lou Reed, Trey
Anastasio, Ziggy Marley, Enya, John Cale and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, to
name a few. Mooke’s music can be heard on critically acclaimed recordings, Enharmonic Vision and Bowing's Café Mars (duo with electric guitarist
Randolph Hudson). She has received awards from ASCAP, Meet the Composer and
Arts International, among others. She was also honored with an ASCAP Concert
Music Award for conceiving and producing the new music showcase Thru The Walls featuring ASCAP
composer/performers whose work defies categorization.
Tickets are $8 for the general public and $4 for students
and may be purchased through the Performing Arts Center Box Office. For further information, contact the Box
Office at (518) 442-3997 or visit the Performing Arts Center website at www.albany.edu/pac.
Mooke will also be offering a free clinic
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