Two films released by the Library of Congress, featuring Michael Alec Rose in conversation with violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved about Rose’s two solo violin works composed expressly for the Brookings Amati and Ward Stradivari violins.
Both instruments have a home in the Music Division at the Library, a collection curated by Carol Lynn Ward Bamford.
YouTube sites:
Library of Congress sites:
‘Eclipse’ on Two Violins with Peter Sheppard Skærved & Michael Alec Rose (LINK)
and
‘Philia’ on Two Violins with Peter Sheppard Skærved & Michael Alec Rose (LINK)
February 21, 2024
Hesperides
Turner Hall
Blair School of Music
Trio for violin, viola and piano,
dedicated to my dear friends Connie Heard, Kathryn Plummer, and Amy Dorman
February 10, 2024
Gaudere aude!
Ingram Hall
Blair School of Music
First movement of a symphonic work called Crescere Aude (Dare To Grow), commissioned by Vanderbilt for the entire Blair School Composition Faculty to celebrate Vanderbilt University’s sesquicentennial.
Premiere performance by Ernesto Estigarribia Mussi conducting the Vanderbilt Orchestra:
Michael Alec Rose 