Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama in Four Summer Chamber Music Festivals in 2010

[Nokuthula Ngwenyama]

Nokuthula Ngwenyama is a prominent African American violist and violinist who was born in the U.S. to a Japanese mother and a Zimbabwean father on June 16, 1976. She is profiled at AfriClassical.com, and her personal website is http://www.ngwenyama.com/live/ “Thula,” as she is nicknamed, switched from violin to viola at age 12. She maintains a heavy schedule of performances and has been Visiting Associate Professor (Viola), at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music since 2008. Her most recent recording, Rubinstein Sonatas, is one we have been playing frequently. It deserves to be widely heard, for both the program and the performance.

Nokuthula Ngwenyama is scheduled to participate in four Chamber Music Festivals in July and August 2010:

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, July 18-23, 2010

Sierra Chamber Music Festival, July 24-31, 2010

Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, August 11-15, 2010

Salt Bay Chamberfest, August 20, 2010

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

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Jolivet / Heggie / Brahms

Date: Sunday, July 18, 2010

Time: 6:00 PM

Location: St. Francis Auditorium, 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM

Program:

JOLIVET Chant de Linos

JAKE HEGGIE The Deepest Desire: Four Meditations on Love

BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 3

Artists:

Giuseppina Ciarla, Jennifer Frautschi, Susan Graham, Jake Heggie, Ralph Kirshbaum, Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Tara Helen O’Connor, Jon Kimura Parker, William Preucil