Anyone familiar with @belial-pelegrim 's prolific and singular work will understand how thrilled I was to be invited to collaborate. (Thank you, @r-salchaks-mood-exhibit for the connection!) Belial's track flipped on the northern lights for me, and an avalanche of cold-world lyrics and vocal gestures followed, tethered high to the monolith and low to the undertow in his music. The result, I think, is something very human. Here's to the struggle and the struggling.
Belial's post: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/nunataq-ice-age-belial-pelegrim-jennifer-roe
Music: Belial Pelegrim
Vocals & Lyrics: Jennifer Roe
Cover Photography: Jennifer Roe 
Cover Design: Belial Pelegrim

Nunataq/Ice Age

Nun a taq taq taq taq taq

Hey yah yah yah
Hey yah yah yah

Hey-o
Hey-o
Oh-ay

In the time of lowest light
In the days of shortest sight
You crawl you crawl
You claw your way on hands and knees
You call you call
In the time of lowest light
In the coldness of the night
You crawl
Crawl
You call:

Hey yah yah yah yah
Hey yah yah yah yah
Nunataq
Nunataq
Nunataq taq taq taq taq

One
Small
Step
For
No Man

One
Small
Step
For
No Man

One
Giant
Leap
Into the till
Scrounging for gems

In the time of lowest light
In the days of shortest sight
You crawl you crawl
You claw your way on hands and knees
You call you call
In the time of lowest light
In the coldness of the night
You crawl
Crawl
Craaaaaawwwwwwllllllll

Your own little ice age
Your pit pond
You sinking in the outwash

Hey yah yah yah yah
Hey yah yah yah yah

Raking stones
Breaking bones
Changing history
Your own little ice age
Your own little ice age
Your own little ice age
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Noun
nunataq (plural nunatat)

nunataq, an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within (or at the edge of) an ice field or glacier

Nunataq (Ice Age) [collaboration with Belial Pelegrim]

Holiday Cheer from the brilliant young artists of the Heifetz International Institute - all performed live in concert.

Heifetz Holiday Concert 12.16.2018 UMBC

Mark Summer: Variations on "Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming" | Zhihao Wu, cello

We mark African-American History Month with works by Black composers ranging from the Roaring 1920s to our roiling 2020s.  Featuring great Heifetz Institute performances of works by Jessie Montgomery, Clarence Cameron White, Florence Price, George Walker, and 19-year-old Jaylin Vinson. 

PLAYLIST

1.  Clarence Cameron White (1880 - 1960): Bandana Sketches. Op. 12:
II Lament: I’m Troubled In Mind
Zachary Mowitz, cello 
Miki Sawada, piano 
Virtual performance
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.29.2020 
	
2. Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981): Strum (2006)
Borromeo String Quartet
Nicholas Kitchen, violin; Kristopher Tong, violin
Mai Motobuchi, viola; Yeesun Kim, cello
Heifetz Institute Recording
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA | 07.16.2021 
	
3. Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981): Peace (2020)
Steven Baloue, viola
Michel-Alexandre Broekaert, piano
Heifetz Institute Recording 
South Market Stage, Grace Christian Church, Staunton, VA | 03.25.2022

4.  Clarence Cameron White (1880 - 1960):  Bandana Sketches, Op. 12  
IV. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child [excerpt]
Zachary Mowitz, cello 
Miki Sawada, piano 
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.29.2020
Virtual performance

5. Florence Price (1887 - 1953): Fantasie Nègre No. 1
Jessica X. Osborne, piano 
Virtual Performance | Houston, TX
Heifetz Institute Recording | 08.01.2020

6. Florence Price (1887 - 1953): Piano Quintet in A Minor -  IV. Scherzo
Elena Urioste, violin; Melissa White, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola; Rosemary Elliott, cello 
Tom Poster, piano
Heifetz Institute Recording
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA | 07.29.2022

7. Florence Price (1887 - 1953): Piano Sonata in E minor  II. Andante [excerpt]
Andrew Rosenblum, piano
Heifetz Institute recording
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA | 07.21.2021

8. Jaylin Vinson (b. 2002): Shimmer! (2021)
Claire Druffner, cello
Boubacar Diallo, cello
Michael Zyzak, cello
Nicholas Tsang, cello
Heifetz Institute Recording
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA | 07.22.2022

9.George Walker (1922 - 2018): Lyric for Strings 
Borromeo String Quartet: 
Nicholas Kitchen, violin 
Kristopher Tong, violin 
Mai Motobuchi, viola 
Yeesun Kim, cello
Samuel Suggs, bass
The Heifetz Band - 100 Young Artists of the Heifetz Institute
Heifetz Institute Recording
Great Hall, Blackburn Inn & Conference Center,  Staunton, VA | 08.06.2021

Heifetz On Air Episode 5 - Strum, Shimmer, & Shine

This episode features some of the great works by the “Renaissance Man of the Romantic Generation,” Felix Mendelssohn, including the shimmering Octet, a brooding String Quartet, and a pair of piano trios by both Felix and his sister Fanny Mendelssohn.  Discover more and see the video playlist at
https://heifetz.institute/HeifetzOnAirE45

THIS EPISODE'S PLAYLIST

Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words, Op. 109
Juan-Salvador Carrasco, cello
Lynne Mackey, piano
South Market Stage, Grace Christian School, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 04.22.2022

Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings in E-flat, Op. 20
I. Allegro Moderato ma con fuoco
Strauss Shi, violin 
Becca Kasdan, violin
Daniel Kim, violin 
Carmen Johnson-Pajaro, violin 
Ian Niederhoffer, viola 
Peter Cho, viola 
Allegra Whiting, cello 
Ayoun (Alex) Kim , cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA 
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.26.2015

Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No.1  
I. Molto Allegro Vivace [excerpt]
Rachell Wong, violin
Shuxiang Yang, violin
Stephanie Block, viola
Ben Fried, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.20.2016

Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
I. Allegro Molto
Kenneth Naito, violin 
Ria Honda, violin 
Matt Cohen, viola 
Dominic Lee, cello
Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center,  
American University, Washington, DC
Heifetz Institute Recording | 05.05.2019

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11
III. Lied. Allegretto
Yezu Woo, violin
Noémie Raymond-Friset, cello
Michel-Alexandre Broekaert, piano 
South Market Stage, Grace Christian School, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 03.25.2022 

Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49
IV. Finale. Allegro assai appassionato 
Ria Honda, violin 
Dominic Lee, cello
Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano 
Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center,  
American University, Washington, DC
Heifetz Institute Recording | 05.05.2019

                
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
II. Scherzo [excerpt]
Phoenix Quartet: 
Ilkhom Mukhiddinov, violin
Hyun Ji Lee, violin 
Arielle Fentress, viola   
Elliott Kim, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.06.2023

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
II. Andante
III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace
Ji-Won Song, violin
Hui-Chaun Chen, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.19.2015

Heifetz On Air Episode 45 - Mostly Mendelssohn

Heifetz faculty, alums, and special guests perform beloved carols, Baroque gems, and custom arrangements of holiday classics, played in Heifetz HolidayTour stops in Baltimore, Washington, and beyond, and capped off with the annual Heifetz Holiday Homecoming concert in Staunton, Virginia.  Full program details at https://heifetz.institute/HeifetzOnAirE51

THIS EPISODE'S PLAYLIST

Trad, arr. Alasdair Fraser: Shetland Set:
Christmas Day Ida Moarnin/Lady Spence's Reel/Sleep Soond

Kiarra Saito-Beckman, violin
Zhihao Wu, cello
Blackfriars Playhouse, American Shakespeare Center, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.10.2018 

Tchaikovsky, arr. Lynne Latham: Nutcracker Suite
I. Overture                                                                                   
II. March
III. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
IV. Arabian Dance
V. Trepak

Danny Yehun Jin, violin
Kiarra Saito-Beckman, violin
Matt Cohen, viola
Zhihao Wu, cello
Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC, Baltimore, MD
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.16.2018

Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a
XII. December  [EXCERPT]
Stefan Petrov, piano
Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC, Baltimore, MD
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.17.2017 

Antonio Vivaldi: Christmas Concerto in B-flat, RV 270
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro

Angela Chan, violin solo
Julia Angelov, violin
Kayleigh Kim, violin
Matt Cohen, viola
Dilshod Narzillaev, cello
Kreeger Museum of Art, Washington, DC
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.19.2019

Anon: Greensleeves, to a Ground

Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.19.2019

Trad., arr Matthew Naughtin: Christmas Feast: Five Ancient Carols for Strings
Gloria in Excelsis Deo                                                                                       
Gaudete 
Carol of the Bagpipers
Coventry Carol
Verbum Caro Factum Est

Jihyun Baik, violin
Julia Angelov, violin
Jane Taerim Kim, viola     
Rachel Taylor, cello
Horowitz Theatre, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.10.2023

Arcangelo Corelli: "Christmas" Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8
I: Vivace - Grave: Arcate, sostenuto e come sta 
II: Allegro 
III: Adagio-Allegro-Adagio 
IV: Vivace 
V: Allegro 
VI: Largo. Pastorale ad libitum

Chloé  Kiffer, violin
Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
Ji-Won Song, violin
Nikita Borisevich, violin
Andrew Gonzalez, viola
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Nicholas Mariscal, cello
Stefan Petrov, harpsichord
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.18.2015

Mikola Leontovych: Ukrainian Bell Carol

Minchae Kim, violin
SoHyun Ko, violin
Jerome McCoy, viola
Dilshod Narzillaev, cello
WTJU Studios, Charlottesville, VA
WTJU Recording | 12.08.2022

Irving Berlin, arr. Nate Sabat after Jascha Heifetz: White Christmas

Chloé  Kiffer, violin
Stefan Petrov, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.18.2015

Heifetz On Air Episode 51 - Heifetz For The Holidays

From their December 2022 Holiday Tour appearance on WTJU in Charlottesville, VA , members of the Heifetz Ensemble in Residence - Minchae Kim and SoHyun Ko, violins; Jerome McCoy, viola, and Dilshod Narzillaev, cello, perform the Ukrainian Bell Carol, the traditional Czech "Bell Carol," and the German carol "In Dulci Jubilo," by Michael Praetorious,  arranged for string quartet by Michael Naughtin. 

Catch the complete "Offstage, On-Air," performance by the Heifetz Ensemble In Residence here: https://heifetz.institute/WTJUHoliday

Carol of the Bells - Czech Bell Carol - In Dulci Jubilo  @WTJU

After guitarist Peter Blanchette spent a year learning to play the lute, he decided it just wasn't the right instrument for him. He enjoyed playing guitar, but the guitar wasn't capable of easily playing the renaissance and baroque music he loved. So Blanchette solved his problem by creating the archguitar which combined characteristics of a lute and a Spanish vihuela (an early guitar-like instrument.) Blanchette joins Rachel Stewart for an interesting chat about his unique instrument and the beautiful sounds it can make. 

Biscuit Chat: Peter Blanchette

Pianist Bruce Murray, cellist Jon Lewis of the CSO, and Heifetz alumna violinist Chloé Kiffer visited WDAV to give a live preview of their concert Schumanniana, part of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art's Music and Museum series.

Performance/Chat: Schumanniana Trio

Communicate - Engage - Inspire.  Shaping the future of classical music, one student at a time.

Carol of the Bells - Czech Bell Carol - In Dulci Jubilo @WTJU

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