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Summerland by Karen Elaine
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fave it Jazz Fusion | Orchestral
8 tracks | 35 minutes
Released Dec 2006
on Viola Concerts, Inc.
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:31 Here's One BUY MP3 02:31 Here's One "GIFT MP3" 02:31 Here's One
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:20 Quit Dat Fool'nish BUY MP3 01:20 Quit Dat Fool'nish "GIFT MP3" 01:20 Quit Dat Fool'nish
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:58 Blues BUY MP3 04:58 Blues "GIFT MP3" 04:58 Blues
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:13 Summerland BUY MP3 03:13 Summerland "GIFT MP3" 03:13 Summerland
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 05:47 Suite: African Dancer BUY MP3 05:47 Suite: African Dancer "GIFT MP3" 05:47 Suite: African Dancer
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 06:17 Suite: Mother and Child BUY MP3 06:17 Suite: Mother and Child "GIFT MP3" 06:17 Suite: Mother and Child
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:50 Suite: Gamin' BUY MP3 02:50 Suite: Gamin' "GIFT MP3" 02:50 Suite: Gamin'
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 08:43 Soliloquy BUY MP3 08:43 Soliloquy "GIFT MP3" 08:43 Soliloquy
Arrangements for solo viola and string orchestra to lush interpretations of music by black American composers.
Bio / Background
BIOGRAPHY
Karen Elaine is the First Place Grand Prize winner of the 1988 Bruno Giuranna International Viola Competition. Aw winner of numerous solo competitions in her native California, she is noted by the Los Angeles Times as "...the soloist to bring the viola out of obscurity." Ms. Elaine has recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, the City of London Sinfonia (for which she received nomination for a 1992 Grammy Music Award), the Orquesta Sinfonica da Paraiba, and the Moraska Philharmonie. A featured artist on recital and orchestra series worldwide, Ms. Elaine has given premier performances of new works and exuberant interpretations of the standard repertoire.
Ms. Elaine has commissioned and premiered numerous works for solo viola by such distinguished composers as David Baker, Ed Bland, Gordon Kerry, Patrice Rushen, Bruce Taub, David Ward-Steinman, and Haim Shtrum. As an arranger and soloist, Ms.
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