Claire Allen, violin
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Upcoming Performances

Sunday, March 12 at 2 pm 

Violin Faculty Fundraising Concert

​Mason Summer Arts Faculty artists Matthew Richardson, Michelle Richardson, Hannah Price, Andrew Juola, Mark Irchai, and Claire Allen will present a streamed recital of works for violin and piano, to include pieces by Bacewicz, Bartok, Beach, Coleridge-Taylor, Hermann, Weir, and Vivaldi. 

Join us to celebrate the violin and donate to help deserving young violinists attend one of Mason Community Arts Academy's summer violin camps.

Thursday, May 4 at 2:15 pm

Meet the Artists with Mark Irchai

Coleridge-Taylor: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Minor
Brahms: Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano in D Minor


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Photo by Mary Pat Collins
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Photo from the Tysons McLean Orchestra
Past
Solo Voices
Sunday, September 16 at 2 pm

Fairfax Fine Violins

J. Harbison: Four Songs of Solitude
S. Prokofiev: Solo Sonata in D Major
J. Montgomery: Rhapsody No. 1
C. Mallonée: Selections from String Tunes
​G. Bacewicz: Polish Capriccio

Friday, February 8, 2019

With the Ainur Quartet at Woodburn Elementary School

Friday, March 1, 2019
Tysons-Mclean Orchestra at St. Luke's Catholic Church in McLean, VA

Monday, March 11, 2019
Mini-Recital and Instrument Petting Zoo with the Ainur Quartet at the GMU Child Development Center

Friday, March 22, 2019
Assembly-Recital with the Ainur Quartet at Hunters Woods Elementary

Saturday, March 23, 2019
Monson Grand Tier III, George Mason University Center for the Arts
Fairfax, VA

2 pm

Amy Beach: String Quartet, Op. 89
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1

The Ainur Quartet
Claire Allen and Andrew Juola, violins
Drew Robertson, viola
Zachary Whitaker, cello

Sunday, April 28, 2019
MCAA Faculty-Student Showcase at Spotlight on the Arts
3 pm
Old Town Hall
Fairfax, VA 

Saturday, May 18, 2019
Tysons-Mclean Orchestra

Thursday, May 23, 2019
The Ainur Quartet at Reston Community Center Concert Series

Sunday, April 29, at 2 pm
Mason Community Arts Academy Faculty and Student Showcase Recital
with the Lorien Quartet

Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center
3740 Old Lee Highway
Fairfax, VA 22030

​Free and open to the public.

Sunday, April 15, 2018 at 4 pm
The Lorien Quartet


Vienna Baptist Church
541 Marshall Road
Vienna, VA 22180

F. Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 12, No. 1
L. v. Beethoven: String Quartet in C-Minor, Op. 18, No. 4

Free and open to the public.

Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 3 pm
The Lorien Quartet

The Chapel of Holy Trinity Catholic Church
3513 'N' Street NW
Washington, DC 20007

F. Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 12, No. 1
L. v. Beethoven: String Quartet in C-Minor, Op. 18, No. 4

Free and open to the public.

Sunday, November 19, 2017 at 4 pm
Solo Recital with David Norfrey, piano

The Chapel of Holy Trinity Catholic Church
3513 'N' Street NW
Washington, DC 20007


W.A. Mozart: Violin Sonata in A Major, K. 526
I. Molto Allegro
II. Andante
III. Presto

C. Debussy: Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Piano, L. 140
I. Allegro vivo
II. Intermède: Fantastique et léger
III. Finale. Très animé

H. Wieniawaski: Scherzo-Tarantella, Op. 16

Sunday February 19, 2017 at 4 pm
Solo Recital with David Norfrey, piano

​C. Schumann: Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22
1.
Andante molto
2. Allegretto
3. Leidenschaftlich schnell

J.S. Bach: Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin in a minor, BWV 1003
I. Andante
II. Allegro

J. Brahms: Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano, Op. 108
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
IV. Allegro agitato

The Chapel of Holy Trinity Catholic Church
3513 'N' Street NW
Washington, DC 20007

TBD, 2017
Potomac Arts Academy Faculty Recital

Saturday, March 18, 2017
McLean Orchestra concert

Sunday, April 30, 2017
Spotlight on the Arts: Potomac Arts Academy Faculty Showcase

Saturday, May 6, 2017
​McLean Orchestra Concert

June 4, 2016 at 2 pm
Violin Music By Women

Nocturne for Two Violins and Piano Rebecca Clarke
(1886-1979)
With Cora Cooper, violin

Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 Clara Schumann
(1819-1896)
  1. Andante molto
  2. Allegretto
  3. Leidenschaftlich schnell

Six Pieces for Violin and Piano Amanda Maier
IV. Allegro molto (1853-1894)

with David Norfrey, piano

Fairfax Presbyterian Church
10723 Main St.
Fairfax, VA 22030

May 14, 2016 at 8 pm
McLean Orchestra concert

Program information and tickets here

April 24, 2016 at 2 pm
Potomac Arts Academy Student & Faculty Showcase Recital

Shostakovich: Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano
with Erynn Spencer
Dvorak: Drobnosti
with Patrick LeStrange and Hyunji Lee

Fairfax Old Town Hall
3999 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030

March 13, 2016 at 1 pm
Recital with Kimberly Parillo and Wade Meyers

Bach: Partita No. 3 in E Major, Preludio
Svendsen: Romance
Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantella

February 13, 2016 at 8 pm
McLean Orchestra concert

January 30, 2016 at 7 pm
Faculty String Quartet of Potomac Arts Academy

Webern: Langsamer Satz
Haydn: "Sunrise" Quartet in B-flat Major
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat Major.

Harris Theater
George Mason University, Fairfax Campus

January 10, 2016 at 2 pm
Solo Recital with works by Telemann, Svendsen, and Veracini

with David Norfrey, piano

Holy Trinity Catholic Church (in the chapel)
3515 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20007

October 10, 2015 at 8 pm

McLean Orchestra concert
Oak crest School
850 Balls Hill Road
McLean, VA 22101


Details and tickets here.

May 3, 2015 at 3 pm
Music Ministry Recital
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
3513 'N' Street NW
Washington, DC 20007

Selected movements from J.S. Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

April 26, 2015
Spotlight on the Arts: Potomac Arts Academy Faculty Recital

April 19, 2015
Washington Regional Transplant Community: Donor Family Gathering
National Presbyterian Church
Washington, DC


January 26, 2015
Recital, Masterclass, and Practice Lecture
Montverde Academy Music Conservatory
Montverde, Florida

Bach: Preludio from Partita No. 3 in E Major
Double Violin Concerto in d minor
Handel-Halvorsen: Passacaglia
with Lillian Green, viola



August 10, 2014 at 3 pm
Solo Recital
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
3513 'N' Street NW
Washington, DC 20007


Mozart: Sonata in e minor, K. 304
Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 in G Major for piano and violin
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole (Movements 1, 4, and 5)

with Wade Meyers, piano

May 4, 2014 at 3 pm
"In Celebration of Love"
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
3513 'N' Street NW
Washington, DC 20007

Gaele LeRoi Simmons, Kathleen DeJardin, Timothy Duhr, Woodrow English, and the Holy
Trinity Ignatian Choir

Henry Purcell: The Plaint
Marie Rubis Bauer: Take My Life

April 27, 2014 at 3 pm
Potomac Arts Academy Artist Faculty Showcase
Fairfax Old Town Hall
3999 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030

Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata in C Major for Two Violins
with Matthew Richardson, violin

Eric Ewazen: Trio for Trumpet, Violin, and Piano
with Kyle Dobbeck, trumpet and Ina Mircheva, piano

January 25, 2014 at 3 pm
Laura Petravage, mezzo-soprano in recital
Providence Presbyterian Church
9019 Little River Turnpike
Fairfax, VA 22031

Johann Sebastian Bach: Erbarme dich, mein Gott from the Saint Matthew Passion
Gustav Holst: Four Songs For Voice and Violin

November 17, 2013 at 3 pm
An Afternoon With Brahms
with Lillian Green, viola, Michael Delfin, piano, and Kathleen DeJardin, alto.

Holy Trinity Catholic Church
3513 'N' Street NW
Washington, DC 20007

Johannes Brahms: Scherzo from the F.A.E. Sonata, WOO 2
Two Songs for Alto, Viola, and Piano
featuring Kathleen DeJardin, alto
Sonata No. 2 in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 100
Sonata No. 1 in f minor for Viola and Piano, Op. 120

Saturday, May 11, 2013
Ball: String Quartet No. 1
World Premiere

Sunday, May 5, 2013
2 pm
Griswold Recital Hall, Peabody Conservatory
1 East Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD 21201

Smetana: String Quartet No. 1, "From My Life."
Brahms: Piano Quintet in f minor
With Ivan Moshchuk, piano

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
7 pm
Brightwood Chamber Series

Brahms: Piano Quintet in f minor
With Ivan Moshchuk, piano

Tuesday, April 23 and Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall
1 E Mt Vernon Pl, Baltimore, MD
Murray Sidlin, Guest Conductor
Peabody Symphony Orchestra

Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 8:00pm
Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall
1 E Mt Vernon Pl, Baltimore, MD
Leon Fleisher, Guest Conductor
Moritz Winkelmann, Piano, Winner of the Harrison Winter Piano Competition

Aaron Copland: Orchestral Variations
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

Saturday, February 2, 2013, at 8 pm
Peabody Symphony Orchestra

Anton Webern: Passacaglia, Op. 1
Claude Debussy: Nocturnes
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35

Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 3:30 pm
Griswold Hall
1 E Mt Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD
with Mika Sasaki, piano
Solo Recital

Mozart: Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 454
Dvorak: Sonatina
Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in A Major

Friday, November 16 and Sunday, November 18, 2012
Peabody Opera Department and Symphony Orchestra
At the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore, MD

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527

Saturday, October 20, 2012
Peabody Symphony Orchestra

Joshua Bornfield: Vessel (cantus in memoriam Suzy Young)
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Igor Stravinsky: Petrouchka

Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 8 pm
Peabody Symphony Orchestra

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36