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Vision Duo, violin & marimba

violin & marimba

Sunday Concert

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The ambitious young marimba and violin duo Vision Duo present a program titled “Turn of the Century”, exploring contemporary classical music and modernity, featuring works and arrangements for violin and marimba composed in the 20th century and beyond.

Ariel Horowitz and Britton-René Collins are recipients of the 2020 Concert Artist Guild Competition’s Ambassador Prize, awarded to musicians who show an exceptional level of virtuosity and humanity in their interest in community engagement and bringing the voices of new composers to the forefront.

This performance is presented in association with Dumbarton Concerts, where Vision Duet perform a complimentary program on February, 12, 2022. For more information about this performance, click here.

This event will be broadcast live from the Music Room on Sunday, April 24 at 4 PM. To reserve a ticket, follow the link above to register. All registered ticket holders will receive a link directing them to a livestream webpage where the performance can be accessed. Ticket holders will be able to watch this performance “On Demand” for 48 hours following the broadcast time.

All performances in the 2021/22 concert season take place with a small audience following social distancing rules. We do not retain any in-person general or members tickets at this time. We will update our availability for in-person tickets as rules and restrictions are changed.

Toronto-based percussionist Britton-René Collins finds passion in the art of con-temporary percussion performance. A winner of the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, Britton-René has dedicated her artistry to shaping a more inclusive community for all musicians to thrive in equally. She was awarded the Ambassador Prize for exceptional musicianship and demonstrating an ac-tive commitment to creating social change through her music. She recently launched a blog where she discusses her experiences in facing various chal-lenges as a minority musician.

Britton-René actively expands her knowledge and skills in a vast pool of con-trasting genres, which she believes enhances her musicianship and perfor-mance techniques. Her experience includes studies of classical, contemporary, global, and new music.

As an Orchestra US fellow, Britton-René strives to bring accessible music to un-derserved communities. She is also passionate about contributing to the growth of modern percussion repertoire, and her current projects include composing and commissioning new works for multi-percussion and marimba.  

Born in the United States, Britton-René began her instrumental training at the age of five. She has since received several scholarship awards and is currently completing her Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music (2017-2021). As an artist, Britton-René proudly endorses Vic Firth sticks and mallets, Zildjian Cymbals, and Marimba One instruments. 

Recent highlights include attending the soundSCAPE new music composition and performance exchange in Italy and being selected to appear as a soloist in upcoming concerto performances with symphony orchestras in the United States and Canada.

Hailed by The Washington Post as “Sweetly Lyrical,” violinist Ariel Horowitz cannot remember life before loving music. In October of 2020, Ariel won the Concert Artists Guild Ambassador Prize and joined the Concert Artists Guild roster. A recent graduate of the Yale School of Music under the tutelage of Ani Kavafian, Ariel previously studied with Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho at The Juilliard School. Ariel is a prizewinner of the Grumiaux, Stulberg, and Klein International Competitions as well as the Salon De Virtuosi Career Grant. In the Fall of 2019, Ariel joined the faculty of Mount Holyoke College, teaching violin and chamber music.

Ariel enjoys an active concert schedule, frequently programming beloved staples of the classical canon alongside both lesser-known works by composers from back- grounds historically underrepresented in classical music as well as her original songs for violin with voice. She has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Kammerphilharmonie Hamburg, and the Santa Fe ProMusica Orchestra, and in recitals across the United States, Europe, Israel, and South America. In recent seasons, Ariel premiered her original works at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall and the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater. In 2017, Ariel traveled to Auschwitz with with Eva Kor, a survivor of both the Holocaust and the medical experiements performed on twins by the infamous Dr. Joseph Mengele. During this trip, she performed a short concert along- side bassist Sebastian Zinca featuring an original co-composition for violin, bass, and spoken word for Kor on the selection platform, or in Eva’s words, “the final place that I saw my family.” This performance was broadcast on The Violin Channel, and the duo performed this music across Poland. Alongside several of her friends, Ariel performed compositions by the students of Daniel’s Music Foundation - an NYC based organization providing music education to the disability community - with DMF students in both the DMF 2017 NYC Gala and at a concert organized by Ariel and her friends at The Juilliard School. In 2013, Ariel and two of her colleagues organized a concert and food drive during their first semester at The Juilliard School to benefit the Food Bank For New York City.

Ariel is the Founder and Artistic Director of The Heartbeat Music Project, a tuition-free program providing instruments, music, and Navajo (Diné) cultural knowledge to young people in grades K-12 living in the Navajo Nation. Central to HMP’s mission is the ac- knowledgment of the impact of past and present colonialism to Indigenous peoples and respectful engagement with Diné music, cultures and customs. Since its inception in 2016, the Heartbeat Music Project has grown to serve over sixty students and their families with year-round music education, including the annual Summer Academy, Win- ter Program, and lessons for students in violin, piano, guitar, oboe, recorder, voice, jazz band, and cultural learning with Diné Cultural Knowledge Holder, Executive Director Sharon Nelson. During the era of COVID-19, the Heartbeat Music Project shifted its focus to address the dire pandemic-related needs of the Navajo Nation. Through HMP’s ef- forts, including a benefit concert featuring HMP students and teachers as well as the music of both European and Diné composers generously streamed by The Violin Channel, HMP has raised nearly eight thousand dollars for Navajo Nation COVID-19 Re- lief efforts. In 2020, The Heartbeat Music Project became the home of the American In- dian Musicians’ Scholarship, a program founded by HMP Teaching Artist Renata Yazzie, Diné pianist and ethnomusicologist. AIMS seeks to provide funding for college-aged In- digenous music students, and in November of 2020, HMP and AIMS hosted a benefit concert performed entirely by Indigenous musicians and was successful in raising over five thousand dollars for the first round of scholarship awards in 2021. The Heartbeat Mu- sic Project is a grateful recipient of The Lewis Prize for Music COVID-19 Community Re- sponse Fund, The Mockingbird Foundation Prize, the From the Top Alumni Leadership Award, and The Juilliard School Community Engagement and Entrepreneurship Grants.

At home in a variety of musical genres and disciplines including improvisation, Ariel has performed with artist-activists such as Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon of Sweet Honey in the Rock, Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely, Holly Near, and Pete Seeger. In 2020, the band Empire Wild organized a holiday-themed video performance of the song ‘Winter Won- derland’ performed by Ariel and some of her colleagues on the Concert Artists Guild roster which was featured by The Strad. She has given masterclasses and lectures for The Teaching Tonic, Through the Staff, String Insiders, Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, and the Indiana University Summer String Academy. She has attended festivals and master- classes such as The Perlman Music Program, Mozarteum Salzburg, Keshet Eilon Interna- tional Master Course, Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival Winter Workshop, Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, and Orford Music Centre, performing alongside artists such as Vadim Gluzman, Michael Kannen, Steven Tenenbom. In the summer of 2020, were it not for the coronavirus pandemic, Ariel would have enjoyed her position as a fellow of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.

When she is not making music, Ariel enjoys cooking, reading, practicing yoga, painting, and spending time with her incredible family and friends. During the pandemic, Ariel is proud to have enjoyed several fantastic shows (some in their entirety), including The Queen’s Gambit, Fleabag, Schitt’s Creek, Working Moms, The Great British Baking Show, Dance Moms, The Crown, and of course a re-watch of her favorite show of all time, Parks and Recreation.

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