Grant Dalton
Grant Dalton is the Instructor of Percussion Studies at Samford University where he directs the Samford Percussion Ensemble and Samford Steel, the university’s steel drum band.
Karen Bentley-Pollick
Karen Bentley Pollick is a native of Palo Alto, California where she was concertmaster and conductor of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra and studied with Camilla Wicks in San Francisco. She then attended Indiana University where she studied violin with Josef Gingold, coached string quartets with Rostislav Dubinsky and graduated with a Masters of Music Degree in Violin Performance in 1987. Other violin teachers include Nathan Milstein, Yuval Yaron, Glenn and Harold Dicterow, and David Balakrishnan.
Impossible Animals
Impossible Animals (1989) is scored for violin and computer-synthesized voices. It is based on an earlier work commissioned by the Hamilton College Chorus in 1986. There are also versions of the piece for four voices (1989), oboe (1990), trombone (2003), and five winds (1994), all with computer-synthesized voices.
University of Montevallo Department of Music
In our small, selective department, you will have plenty of opportunities to perform on and off-campus, whether as a soloist, in a chamber ensemble, in a large ensemble, or as part of the cast or orchestra for an opera or musical theatre production. Our students often take top prizes in prestigious competitions, including National Association of Teachers of Singing, Birmingham Music Club, Alabama Music Teachers' Association and Federation of Music Clubs, just to name a few.
Visit them at:
http://www.montevallo.edu/music/
What is Artburst ?
Artburst began as a performance outreach of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham. It is now its own organization (a non-profit corporation), but continues to present performances at the Unitarian Church.
Our performances usually are on Sundays at 7:00 pm (but check the individual annoucements, since this does vary). This year admissions are normally $8.00 and $4.00 for students and seniors, though the pricing will vary depending on the performer. We will try to offer some free concerts, if we get enough support otherwise.
