Today we bring you another in our series of “introducing” you to promising young musicians.
Earlier today I was impressed with Ms. Carr’s performance of an arrangement for Viola and Piano of the Serenade by Franz Schubert. Ms. Carr brings us a lush tone on her viola. You can hear more of her playing on YouTube.
Ms. Carr is on the Viola Faculties of both the Juilliard School’s Precollege Program and the Alberto Jonas International School of Music in Valencia, Spain, and is also the Founding Director for the award-winning non-profit Project: Music Heals Us, an organization which brings free chamber music performances and interactive programming to marginalized populations with limited ability to access the Arts themselves.
Later I heard her play another famous work, the Passacaglia by Handel-Halvorsen:
