Point Lookout, MO. — College of the Ozarks will host andPlay, which is comprised of Maya Bennardo, violin, and Hannah Levinson, viola on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Newman Recital Hall in the Gittinger Music Building at College of the Ozarks.

Luke Carlson, associate professor of music at the College of the Ozarks, will have his work, Timepieces, premiered at this event. Regarding his work, Carlson says, “The 10 movements of Timepieces are inspired by different qualities, aspects, and notions of time. ‘Before…’ and ‘…After’ are peaceful yet slightly mysterious bookends for the piece. ‘Micro,’ ‘Nano,’ and ‘Pico’ are shorter and more punctuated than their surrounding movements. ‘Phase I,’ ‘Phase II,’ and ‘Phase III’ are fast, frenetic, and fiery. ‘Chronos’ and ‘Kairos,’ the emotional centerpieces of the work, are contemplative and lyrical.

Though each movement explores different musical ideas and techniques, the violin and viola frequently play in rhythmic unison, creating gestures that are simultaneously focused and unified, yet rich and multi-faceted—much like how our perception of time shifts from simple linearity to contemplative complexity.”

About andPlay

andPlay is committed to expanding the existing violin/viola duo repertoire by commissioning new works and actively collaborating with living artists. The New York City-based duo of Maya Bennardo, violin, and Hannah Levinson, viola, first played to an eager crowd on Fire Island in the summer of 2012 and has since commissioned over 45 works.

Beyond the concert stage, Maya and Hannah are passionate educators offering in-person and virtual workshops in contemporary string techniques, chamber music coaching and composition notation for strings. They have given performances and masterclasses at Arizona State University, UC Santa Cruz, Western Connecticut State University, Otterbein University, Bowling Green State University and were Artists-in-Residence at the Snow Pond Composers Workshop (Sidney, Maine) and the Wildflower Composers Festival (Philadelphia). Since 2019, their audience engagement series, andPlay (in) Conversation, presents free events for adults and children to look inside the collaborative process of creating new music.

The above press release is from the College of the Ozarks.