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Helen has accepted the position of Artistic Director of the Centrum Chamber Music Festival in beautiful Port Townsend, Washington. Centrum is pleased to welcome the Tokyo String Quartet as its ensemble-in-residence in 2008 (June 22-29, 2008). Additional faculty this year include Robert Koenig, Desmond Hoebig, Andrew Dawes, and the Attaca Quartet. For more info, as well as application/audition details, please visit the web site |
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Helen's CD 'WALTON' on ASV has been named as the most beautiful recording on disc of the concerto by the Penguin Guide 2006/7 with a top rating of 3 stars. Other artists to be awarded in the Walton category are Daniel Muller-Schott (cello), and Joshua Bell (violin).
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New Release! Acclaimed pianist Phillip Bush and Helen join forces again (Saint Paul Sunday) in a new recording to be released September 2007 by ASV Sanctuary Classics UK. Works to include previously unrecorded repertoire arranged by Vadim Borrisovsky, Lionel Tertis and William Primrose. Click here to buy on Amazon. Click here to buy on iTunes. See the new ad! |
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Helen has been invited to give masterclasses, performances and residencies at over 15 schools this year including Indiana University, Cleveland Institute, Oberlin College and Conservatory, Rice University, New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory and the Cinccinati College Conservatory of Music among others. Link: The Masterclass Schedule. |
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On Sunday, October 13th, at 11:00am, Helen will present a masterclass at the Music Institute of Chicago, followed by a special open meeting of the Chicago Viola Society (at 2pm). Please join us! Click here to view the .pdf file for this event and find out more information. |
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Read the new review in the American Record Guide July/August 2007
"The night I wrote this review, I found her performance so moving, so addicting, that I kept listening to it over and over before I could bring myself to finish the review and go to bed. Very rarely have I felt a need to listen to a recording over and over. Only really great artistry can hold a listener in thrall like that, and that is the artistry of Helen Callus."
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Helen is invited to talk with Jim Sveja of KUSC Los Angeles for an evening of viola music, her recordings and career (audio coming soon!) |
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Helen has been invited to perform and teach a masterclass at the Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference May 2008, Memorial Weekend, May 24-26 in Minneapolis. Please visit the web site for more info |
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Helen will perform Bach's Brandenburg 6 with Heiichiro Ohyama and the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra September 18th 2007 |
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Helen has been invited to give the college level masterclass at the ASTA convention March 7-11th 2007 in Detroit. Jeffrey Irvine will be giving the pre college viola masterclass |
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Look out for the new MASTERCLASS articles in upcoming Strings magazines on the York Bowen Viola Concerto and the William Walton Viola Concerto - coming soon! |
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You can now find Helen's recordings on iTunes!!! Click here to access Portrait of the Viola, and here for Walton: Viola Concerto |
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STRINGS MAGAZINE - Feature Article
"The Advocate - Helen Callus is probably the best friend the viola world ever had." [article] |
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NPR's Saint Paul Sunday broadcast with Helen and Phillip Bush [SPS] |