Flow Together: Contemporary and Classic Works for Violin and Keyboard

Asher Wulfman (violin) and Mary Holzhauer (piano) mix together exciting 21st Century duets with masterworks that have stood the test of time.

Program
Ruehr: Rumengling (2012)
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 12, No. 2
Bach: Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1016
Saariaho: Tocar (2010)

Violinist Asher Wulfman is a performer of solo, chamber, and orchestral works for violin currently based in Ithaca. He is a first violinist in Symphoria and performs regularly with Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and as concertmaster of Opera Ithaca. As a soloist, Asher has performed with the Livingston Symphony Orchestra and the Oberlin Sinfonietta. He has performed in prestigious music festivals including Spoleto Festival, Yellow Barn Music Festival YAP, Round Top Festival Institute, and Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival. Asher is a frequent interpreter of new music, and has premiered solo and chamber works by composers such as Seare Farhat, Ashlin Hunter, Uri Kochavi, Aliya Ultan, and Tara Valkonen. He appears regularly on Cornell University’s contemporary music concert series, Ensemble X, and has collaborated with DMA composers in the Cornell music department. In 2022, Asher was a fellow at Creative Dialogues, an international composer-performer workshop sponsored by the Sibelius Academy. Previously, he was a featured artist with the Oberlin Sinfonietta, performing solo music by Grammy-winning composer Billy Childs. Asher also enjoys studying and performing early music. As a member of the Thornton Early Music Ensemble, he performed many works on the baroque violin. He now performs regularly as a bass with his early music vocal chamber ensemble. Asher holds a Master’s Degree in Violin Performance from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, and Bachelor’s Degrees in Violin Performance and English from Oberlin College and Conservatory. His former teachers include Lina Bahn, Marilyn McDonald, and Richard Amoroso.

A versatile musician, collaborative keyboardist Mary Holzhauer regularly performs in a wide spectrum of styles and genres, ranging from early Baroque opera to contemporary chamber music. She is on the faculty of Ithaca College and Opus Ithaca, and is also the music director at Immaculate Conception in Ithaca. She completed her doctoral studies in piano accompanying and chamber music at the Eastman School of Music in the studio of Jean Barr. While at Eastman, she also studied vocal coaching with Russell Miller, as well as early keyboard instruments and performance practice with Edoardo Bellotti and Paul O’Dette. Her previous studies have included performance degrees in both piano and organ from Ithaca College and Nazareth College, and she has also been a young artist in opera coaching with Opera New Jersey. As a pianist, she has participated in masterclasses with some of the greatest living collaborative pianists, including Roger Vignoles and Graham Johnson. Equally adept in both vocal and instrumental accompanying, she especially enjoys the combination of both mediums in vocal chamber music and opera. In her rare moments of free time, she enjoys honing her allergy-friendly culinary skills, singing Gregorian chant, and playing various instruments.

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