Ken Allen @kenallenviola

Viola

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Ken Allen @kenallenviola

Viola

About

Ken received his Master of Music degree in viola performance from the Boston Conservatory, where his teachers were Lila Brown and Leonard Matczynski. He went on to earn a Historical Performance graduate diploma from the Longy School of Music, studying baroque viola with Dana Maiben, in addition to viola with Sarah Darling and harpsichord with Vivian Montgomery. His earlier viola teachers include David Rubinstein, Gillian Rogell, and Anne Hooper Webb. He has also studied baroque viola with Jane Starkman, and his piano teachers include Lorraine Hale Robinson, Jacqueline Schwab, and Michael Lewin.

He resides with his husband and cat in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Marlboro, Vermont. His violas were made by Douglas Cox.

Music

Baroque music, new music, and all kinds of music in between!

Audio

Ensemble profiles

Upcoming groupmuses

Past groupmuses (7)

  • Hindemithmuse

    Sunday, Jul 7, 2019 7:30 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Mid-Cambridge, Cambridge
    • Composers: Hindemith
    • Instruments: Viola & Piano
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • Chamber Music for Violin, Viola, Bass

    Saturday, Nov 24, 2018 7:00 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Mid-Cambridge, Cambridge
    • Composers: Albrechtsberger, Telemann, Vanhal
    • Instruments: Violin, Viola, Bass
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 6 years ago

  • A Viola and Piano Recital

    Sunday, Apr 29, 2018 7:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Mid-Cambridge, Cambridge
    • Composers: Beethoven, Ibert, Rochberg, Shostakovich
    • Instruments: Viola and Piano
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Charles River Sinfonietta

    Saturday, Jan 13, 2018 7:30 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Mid-Cambridge, Cambridge
    • Composers: Mozart
    • Instruments: piano quintet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 7 years ago

  • Trio Notturno Brunch

    Sunday, May 21, 2017 1:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Newton Centre
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 7 years ago

  • Mother's Day Groupmuse

    Friday, May 12, 2017 7:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain, Boston
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 7 years ago

  • Music for Flute, Viola, and Harp

    Saturday, Jan 21, 2017 7:30 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Mid-Cambridge, Cambridge
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 8 years ago