About

Violist Mattie Kaiser and pianist Aaron Butler form the classical duo “Sound Narcissist”. They perform entertaining and accessible programs including works by their heroes, teachers, and friends.

Mattie Kaiser was the founder of Classical Revolution PDX, "one of Oregon’s most important classical music institutions". (Oregon Arts Watch) Under Mattie’s direction, Classical Revolution PDX produced more than thirty inventive outreach performances a year in Portland, Oregon. She has a B.M. in Viola performance from The San Francisco Conservatory of Music where she studied with Jodi Levitz. Her true love is chamber music, which she has studied in depth at numerous international music festivals as well as at Stanford and the Meadowmount School of Music.

Aaron Butler is an active musical director, accompanist, and teacher in New York City. He holds an M.M. in piano and Dalcroze License from the Longy School of Music. He performs a variety of musical styles— from baroque through contemporary classical, opera, Broadway, and improvisation. Aaron is currently the resident pianist for Mind The Art Entertainment.

Sample program:

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Sonata No.1 for Viola da Gamba in G major, BWV 1027 (1720)

ANNE FARBER
Variations of Light (1987)

DARIUS MILHAUD
La Bruxelloise from “Quatre Visages” for Viola and Piano, Op. 238 (1943)

MAURICE RAVEL
Valses nobles et sentimentales (1911)

SCOTT ORDWAY
Viola Sonata, “The Dreams We Dream for the City of Roses” (2010)
(written for Mattie Kaiser)

Music

Bach Sonata No.1 for Viola da Gamba in G Major, BWV 1027 (1720)
Clarke "I bid my heart be still" (1944)
Clarke "Lullaby" (1909)
Milhaud "Quatre Visages" Op. 238 (1943)
Ordway Viola Sonata, "The Dreams We Dream for the City of Roses" (2010)
Telemann Viola Concerto in G Major (1721)
Vivaldi Sonata No.3 in A minor, RV43 (1740)