A member of Midsummer’s Music, violist Sally Chisholm has concertized across three continents.
Chisholm’s extensive chamber music collaborations include performing as a member of the Pro Arte Quartet, and founding member of the Thouvenel String Quartet with whom she toured Europe, China and Lhasa, Tibet. Known for championing the works of great American composers, the Thouvenel Quartet has commissioned works from Elliott Carter, Milton Babbitt, and Ernst Krenek, among others. Recipients of the first prize at the Weiner International Chamber Music Competition, they were also finalists of New York’s Naumburg Competition, and performed on NBC’s TODAY Show. Chisholm is a permanent member of the Northern Lights Chamber Music Institute, and the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota where she has collaborated with guest artists including Anthony McGill, Nobuko Imai, Samuel Rhodes, and Leon Fleisher. She returns to the Marlboro Music Festival this summer for her tenth season.
A champion of new music, Chisholm’s recent premieres include the Harbison Nine Rasas in NY, the world premiere of the Harbison Viola Sonata, and soon with the Pro Arte and Samuel Rhodes the world premiere of the Harbison Viola Quintet. Last month Grammy nominated Paul Wiancko completed for Chisholm his quintet for viola and string quartet 1+1+1+1.
In addition to her 14th year at the Marlboro Festival, Chisholm toured with the Musicians of Marlboro last February with concerts in Connecticut, Vermont, the Philadelphia Kimmel Center, the Boston Longy School, and Carnegie Hall in NYC. She loves fast electric cars and is a fan of the NBA.