Ken Allen
Viola
About
Violist Ken Allen is a founding member of Trio Notturno, as well as a member of the American String Teachers Association, American Viola Society, Boston Musicians' Association, and Early Music America. Ken is an active chamber and orchestral musician and has performed with many ensembles in the Greater Boston area and beyond. After completing undergraduate and graduate degrees in English at UNC-Chapel Hill and at Harvard and then working at the Boston College Law Library, Ken earned his Master of Music degree in Viola Performance from the Boston Conservatory, where he studied with Lila Brown and Leonard Matczynski. Ken has also studied viola with David Rubinstein, Gillian Rogell, and Anne Hooper Webb, as well as baroque viola with Jane Starkman. Ken currently studies baroque viola with Dana Maiben and viola with Sarah Darling at the Longy School of Music. 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
Past groupmuses (7)
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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 4 years ago
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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 over 5 years ago
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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 almost 6 years ago
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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 about 6 years ago
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Trio Notturno Brunch
Sunday, May 21, 2017 1:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Newton Centre
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 7 years ago
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Mother's Day Groupmuse
Friday, May 12, 2017 7:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain, Boston
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 7 years ago
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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 about 7 years ago