John Biatowas

John Biatowas

John Biatowas, violist, has grown up playing violin and viola throughout Connecticut and the surrounding states. He received his BA in molecular biology from Colgate University and Performers' Certificate in viola and MM in violin performance from the University of Connecticut. John has sat concertmaster of the Colgate and UConn Orchestras, as well as principal viola at UConn. He teaches privately and is a founding member of the Arioso Ensemble. John serves as orchestra librarian and section violist with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, and has also performed with the New Britain and Wallingford Symphonies and the Hartford Festival Orchestra. He teaches chamber music at Wesleyan with his fellow quartet members. His teachers include Theodore Arm, Laura Klugherz, and Phoebe Barron.

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Upcoming Concerts

Music for Aymeric

Saturday, February 17 at 7:00 PM

United Church of Stonington, 67 Main Street

A special program feature that will interest the greater Stonington audience is a composition by Dr. Neely Bruce in memory of his dear friend and colleague Aymeric Dupré la Tour. Neely Bruce, Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, is a composer, conductor, pianist and scholar of American music.

Excerpts from The Art of Fugue
by J. S. Bach

A Partita for Aymeric Dupré la Tour
by Neely Bruce

Suggested Donation: $20

This concert will be presented on February 18 at 4:00 PM

at First Church Fairfield, 148 Beach Road, Fairfield, Connecticut
Music in the Meetinghouse, the concert series of First Church Congregational, Fairifeld, presents the West End String Quartet Sunday, February 18, at 4:00 PM. This performance is given in memory of Aymeric Dupré la Tour. A reception will follow.

The program features excerpts from Bach's The Art of the Fugue and a new work by Connecticut composer and Wesleyan University professor Neely Bruce, in memory of Aymeric. Dupré la Tour, a native of Lyon, France, was Director of Music at First Church from 2012 to 2016, and then served at St. Theresa Church, Trumbull. He died at the age of 49 in a tragic auto accident in May 2022.

General admission $20; $10 senior citizens; $5 students. Tickets available at the door (cash, check, or credit card) and may be reserved by email: fmartignetti@firstchurchfairfield.org.

The concert is also listed on FCBuzz.org: https://culturalalliancefc.org/event/the-west-end-string-quartet-a-concert-in-memory-of-aymeric-dupre-la-tour/