Alumna Provides Music from Bulgaria

The Westmont Music Department continues its popular Friday Concert Series with its first Alumni Spotlight recital, featuring alumna Sarah Shasberger Pfister ’12 and the Carnevale String Quartet from Bulgaria on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. Listen to the free recital at vimeo.com/showcase/westmontmusic.

The performance will include pieces by Bulgarian composer Marin Goleminov, Ennio Morricone, Gabriel Fauré, Rossini, Beethoven and Mozart.

The quartet features Nadya Andreeva (flute), Zdravko Saraliev (clarinet), Nicola Zampis (oboe), Roberto Carnevale (1st violin), Mila Ivanova (2nd violin), Plamena Velichkova (cello), Silvana Petkova (bass) and Pfister (viola).

Pfister, founder and teacher of Joyful Sounds in Bulgaria, started the program in 2018 to introduce children to the world of classical music from an early age. After earning a master’s degree in viola performance (focusing on violin Suzuki pedagogy) from the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, she spent three years teaching at the Greenwich Suzuki Academy, where she met her husband, bassoonist Kevin Pfister. She and Kevin live in Ruse, where they perform extensively with the Russ State Opera Orchestra.

The Friday Concert Series continues Oct. 2 when the talented Westmont music faculty perform a recital.