With early inspiration from her mother’s love of music, Njioma Chinyere Grevious took up the violin after watching her sister learn to play. Gaining initial skills through lessons from Boston’s Project STEP, Grevious particularly values the training she received in high school from teacher James Buswell whose instruction included both musical insight and life lessons. Grevious performs a violin sonata by Ravel that also features the piano.
About Taking Note:
Taking Note is a new digital series spotlighting rising instrumentalists who have received Career Grant Awards from the Avery Fisher Artist Program. Each year, the program awards grants of $25,000 to as many as five instrumentalists and/or chamber ensembles in support of professional music development.
The premiere season features pianist Clayton Stephenson, Sandbox Percussion, violinist Njioma Chinyere Grevious, the Balourdet Quartet and violinist Julian Rhee. The series features both performances and interviews with awardees sharing past and present inspirations, training and goals.