Fusion String Ensemble: Ken Allen, Viola + Soloist

We are Fusion String Ensemble!

Fusion String Ensemble was founded in 2007 by a group of musician friends interested in performing classical music alongside an array of different genres of music. Since then, we have shared works of Bach, Beethoven, Holst, Mozart, Shostakovich, Huey Lewis and the News, Billy Joel, Radiohead, Snarky Puppy, Dropkick Murphys and themes from "Game of Thrones" and "Downton Abbey".

We have performed in Symphony Hall Boston, Montreal, Washington D.C., Chicago and New York City. Fusion String Ensemble played the National Anthem at LaLacheur Park, home of the Boston Red Sox Short Season Single A Affiliate, the Lowell Spinners.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Ken Allen, Viola + Soloist

KEN ALLEN

Ken Allen is a founding member of Trio Notturno and The Haydn Project and has performed with many ensembles in the Greater Boston area, including the Boston New Music Initiative, Boston Opera Collaborative, Chorus pro Musica, Fusion String Ensemble, Lexington Symphony, Lowell House Opera, Mercury Orchestra, Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline, MetroWest Opera, MIT Summer Philharmonic, New England Philharmonic, and Plymouth Philharmonic. He is also a classically trained pianist and has played the piano for folk dances throughout New England.

Ken earned his Master of Music degree in viola performance from the Boston Conservatory, where he studied with Lila Brown and Lenny Matczynski and performed in master classes for Helen Callus, Levon Chilingirian, John Harbison, the Jupiter String Quartet and Karl Paulnack.