Lakeshore Rush Season Opener

Lakeshore Rush's second season will open with our performance at the New Music School on Friday, October 23 at 8pm. Our program will include the Chicago premiere of Joshua Hintze's Chequamegon: Morgan Falls and the world premieres of two tiny pieces for tiny instruments - Griffin Candey's Sandpiper and Jonathan Hannau's Isolated Houses, both written for piccolo, E-flat clarinet, child's size violin and cello, toy piano, and glockenspiel. We'll also perform Vivian Fine's Canticles from the Other Side of the River and David Lang's "Learn to Fly" from These Broken Wings. 

Don't miss this fun and intriguing program! 

Free will donation. 

 

 

Source: https://www.newmusicschool.com

Music Mosaics: Woodwind and Strings

I'm looking forward to performing with University of Wisconsin-Whitewater faculty members on the Music Mosaics: Woodwind and Strings recital on Sunday, October 4 at 3pm in the Light Recital Hall. I'll be opening the recital with pianist Dr. Myung Hee Chung on Henri Dutilleux's Sonatine, and will also perform Beethoven's Serenade for flute, violin, and viola with Leanne League and Christopher Dozoryst. 

Source: http://www.uww.edu/cac/music/

GLCO Sunday Series Recital: Caprichos for Flute and Piano

Pianist Elena Doubovitskaya and I are looking forward to our Sunday Series Recital presented by the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra on Sunday, August 23 at 4pm at the First Presbyterian Church in Harbor Springs, Michigan. Our program, Caprichos for Flute and Piano, will include Lili Boulanger's Nocturne, Albert Franz Doppler's Air Valaques, Henri Dutilleux's Sonatine, and Nancy Galbraith's Atacama. 

Hope to see you there!

Source: http://www.glcorchestra.org

NFA Convention Performance

I'm thrilled to be scheduled to perform at this summer's National Flute Association Convention in Washington, D.C.! I'll be playing works by Melanie Bonis, Lili Boulanger, and Germaine Tailleferre with pianist Lura Johnson on the Women of Note concert on Thursday, August 13 at 1:30pm.  

Source: http://www.nfaonline.org

Flute Quartet at the CFC 25th Anniversary Concert

I'll be joining three of my fantastic flute club colleagues to perform the closing piece on the Chicago Flute Club's 25th Anniversary Concert at the Merit School of Music on Sunday, May 17 at 2pm. We'll be performing Rie Schmidt's arrangement of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings for two C flutes, alto flute, and bass flute. We're honored to represent this amazing milestone in the history of the CFC!

Source: http://www.chicagofluteclub.org

Lakeshore Rush at Merit Fest

Lakeshore Rush will perform at Merit School of Music's Festival downtown at Symphony Center on Tuesday, May 12 at 11am. We can't wait for this great opportunity to play for Merit's students from all their fantastic programs throughout the city. We will perform selections from Mason Bates' Life of Birds and Difficult Bamboo and Marc Mellit's Platter of Discontent. 

Source: http://meritmusic.org

Recital at Maranatha Baptist University

Pianist Kirstin Ihde and I will perform a recital at Maranatha Baptist University on Friday, April 24 at 7pm in Burkhart Recital Hall.

Works by Lili Boulanger, Melanie Bonis, Franz Doppler, Nancy Galbraith, and Germaine Tailleferre. I'm excited for the opportunity to perform again for my students!

Source: http://www.mbu.edu

Lakeshore Rush at the George Crumb Festival

Come hear Lakeshore Rush perform at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of the George Crumb Festival on Friday, March 20 at 8pm in the Music Hall. Works will include George Crumb's Vox Balaenae, the world premiere of a commissioned work by UW-Madison alumni Joshua Hintze, and Mason Bates' Difficult Bamboo.

Special thanks to Professor Laura Schwendinger for inviting us to be a part of this fantastic celebration!

Source: http://www.music.wisc.edu/george-crumb/

Avec Charme: Chamber Music for Flute at St. James Lutheran Church

Join us for a FREE recital at St. James Lutheran Church on Friday, January 23 at 7:30pm. Flutists Erin K. Murphy and Jennifer Wilhelms, violinist Heather Wittels, and pianist Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio. 

Works will include J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, Piazzolla's Oblivion, Gaubert's Medailles Antiques, Koechlin's Sonata op. 75, Jennifer Higdon's Lullaby, and a few surprises. 

7400 W Foster Ave
Chicago, IL 60656

Flute Duo Recital at People's Music School

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Join us for a FREE recital at the People's Music School on Friday, January 9 at 7:30pm. Flutists Erin K. Murphy and Jennifer Wilhelms, violinist Heather Wittels, and pianist Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio. 

Works will include J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, Piazzolla's Oblivion, Gaubert's Medailles Antiques, Koechlin's Sonata op. 75, Jennifer Higdon's Lullaby, and a few surprises. Don't miss it! 

Source: http://www.peoplesmusicschool.org/

IAWM 20th Anniversary Congress

Pianist Kirstin Ihde and I are looking forward to being featured at this year's International Alliance for Women in Music 20th Anniversary Congress. For the first time ever, it will be a virtual congress held online. We'll be recording a video in January 2015 of our recital titled "The Inclusive Repertoire: Flute and Piano Duos by Women Composers," which will be broadcast as part of the festival online between April 13-19, 2015.

Works will include Lili Boulanger's Nocturne, Germaine Tailleferre's Forlane, and Nancy Galbraith's Atacama. 

An article of mine was published in the fall 2014 Journal of the IAWM that includes information on these, as well as other works by 20th and 21st century women composers of flute and piano duos.    

Source: http://iawm.org