I look forward to giving recitals and masterclasses at UTRGV on Sunday, November 19 at the Brownsville campus and Monday, November 20 at the Edinburg campus with pianist Dr. Jacob Clark. Our program will include Mel Bonis' Pièce, Kenji Bunch's Velocity, César Franck's Sonata in A Major, Katherine Hoover's To Greet the Sun, and Albert Roussel's Joueurs de Flûte.
Special thank you to Dr. Krista Jobson for inviting us!!
My article "Troubleshooting Flute Tone" published recently online!
Here's the link: article.
Pianist Dr. Jacob Clark and I will kick off our South Texas tour with a faculty recital in LU's Rothwell Recital Hall on Monday, November 6 at 7:30pm. Our program will include Mel Bonis' Pièce, Kenji Bunch's Velocity, César Franck's Sonata in A Major, Katherine Hoover's To Greet the Sun, and Albert Roussel's Joueurs de Flûte.
Lakeshore Rush announces its fourth season, which will open on Friday, November 3, 8pm at the Merit School of Music's Gottlieb Hall. Chamber works for flute, clarinet, cello, and piano by Debussy, Dutilleux, Grier, and Muczynski.
Other performances this season will take place at Roosevelt University's Ganz Hall and the Fine Arts Building, among others. We are thrilled to collaborate with the Chicago Composers' Consortium, which will include a score competition. More information can be found at: C3 Call for Scores.
Stay tuned for more event details soon, additional performances, and announcements about our featured guest artists!
I will perform Yuko Uebayashi's Le Vent à Travers Les Ruines in memory of flutist Robin Fellows at the 2017 NFA Convention in Minneapolis, MN on Friday, August 11 at 2:30pm in Grand Ballroom A at the Convention Center.
Please join me at this important concert in tribute to those we have lost.
I'll be joining host Joe Elwell in the 91.3 KVLU studio again to record a Behind the Music show on the always interesting "Pierrot Plus Percussion Repertoire".
The show aired on Sunday, August 20 at 12pm and opened with the live recording of Lakeshore Rush performing Radiohead's Videotape (arr. Dane Crozier)!
I'm looking forward to joining pianist Don Neidert in performing special music selections in the Sunday, July 23, 10:30am Sanctuary Service at Charlevoix’s First Congregational Church. Works will include Jacques Larocque's arrangement of Claude Debussy's Beau Soir and the second movement of Francis Poulenc's Sonata for flute and piano.
Benjamin and I were married in the same church in 2005 and it's always fun to go back for a visit!
Lakeshore Rush will return to PianoForte Studios for a performance on Friday, June 2, 2017 at 8pm.
Program will include works by Mason Bates, Max Bruch, Pierre Jalbert, Marc Mellits, Astor Piazzolla, Arvo Pärt, Steve Reich, and Bill Ryan.
We hope you can support us in person or stream our performance live!
I can't wait to join host Joe Elwell in the KVLU studio on Friday, May 26 to record a Behind the Music show on "The Music of Vivian Fine".
Our show aired on Beaumont's 91.3 KVLU on Sunday, June 25 at 12pm!
I'm excited to perform award-winning Chicago-based composer Lita Grier's Renascence concertino with the Ravenswood Community Orchestra at Chicago's DANK Haus on Saturday, May 20 at 7:30pm. Other works on this all-American program will include Samuel Barber's Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Aaron Copland's Rodeo, and a premiere of Kelsey Green's Meditation by Tangleweed.
Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.dankhaus.com.
I look forward to giving a lecture-performance for Tau Beta Sigma's Women in Music Speaker Series at Lamar University on Thursday, April 20 at 7:30pm in the Wiley Rehearsal Hall.
Lakeshore Rush is excited to return to the Merit School of Music in Chicago for a performance on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 11:50am in Gottlieb Hall.
Program will include works by Max Bruch, Pierre Jalbert, Marc Mellits, Astor Piazzolla, and Bill Ryan.
I am looking forward to collaborating with pianist Dr. Sujung Cho on my first Lamar University faculty recital on Tuesday, January 31 at 7:30pm in Rothwell Recital Hall.
Works will include Eric Ewazen's Sonata No. 1, Vivian Fine's Emily's Images, Philippe Gaubert's Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando, Yuko Uebayashi's Le Vent a Travers Les Ruines, and Charles-Marie Widor's Suite, op. 34.
Hope to see you there!
Come hear Lakeshore Rush perform the 2nd concert of their 3rd Season in the Fine Arts Building, Suite 825 on Sunday, December 18 at 4pm.
Works will include:
Max Bruch - Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola (cello), and piano
Heitor Villa-Lobos - The Jet Whistle
Steve Reich - Nagoya Marimbas
Marc Mellits - Tight Sweater
Bill Ryan - Blurred
Pierre Jalbert - Triple Set (Chicago premiere)
FREE CONCERT. Donations gladly accepted!
Please join me, harpist Dr. Charlotte Mizener, flutist Jennifer Shannon, and the Lamar University Flute Ensemble for an entertaining evening of chamber music at the R. C. Miller Memorial Library on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 6pm.
Works performed will include Hector Berlioz's Trio for two flutes and harp, Georges Bizet's Entr'acte, Catherine McMichael's A Gaelic Offering, Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune, and Yuko Uebayashi's Le Vent a Travers Les Ruines, as well as other works for flute and harp solo.
Reception to follow!
I'm looking forward to performing twice at this year's NFA Convention in San Diego, California. On Friday, August 12 at 9am, I will perform Stephen Dembski's Gists and Piths with baroque flutist Mi-Li Chang, and on Saturday, August 13 at 12:30pm cellist Christopher Ferrer and I will perform Heitor Villa-Lobos' The Jet Whistle.
I can't wait to share these great pieces with my fellow flutists, and to reconnect with all my flute friends from around the country!
UW-Whitewater's high school flute camp will take place this year from July 10-15.
Registration is still open - reserve your spot soon for this great opportunity for performance, collaboration, and private lessons by experienced faculty!
We're excited to return to PianoForte Chicago on Friday, May 27 at 8pm.
Our program will include the world premiere of Laura Schwendinger's Until the Sunrise. In addition, we will perform Vivian Fine's Canticles from the Other Side of the River, Jonathan Hannau's Isolated Houses, Griffin Candey's Sandpiper, David Lang's learn to fly, and a few newly arranged works by percussionist Dane Crozier.
We hope you can join us for the last concert of our 2nd season!
Thank you to the students of UW-Whitewater who nominated me as a Faculty Fellow for the Spring 2016 semester! I'm happy to have made a significant difference in their lives, and am honored to be named.
Follow the link for more information!
Pianist Kirstin Ihde and I will perform a duo recital in MBU's Burckart Recital Hall on Friday, April 8 at 6pm.
Works will include: Cécile Chaminade Sérénade aux étoiles, Henri Dutilleux Sonatine, Pierre Octave Ferroud Three Pieces for flute solo, Lita Grier Sonata, Georges Hüe Fantasie, and Marin Marais Suitte d'un gout étranger.
