UPCOMING EVENTS
Canadian Flute Association Flute Choir Spring Session with Instructors Alheli Pimienta and Katherine Watson
All rehearsals are on Monday from 8:00 to 9:00 pm at the RCM (273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON) |
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February 27, 2012 |
April 02, 2012 |
March 05, 2012 |
April 16, 2012 |
March 19, 2012 |
April 23, 2012 |
March 26, 2012 |
April 30, 2012 |
Canadian Flute Association proudly presents Leonard Garrison Flute Recital and Masterclass
February 24 (Fri) 8:00 pm Canadian Flute Association proudly presents Leonard Garridon Flute Recital at Women's Art Association Gallery (23 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto, ON) Please click here to download the poster!
February 25 (Sat) 1:30 pm Canadian Flute Association proudly presents Leonard Garridon Flute Masterclass at Women's Art Association Gallery (23 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto, ON) Please click HERE to download the information sheet and registration form!
Leonard Garrison Flute Masterclass Schedule |
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1:30 to 2:15 pm |
Deux Moreceaux by Victor-Alphonse Duvernoy |
2:15 to 3:00 pm |
Partita in A minor BWV 1013 by Johann Sebastian Bach |
3:00 to 3:15 pm |
Break |
3:15 to 4:00 pm |
Sonata Appassionata Op. 140 by Sigfrid Karg-Elert |
4:00 to 4:45 pm |
Image by Eugène Bozza |
4:45 to 5:00 pm |
Break |
5:00 to 5:45 pm |
Fantasia No. 12 by Georg Philipp Telemann |
5:45 to 6:30 pm |
Fantaisie Brillante sur Carmen by François Borne |
Leonard Garrison is Associate Professor of Flute and Aural Skills in the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho, flutist in The Northwest Wind Quintet and The Scott/Garrison Duo, and Principal Flutist of the Walla Walla Symphony. He is also Artistic Director of the Red Lodge Music Festival in Montana and faculty member at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan. He has recorded critically acclaimed solo CDs for Albany Records, Capstone Records, and Centaur Records and been a soloist on National Public Radio's Performance Today, winner of the 2003 Byron Hester Competition, concerto soloist on both flute and piccolo, and a frequent performer at National Flute Association conventions and national conferences of the College Music Society and the National Association of Wind and Percussion Instructors.
Garrison has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of The National Flute Association and has also been the NFA's Treasurer and Secretary. Before moving to Idaho. he was Instructor of Flute at The University of Tulsa, Visiting Assistant Professor of Flute at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Arkansas and at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire. He has performed in the Chicago Symphony (including a 2003 tour of Japan), the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Tulsa Philharmonic and Tulsa Opera Orchestra, the Scotia Festival, and the Music Festival of Arkansas. The Flutist Quarterly and Flute Talkhave published his articles.
Leonard holds a Doctor of Music degree from Northwestern University, where he studied with Walfrid Kujala and Richard Graef. He received Master of Music and Master of Arts degrees from The State University of New York at Stony Brook, studying with Samuel Baron. His Bachelor of Music is from the The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where his teacher was Robert Willoughby.
Canadian Flute Asssociation Flute Competition 2012
Rules and Registration Form to be posted soon, please check back for updates!
Canadian Flute Association proudly presents Christine Beard TBC
Described by critics as "masterful" and "evocative," flutist Christine Erlander Beard is constantly in demand as a soloist, chamber artist, and clinician. Quickly achieving international recognition as a performer and advocate for the piccolo, she has performed extensively across the U.S. and Europe, including Ireland, England, France, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia and Russia. She has appeared on the programs of seven of the previous nine conventions of the National Flute Association, and has served as a guest artist at numerous flute festivals including the the International Flute Festival (France), Iowa Flute Festival, St. Louis Flute Society Flute Festival, Flute Society MidSouth, and Flute Society of Philadelphia. In 2008, Christine was invited by Trevor Wye to coordinate and conduct piccolo clinics at the British Flute Society International Convention in Manchester, England. Engagements in 2011-12 include the a performance of the Damase Trio for Flute/Oboe/Piano as a member of The Impromptu Duo (Michelle Vigneau, oboe); a solo recital and masterclass at European Piccolo Festival (Slovenia); piccolo clinics in South Carolina; and a concert tour with her flute/percussion duo, Zephyrus, which will include a performance at the Festival of New American Music in CA.
In addition to her active performance schedule, Christine is the Piccolo Artist for Gemeinhardt Flutes and in that role has presented piccolo clinics and lecture-recitals at state music conferences and flute festivals across the U.S., including the International Wind Music History Symposium and the American Musical Instrument Society international conference. A contributing editor for the NFA journal The Flutist Quarterly, her pedagogical articles and columns have been published in The Flutist Quarterly, Flute Talk, Flutewise, and The Instrumentalist, and her arrangement of Eugene Damare's "The Wren Polka" for solo piccolo and band has enjoyed performances across the U.S. and Europe.
In 2007, Christie founded the bi-annual International Piccolo Symposium, an intense 4 day workshop held every odd-numbered year at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The goal of IPS is to bring piccolo players and enthusiasts together from all over the world to learn about and discuss solo, chamber and orchestral music featuring the piccolo, and pedagogical issues specific to the piccolo, led by some of the world's leading piccolo players (see http://www.youtube.com/ipsorg or www.piccolosymposium.com).
Dr. Beard earned her MM and DMA in flute performance from The University of Texas at Austin (1998, 2003). She joined the faculty at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2002 where she teaches applied flute, chamber music, and serves as Coordinator of Woodwind Studies. In 2003, she founded the Heartland Community Flute Choir (www.heartlandflutes.org) which has since been selected to perform at two NMEA conferences, the 2008 NFA Convention, and the 2009 Midwest International Band & Orchestra Clinic. In 2010, she will begin serving the College Music Society as the national Board Member for Performance, and as the President of the Great Plains Chapter of CMS. In her spare time, she serves as the creator/webmaster for PiccoloHQ.com.
Dr. Beard plays on a Roy Seaman Ltd. piccolo and a 5K Sankyo flute. (http://www.piccolohq.com/)
Canadian Flute Association proudly presents Linda Chatterton TBC
"The kind of performance that sparks wild standing ovations. Definitive” -- American Record Guide
Flutist Linda Chatterton “ushers listeners into a dreamy world buoyed by smooth melody line and radiant timbre,” according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Ms. Chatterton is one of those rare musicians who melds technical prowess with a wondrous musical and communicative gift. A flutist with an equal flair for the dramatic, lyrical, powerful, or playful, her range of repertoire perfectly reflects the varied facets of her solo, chamber music, or concerto performances.
A Yamaha Performing Artist, Ms. Chatterton has toured throughout much of the country as well as in Germany and the United Kingdom. She has performed in New York at Carnegie and Alice Tully Hall, was a featured recitalist on the prestigious Dame Myra Hess series in Chicago, and has been heard throughout the U.S. on National Public Radio. Ms. Chatterton has performed with numerous groups including the Minnesota Orchestra and the Dale Warland Singers, and she tours as a duo performer with both harp and piano. She is a regular performer and presenter at the National Flute Association's annual conventions in the U.S. As a concerto soloist, highlights include many performances of the Lukas Foss Renaissance Concerto. Ms. Chatterton has commissioned, recorded and premiered many new works, including music by Edie Hill, Lu Pei, Abbie Betinis, David Evan Thomas and Bruce Stark. 2010-2011 performances include a 20-city tour with pianist John Jensen; the world premiere of David Kechley's Available Light for flute and harp in Massachusetts; and concerts and presentations in Arizona, Texas, Idaho and California.
The first flutist to win a McKnight Artist Fellowship for Performing Musicians, Ms. Chatterton received a second $25,000 McKnight grant in the spring of 2008. She also has garnered prizes and awards from the Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board and the American Composers Forum. In 2010, she received a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board's Arts Tour Minnesota program to present throughout the state a series of master classes and concerts featuring contemporary music.
In addition to her concert schedule, Ms. Chatterton retains an active studio where she teaches a wide range of students including those who request professional coaching. She also is highly regarded for her insightful master classes, and she serves as a mentor to music students at the University of Minnesota's College of Liberal Arts. In a related realm, Ms. Chatterton often can be heard giving her motivational presentation "It Sounded Better at Home!" based on her extensive work on the psychology of optimum performance. "It Sounded Better at Home!" will be released as a book in 2011.
Ms. Chatterton received her Master of Music degree from the University of Minnesota and her Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music as a scholarship student of Bonita Boyd. She has recorded on the CBS Masterworks, Innova, and Gothic labels, and has also independently released five compact disc recordings. Of her latest CD, Diverse Voices - American Music for Flute, critic David Vernier of Classics Today writes that she is "engaging our ears and musical sensibilities with a mellifluous tone and articulation that captures the most agreeable aspects of the instrument's voice, showing its capacity for assertive power as well as its "softer" side--caressing, subtle, tender, warm. Her technique and mastery of the most difficult challenges of speed, breath control, and, yes, intonation, are pretty impressive." (http://www.lindachatterton.com/)
PAST EVENTS
December 11 (Sun) 6:00 pm Canadian Flute Association Flute Choir Holiday Concert at Conservatory Theatre at The Royal Conservatory in the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning (273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON)
Join us for an exciting evening featuring the Canadian Flute Association Flute Choir led by instructors Alheli Pimienta and Katherine Watson!
December 19 (Mon) 7:00 pm Canadian Flute Association proudly presents Adrianne Greenbaum Flute Masterclass at Women's Art Association Gallery (23 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto, ON)
Adrianne will available for privtae lessons on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, please call (647) 801-3456 or email klezmerflute"at"att.net to book!
The 21st Century Flutist: Strength and Whimsy
Masterclass Topics:
Tone that reflects all possibilities of the music - and make it YOURS:
__Form the (better) embouchure
__I want THAT tone
__From Lush to Hush.....and in tune
Petting Zoo: traverso and 19th C. flute
The Fantasy, make it unique to you - with styles of period and country in mind
Repertoire selected would include (but not be limited to) Faure Fantaisie, Doppler Hungarian Pastorale Fantasy, Telemann Fantasias (on traverso - or modern flute)
Klezmer: A "new/old" tradition brought back to current times
Learn the old style, the nuances, the ornaments
Intro to the improvisatory doyna
To end our day: We will all DANCE to the klezmer music!
Adrianne Greenbaum is a nationally acclaimed klezmer and classical flutist. As a klezmer she is the founder and leader of "FleytMuzik," an ensemble with flute, violin, cimbalom and bass, and of "The Klezical Tradition" klezmer band where she performs on both flute and keyboard and leads Yiddish dance. She has been on the faculties of Living Traditions’ KlezKamp, KlezKanada, and Boxwood, was a premier participant with FleytMuzik at the KlezMore Festival in Vienna, and presents master classes in the art of klezmer performance to classical flutists. She has also performed with "Kapelye", with Adrienne Cooper in performances at the International Jewish Festival in Amsterdam and NYC‘s Jewish Museum and as accompanying artist with numerous cantors in concert as both pianist and flutist. As a clinician interested in sharing klezmer music with young people of all ages and backgrounds she also presents school workshops and directs three student klezmer ensembles in Connecticut and Massachusetts. "The Klezical Tradition" has won many awards for its recording Family Portrait, including Top 10 CD’s from both Moment Magazine and the NY Jewish Week. The band was also chosen to be included as a feature in the ABC-TV documentary A Sacred Noise: The New Jewish Music.
After receiving over 10,000 albums from 85 countries, FleytMuzik is was 1 of 8 albums nominated by Just Plain Folks indy awards for 2004 in the klezmer catagory for Best Album and, in 2009, FleytMuzik in Konsert! was again nominated.
Greenbaum's master classes are unique as flutists learn to bridge the gap between folk and classical as well as learning a new genre.Being a pioneer in reviving the art of klezmer flute performance has garnered invitations to be guest artist for many flute organizations in the US, in the UK, and, most recently, in France. In addition, her performances on the simple system flute offer a special look into historic performance practices of both classical and klezmer of the 19th century.
Adrianne's classical training and experience ranks with the finest in the flute scene. She received her Bachelors in Music from the Oberlin College Conservatory and her Masters degree from the Yale School of Music, studying with Robert Willoughby and Thomas Nyfenger respectively. She has performed as soloist and orchestral musician in all of New York’s major concert halls and in many major cities of the U.S. She has appeared with such orchestras as New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival (as soloist), the Berlin Ballet at the Met (as principal flutist), the Period Orchestra of the Fairfield Academy, and for many years performed with the New York City Ballet Orchestra. Currently she is Solo Flutist with the New Haven Symphony, the Wall Street Chamber Players, and Emeritus Principal of Orchestra New England. She has held faculty positions at Wesleyan and Yale Universities, at Smith College, and is currently Professor of Music (flute and klezmer ensemble) at Mount Holyoke College. She can be heard in recording on the Koch International, CBS Masterworks, Nonesuch, and EMC labels as well as on her independent albums "Sounds of America" and Klezical Tradition's "Family Portrait." "FleytMuzik" and "FleytMuzik In Konsert" are of course the featured albums on her website (http://klezmerflute.com). Go to the album page to listen!
Adrianne lives in Fairfield, Connecticut and can be contacted at klezmerflute”at”att.com.
