8/24/11: My trip to Cornish College in July was the highlight of my summer. I enjoyed teaching a workshop on creative musicianship and comedic improv during
Robert Dick's residency - the students were wonderful participants, so enthusiastic, and I hope they had as much fun as I did! It was lovely to see Robert, who is a constant inspiration to me. I am grateful for his friendship and his generosity. Thanks also to Paul Taub for hosting me, and for putting together a great class! If you're in the area next year, I encourage you to attend!
Other big happenings this summer: I performed with Portland Summerfest Opera in their production of Bizet's
Carmen, which was a blast, and had a great time teaching UO's summer music camp. We had a
great ol' time at the most recent Classical Revolution PDX/Electric Opera Company show, and
Leeann Davis and I put the finishing touches (well, she did all of the tricky production work!) on our float music for PDX company
Float On. You can listen
here. The track is called
kelpforest. Top it off with a trip to NFA in Charlotte, a few big hiking trips, a session of summer courses, and an extended visit home to Nashville, and you have a full summer!
Fall happenings. I will teach a masterclass at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky, on September 7th, from 2:30-3:20 PM. I'll also be giving a masterclass at MTSU on 9/6, will give a recital at MTSU on the 9th at 6 PM, in Hinton Hall. I will be teaching lessons as well, and have a few spots open. Please contact me for more details! I'm looking forward to starting the school year at UO - my last year of schoolwork! - and working with new private students as well as my wonderful continuing group of young flutists. In 2011, I saw students who started with me in junior high graduating from high school, and a couple who started with me in high school graduating from college. Bittersweet, but wonderful to see them move on to new things in life. I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to know them, and to work with them.
I have joined the Board of Directors for
Classical Revolution PDX, and am so excited to help them organize as a non-profit organization. I've also taken on the role of Development Manager for
Opera Theater Oregon, an organization that is near and dear to my heart. Busy times!
4/13/11: What a great time I had on my tour to Kentucky, Wisconsin and Tennessee! Thanks to all for organizing the events and getting your students involved! I have two more mini-jaunts scheduled for September and January that I'm really looking forward to. Details for those are forthcoming.
An article that I wrote on the links between comedy improv and creative musicianship will be published in the May/June 2011 issue of
Flute Talk Magazine. Please keep an eye out for that!
Also, I've put together a
YouTube channel featuring some of my recordings. Let me know what you think!
Planning for my final DMA recital is in the works. It'll feature pieces by Boulez, Denis Bedard, Randall Woolf, Sciarrino and Martin.
3/15/11: My schedule for my upcoming tour has almost been finalized. Here are the details as they stand currently:
Monday, March 21st, 2011
Lakeland College
Verlhust Choir Room
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
All events are open to the public and are free of charge.
3:00 - Artistic Entrepreneurship: Career Development and Creating Innovative Opportunities
4:00 - Comedic Improvisation and the Creative Flutist
5:00 - Masterclass, featuring Lakeland College students
7:30 - Recital, featuring works by Muthel, Clarke, Paganini, Takemitsu, and Reinecke, with Dr. Arthur Johnson, piano
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Lakeland College Flute Day
Verlhust Building
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Lakeland College Flute Day, geared towards flute students in middle school and older, will feature a day of classes, flute choir rehearsal, and a recital. With Lakeland flute professor Megan Pettitt, we'll have classes in flute basics, a masterclass, and a flute choir rehearsal and performance for students. We'll end the day with a collaborative recital!
All events are open to the public and free. Please bring a lunch!
Special thanks to my dear friend Megan Pettitt for asking me to be a part of these two great events!
Friday, March 25, 2011
Middle Tennessee State University
School of Music
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
12:45 - 2 PM
The MTSU flute studio will host me in a masterclass on Friday, March 25th, location TBA. Thanks to Dr. Deanna Little for asking me to visit, and for organizing this event. I'm excited to come back home to Tennessee!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Western Kentucky University
Fine Arts Center
Bowling Green, Kentucky
The WKU flute studio will host me for a masterclass and workshop on Saturday, March 26th. The schedule is as follows:
10 - 11 AM: Masterclass featuring WKU flutists
11 AM - 12 PM: Artistic Entrepreneurship: Career Development and Creating Innovative Opportunities
The classes will be held in FAC 198 and are open to all area musicians. Thanks to Dr. Heidi Pintner-Alvarez for organizing this event.
3/10/11: I have joined the fundraising team for
Opera Theater Oregon, consulting in the writing of a development plan for my favorite alt-classical opera company. We're busily planning for a special event in April, a 24-hour opera production that should qualify as the longest documented opera on record - there will be lots of dastardly deeds, alien babies, and lee press-on nails involved. More details to come!
My second DMA recital was a success! Thanks to all who attended. 2/3rds of the way through the program! Planning to finish my coursework by the end of the summer.
2/18/11: Happily performing with Classical Revolution PDX and Electric Opera Company in SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL, Someday Lounge, Portland, 2/27, 9 PM. More information
here - featuring electric/traditional chamber orchestra arrangements of the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Gonoud's Faust.
2/15/11: Springtime brings a short escape from Oregon rain - I'll be traveling to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to be a guest artist at the Lakeland College Flute Festival, on March 21st and 22nd. I'll give a masterclass and recital, as well as two workshops in entrepreneurship for flutists and improvisation and creativity. Location and schedule are forthcoming. After that, I'll get to spend a few days in my lovely Nashville, and end my spring break with a visit to Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green on March 26th, at 10 AM, where I'll give a flute masterclass as well as a workshop in entrepreneurship skills for music majors.
Arts management studies are going well, and I'm happy to say that I have joined
QUADRE as an intern on their Board of Directors. I will serve on the Audience Development Committee and manage social media communications.
2/13/11: Please join me for my second DMA recital at the University of Oregon, Beall Hall, on Saturday, March 5th, at 6 PM. Featuring works of Debussy, Reinecke, Paganini, Clarke, and Heggie, the recital will be a collaboration with Holland Phillips, viola, Laura Zaerr, harp, and Christina Yue, piano. Admission is free.
2/1/11: Opera Theater Oregon's adaptation of Massenet's
Werther (titled "Out of Eden") will premiere at the Alberta Rose Theater in Portland on 2/11, and will run 2/11, 2/12, 2/14, 2/16, 2/17, 2/19. I will play principal flute with OTO on this project.
Tickets are available through the website. Hope to see you there!
1/12/11: Thrilled to assist in organizing Whole Flutes, to be held at Willamette University on 1/23/11. This flute workshop, featuring Jill Felber, focuses on innovative, integrated performance-enhancing techniques to develop the whole musician. Jill will offer classes and workshops in yoga, meditation, guided relaxation, peak performance strategies, and will give a masterclass and concert. Also featured in the class will be her EXTREME MAKEOVER: Flute Edition. For more information, visit the
Willamette website. Whole Flutes is sponsored in part by Willamette University and the Greater Portland Flute Society.
11/10: SO VERY EXCITED to be performing with
Filmusik in their upcoming production of
The Little Prince. From the website:
The Little Prince is both a charming and lyrical work of animation and a piece of Oregon film history. Made in 1979 by Will Vinton Studios, claymation innovator and creator of the California Raisins. Filmusik brings together the original artists including the voice of the Little Prince, Michele Mariana for a live performance that celebrates Portland film. With a live original score performed live in the theatre by Filmusik’s own chamber ensemble and live sound effects and Foley by sound artists David Ian and Dino De Aelfweald, These claymation stories are on the big screen again in a new way, brought to life by many of the same artists who created them in the 1970′s. Performances on 11/11, 11/12, 11/14 at the Hollywood Theater in Portland.
9/10: Fall happenings - School is back in session! I'm taking an overload of credits this term, but the happy news is that I'll be done with my coursework soon.. by the end of this school year! Upcoming notable concerts this fall:
Friday, 10/29, and Saturday, 10/30: In recital with the Cascadia Composers, Portland and Hillsboro. I'll be premiering a work entitled
Close, Then Far for two flutes with Dr. Sydney Carlson, flute professor at PSU, written by Dan Senn. I'll also be performing Jack Gabel's
Diameters, with percussion, trumpet and violin. More information can be found here:
http://www.cascadiacomposers.org/
Monday, 11/8: In recital with the University of Oregon flute studio. I'll be performing Ian Clarke's
Zoom Tube.
Wednesday, 11/10: In recital with Laura Zaerr, harp, at the University of Oregon, in a faculty composition recital. This performance will feature works of Terry McQuilkin and Laura Zaerr.
More information on both UO concerts can be found
here.
6/10: Congratulations to Charissa D. and Fen W. for their successful auditions with the Eugene Youth Symphony, and to Hana K. for making the Eugene Junior Orchestra on her first try!
5/10: Summer happenings - I'm thrilled to attend the upcoming Whole Flutes masterclass at Boise State University with Jill Felber and Nicole Molumby! The class runs from June 9th-13th and features flute masterclasses alongside yoga, meditation and breathing exercises. I will also be appearing in concert at the National Flute Association's Annual Convention as a part of the Robert Aitken tribute concert, playing in the world premiere of his piece for flute choir, entitled
Concerto for Flute Orchestra on Friday, August 13th. My colleagues for this performance are my friends, my teachers, my flute idols. I feel particularly lucky to be a part of this special premiere.
5/10: Join us for the
Second Annual Annual MTSU Flute Camp, hosted by Middle Tennessee State University and the MTSU School of Music, July 6-9, 2010. Deanna Little and I will be teaching the camp, geared towards middle school and high school students.
5/10: I have an upcoming DMA recital! Please join me on Saturday, May 15th, 2010, at 1 PM in Beall Hall, University of Oregon, for my first doctoral recital. I'm performing with Christina Yue, piano, and Ralph Stricker-Chapman, cello. Program will include works by Dai Fujikura, J.G. Muthel, Daniel Welcher, Carl Vine, and Toru Takemitsu. Admission is free!
4/10: Celine will appear in concert with Classical Revolution PDX at the Anka Gallery in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, April 24th, at 3 PM, performing Dai Fujikura's Poison Mushroom.
6/09: This will come as no surprise to most of you, but I have recently been accepted into the University of Oregon doctoral program, beginning in the fall of 2009. My husband will be taking a job in Portland, and I will study in Eugene. The main concentration of the degree is flute performance with a secondary arts administration area. We're thrilled at the upcoming changes, but I will certainly be sad to leave my wonderful students. I have had a fantastic four years here in Middle Tennessee and have learned a great deal!
6/09: Spots are still available for the First Annual MTSU Flute Camp, hosted by Middle Tennessee State University and the MTSU School of Music, July 6-9, 2009. Deanna Little and I will be teaching the camp, geared towards middle school and high school students. Please email me for more details.
5/09: A special high five to Laura A. and Megan M., who will be performing with the Murfreesboro Youth Orchestra next season. This will be Laura's second year, and Megan's first.
4/09: Congratulations to my students who have worked hard for the upcoming Solo and Ensemble Festivals!
3/09: The MTSU School of Music is thrilled to host fantastic flutist Jill Felber and collaborator Dianne Frazer for a mini-residency from Monday, March 30, until Thursday, April 2nd. Jill will be available for private lessons and group sessions, and will also teach a masterclass on March 31, at 11 AM, and will give a recital on April 1st at 8 PM in the Hinton Recital Hall. Jill's performance is generously sponsored by Miyazawa flutes. Please contact me for more details or to schedule a lesson!
1/09: Please join us for the Middle Tennessee State University Flute Festival, on the campus of MTSU, Saturday, January 31st,, 2009. Festivities begin at 8 AM in the Wright Music Building, and our special guest artist this year is Dr. Katherine Kemler (
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~drhahn/kemler.html). Please contact Dr. Deanna Little (drhahn at mtsu dot edu) or visit the MTSU Flute Studio website (
http://mtsu.edu/~drhahn) for more details.
1/09: Congratulations to all of my students who auditioned for the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, and to those who have finished their college entrance auditions! You guys have really worked hard.
1/09: Please join me for my upcoming recital at Middle Tennessee State University! I will be joined by David See, piano, and Dr. Deanna Little, flute. Repertoire to be performed will include Aaron Copland’s Duo, J.S. Bach’s Sonata in E Minor, Robert Dick’s Time is a Two-Way Street, for flute duo, and Denis Gougeon’s L’oiseau blesse. Admission is free. The recital will be held on Saturday, January 10th, 7 PM, in the Choral Hall (room 101) of Saunders Fine Arts on the campus of MTSU.
12/08: Congratulations to all of my students who auditioned for Mid-State, and an extra high-five to those who qualified: Laura A. (HS Gold Band, 4th Chair, qualified for All-State!), Jessica B. (HS Silver Band, 4th Chair), Victoria A. (HS Alternate), Megan M. (JH Gold Band, 1st Chair), Marissa P. (JH Gold Band, 4th Chair), Natalie B. (JH Silver Band, 8th Chair), and Laura K. (JH Alternate).