Denis Bouriakov
Although still in his twenties, Denis has already developed one of the fastest growing careers amongst the musicians of his generation. He has won numerous prizes at many of the world's most prestigious international flute competitions (including Jean-Pierre Rampal, Munich ARD, Prague Spring, Carl Nielsen and Kobe competitions) and he has recently been appointed Principal Flute at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He has already made several recordings, and his first solo CD album was released in 2009, which included the world's premiere recording of the Sibelius Violin Concerto on the flute. He has been very active as soloist, orchestral player and teacher and, last year alone, his engagements took him to Greece, Iceland, USA, Japan, Korea, UK and Lithuania.Denis was born in 1981 in Crimea (now Ukraine). In 1991, he was given a place at the Moscow Central Special Music School, where he studied with Professor Y.N. Dolzhikov. Since the age of 11, Denis has played in Russia's premier concert halls, such as the Big Conservatoire Hall and Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. With the support of the 'New Names' International Charity Foundation and the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation, he played as a soloist in concert tours to over 20 countries in Europe, Asia, South America and USA. After graduating from the Moscow Central Special Music School in 2000 he went on to study at Royal Academy of Music with Professor William Bennett (OBE) in London. After his graduation in 2004, gaining a record 99 percent mark and the DipRAM diploma for an outstanding Final Recital, the Royal Academy of Music awarded Denis the 'Principal's Award' as well as the 'Fellowship Award' for the 2004-2005 academic year, which involved him giving lessons and classes for flute students at the Royal Academy. In 2006, the Academy awarded Denis with the prestigious title of ARAM (Associate of the Royal Academy of Music). During his time in London, Denis freelanced as Principal Flute with the Philharmonia of London, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leeds Opera North, Frankfurt Radio Symphony and Russian Orchestra of London.
Just a year after graduating from the Royal Academy of Music, Denis gained his first job as Principal Flute with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra in Finland, where he also taught at the Tampere Conservatory of Music for 3 years. In 2008 he was appointed Principal Flute with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and later that year he won the highly coveted position of Principal flute with the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
For the past few years, Denis has been William Bennett's teaching assistant at his International Summer Schools in Farnham (UK) and Chicago (USA). They have also recorded J.S. Bach Double Concerto with the English Chamber Orchestra for the BEEP label and performed joint concerts together in Japan's premier concert halls.
As a soloist, Denis has performed with many orchestras, including the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, 'Moscow Virtuosos', Prague Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble of Tokyo, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Ensemble of Paris and Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also given recitals at the British Flute Society Conventions, National Flute Association Conventions and Japan Flute Association Conventions.
Denis Bouriakov plays an Altus 1707 flute.
Aldo Baerten
Aldo Baerten is Principal Flutist at the Royal Flemish Philharmonic. He is Professor of Flute at
the Royal Conservatorium in Antwerp, at the Hogeschool der Kunsten
Utrecht (NL) and gives masterclasses in Belgium, the Netherlands,
France, Mexico and America.
He is a regular guest at the Chamber Orchestra
of Europe, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, I Fiamminghi, European Union Opera
(G. Roshdentvensky), Belgische Kamerfilharmonie and the Rotterdam
Philharmonic Orchestra.
He is Artistic Director of the Royal Conservatory-Artesis Hogeschool Antwerp, where he also organises the Antwerp Orchestral Academy, a unique project between the Conservatory, the Royal Flemish Philharmonic and deSingel.
During his studies with Prof. Peter-Lukas Graf
(Musikhochschule Basel), where he obtained the Diploma as a Soloist,
with Jeanne Baxtresser and with Philippe Boucly, he became prize-winner
in competitions such as Maria Canals (Barcelona 2001), Vienna (2004),
Axion Classics, Quantz, and the National Instrumentcompetition of
Belgium. He received the Alex de Vries-prize, the SABAM-award, and the
Caecilia-prize of the Belgian music-press.
Aldo Baerten has played as a soloist with eminent
orchestras as the Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester, RSO Basel, National
Orchestra of Belgium, Walloon Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Flemish
Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony under the baton of Stern,
Czarniecki, Rundel, Octors, Nagy, Yuasa, Byess, Aadland.
Aldo Baerten has recorded extensively on Cypres, Phaedra, ECM, Pentatone and Beriato Music.
His recording of Schubert's Introduction, Theme
and Variations on Trockne Blumen (Die Schöne Müllerin) with pianist
Martin Helmchen was nominated for the BBC Music Prize of best
chamber-music recording of the year 2010.
From 1989 until 1993 he was Principal Flutist
with Claudio Abbado's Orchestra of the E.U, where he has played under
conductors such as Haitink, Ashkenazy, Neumann, Conlon and Tate. He was
also chosen as Principal of the Schleswigholstein Festival Orchestra
(Sir G.Solti) and the World Youth Orchestra.
Aldo Baerten was the Principal Flutist of the Belgian Chamber Orchestra and the MDR-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig.
He had the honour of playing in masterclasses for Jean-Pierre Rampal, Nicolet, Adorjan and Zoon.
Aldo Baerten is a regular Jury-Member of the
Benelux-Flute Competition, Axion Classics, Lyons-music-competition, NFA
Young Artists Competition and Yamaha Music Foundation.
His students occupy positions in orchestras and conservatories in Belgium and abroad.
He is the International Liaison Officer
for the National Flute Association of America 2009-2014, and serves on
the Board of Collegium Vocale Gent.
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Molly Barth
The ferociously talented and Grammy-Award winning flutist Molly
Alicia Barth is an active solo, chamber, and orchestral musician,
specializing in the music of today. As a founding member of the new
music sextet eighth blackbird, Molly toured extensively
throughout the world, recorded four CDs with Cedille Records, and was
granted the 2000 Naumburg Chamber Music Award and first prize at the
1998 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. As co-founder of
the Beta Collide New Music Project, Molly collaborates with individuals
from a broad spectrum of disciplines such as music, art, sound sculpture
and theoretical physics. Molly is the Assistant Professor of Flute at
the University of Oregon, plays within the Eugene and Oregon Symphonies,
and has previously taught at Willamette University and held residencies
at the University of Chicago and at the University of Richmond. She
also plays with Fear No Music, and is the chair of the New Music
Advisory Committee of the National Flute Association, which commissions 3
new works each year.
Molly Barth plays a 998 Silver Elite Lillian Burkart flute and the Elite Lillian Burkart custom piccolo.
Lisa-Maree Amos
Australian flutist Lisa-Maree Amos, has appeared as Guest Principal Flute with the Boston Symphony and the Pacific Symphony in the USA, the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London including the famous Prom Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, and is currently Principal Flute of Orchestra Victoria, and Principal Flute of the Colorado Music Festival where she has performed many concertos, chamber works and given masterclasses in the past decade. Before leaving Australia to pursue post-Graduate studies at the Royal College of Music in London, Ms Amos attended the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, was Principal Flute of the Queensland Youth Orchestra and the Australian Youth Orchestra and won the James Carson Memorial Flute Competition. She has received awards from the Royal College of Music in London, English Speaking Union, Countess of Munster Trust, Aspen Music Festival and was twice a fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center and the recipient of their Chamber Music Award. A prize winner from the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition in London, Lisa-Maree made her London Wigmore Hall debut in 2003 with Jane's Minstrels - a contemporary music ensemble she had the honor of travelling with to the USA and Scandinavia in addition to many Festivals including Harrogate, Spitalfields, Aldebrugh, Brighton amongst others. She has also been invited to teach and perform at the Dartington International Music School with this ensemble. In addition to performing with many of the orchestras in London for over a decade, Ms Amos was a Live Music Now artist and a member of several small ensembles that performed nationwide in Festivals and Concert Series. After relocating to the USA, Lisa-Maree freelanced with a number of ensembles, and became a founding member of the Los Angeles Flute Quartet with whom she enjoyed the chamber music circuit, travelling throughout the West Coast of the USA, recording, broadcasting and commissioning new works. They were the winners of several grants and performed twice at the National Flute Association conventions, for the American Composers Forum and were a featured ensemble in Chamber Music America as well as recording their own CD, 'Above and Beyond'. Along with her husband, Peter Sheridan as the Married Flutes, they have recorded a CD entitled 'Lovebirds', and have also commissioned many new works, and received critical acclaim for their performances and recordings from London to New York.In April 2008 Lisa-Maree was appointed Principal Flute of Orchestra Victoria based in Melbourne, Australia, and enjoys a variety of musical activities from recording, chamber ensemble and large orchestral performances and working with the Australian Ballet and Opera Australia. In addition to her orchestral work, Ms Amos has been added to the casual staff of Melbourne University, teaches privately from her home, and holds an annual weekend course in Melbourne for training in audition technique, "Flute Audition Success". Ms Amos has recorded for NMC, BMIC, Innova records, live recordings for BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM in London, and has broadcast in over 60 stations across the USA for many classical music stations and programs. www.FluteAustralia.com
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Shaun Barlow
Shaun Barlow is a freelance flautist based in Sydney. He is currently completing a Masters of Music (Performance) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, studying under Dr. Alexa Still. In 2009 he graduated from Sydney Con with a Bachelor of Music (Performance) Honours Class 1.Known for his interest in collaboration with composers, Shaun has premiered and recorded new flute, piccolo, alto and bass flute works. He was featured as soloist during the Kammerklang 2009 new music project (www.kammerklang.com). This included a performance of Stuart Greenbaum's Concerto for flute, percussion and large ensemble and recordings for the "Kammerklang 2009 with Claire Edwardes" album including Chris Williams' flute concertino Amid your candles and lilies.
In demand as a soloist and chamber musician, Shaun's recent engagements include a recording of Greg Shapley's new work for flute and tape Clock Canon and chamber operas by Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw in 2010 with the Sydney University Opera Company and Albert Herring in 2009 with the Sydney Conservatorium Opera Department.
Shaun has taken lessons with Alexa Still, Robert Dick, Greg Pattillo, Bonita Boyd, Susan Palma-Nidel and performed in masterclasses with John Wion, Michael Cox, Katherine Kemler, Ashley Solomon and Michel Bellavance. Equally at home performing in the concert hall, the opera pit or busking on a street corner, Shaun is keenly interested in finding ever more inventive musical roles for the flute.
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Kathryn Blocki
Kathy Blocki’s passion for excellence in teaching is demonstrated by the consistent success of her students. Whether it is transforming an autistic child’s fear of touching the metal on the flute into the freedom to express himself, or helping a gifted child win a competition playing the Ibert Concerto; her zeal to help every student reach their fullest potential is unmistakable. Her clinics on teaching the flute have been enthusiastically received at the National Flute Association, teacher training classes, music educator conferences, masterclasses and flute festivals. Publications include the award-winning Blocki Flute Method and Syrinx: Rhythmic Teaching Edition. She holds two patents for creating the Pneumo Pro Wind Director. Previously, she was a member of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Chautauqua Festival Orchestra, American Wind Symphony and faculty of Goshen College. She graduated with high honors from IU Bloomington Jacobs School of Music and highest honors from Arizona State University and studied with Eric Hoover, James Pellerite, Samuel Baron and Bernard Goldberg. Her article on teaching beginning flutists will be published in the National Flute Association’s Pedagogy Anthology Vol. 2 which will be available in August of 2012.www.BlockiFlute.com.jpg)
Bridget Bolliger
Swiss-Australian flautist Bridget Bolliger is founding member of the New Sydney Wind Quintet, now Australia’s leading woodwind quintet. She is a flute teacher at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, has a private teaching studio on the Northern Beaches , and has given masterclasses in Australia, France, Switzerland and Brazil where she was assistant to Michel Dubost at the International Music Workshop in Curitiba. Bridget freelances with Australian Orchestras, is Artistic Director and founder of the Sydney Chamber Music Festival, and Music Director of the Manly Music Club.
After attending the Sydney Conservatorium High School , Bridget began higher music studies with Prof. Peter-Lukas Graf in Switzerland at the Basel Music Academy where she graduated with a Soloist's Diploma. Other teachers included Alain Marion, Jean-Pierre Rampal and William Bennett, Jenny Andrews , Jane Rutter and Vernon Hill. Bridget was awarded first prize in the Mattara Spring Festival Concerto Competition at the age of 15 with a performance of Jacques Ibert’s flute concerto, 1st prize at the International UBS Flute Competition Zurich, prize winner in the Swiss Woodwind Competition St Gallen, and winner of the prestigious Swiss music scholarship the Migros Ernst-Goehner Stiftung Zurich, and the Kiefler Hablitzel Music Award Bern.
Bridget was principal flute with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, the Schleswig Holstein Festival Orchestra and European Community Youth Chamber Orchestra where she played under conductors Claudio Abbado, Vaclav Neumann, and Christoph Eschenbach, among others. She was later appointed Principal Flute with the St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, then the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, and has played principal flute as regular guest with the Basel Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Opera Orchestra, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Queensland Orchestra and Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. Performances as a soloist include concerti with European and Australian orchestras including Mozart's Flute and Harp Concerto with renowned French harpist Marielle Nordmann and the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, and with leading Italian harpist Elena Zaniboni in a performance at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo.
Recordings as a soloist and chamber musician for radio and TV throughout Europe, Brazil and Australia are an important part of Bridget’s work and she has recently made two CD recordings with the New Sydney Wind Quintet, which have been highly acclaimed by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
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Morwenna Collett
Morwenna Collett is a keen flautist, arts administrator and music writer/presenter. She moved to Sydney from Brisbane in 2010 and is the Program Manager of the Arts Funding (Music) section at the Australia Council for the Arts. The Australia Council is the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body and in her role there, Morwenna manages a wide variety of funding programs that provide support to Australian musicians. She has previously worked as the Arts Development Officer for the Dance and Music section at Arts Queensland.
Morwenna holds Masters and Bachelors (1st Class Hons) degrees from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University and was awarded the University Medal. Her book “Australian Youth Orchestra's’ Role in Development of Young Musicians” was published in 2010. Morwenna spent seven years playing flute and piccolo with the Queensland Youth Orchestra and has also been a casual member of The Queensland Orchestra. She has been involved with various charity projects and was a member of the 2009-2010 management committee of the Queensland Philanthropic Orchestra, a community orchestra that donates 100% of its ticket sales to Queensland charities.
Geoffrey Collins
Geoffrey was born in Adelaide and studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of music with Nancy Sales (piano) and Victor McMahon, James Pellerite and Margaret Crawford (flute). In 1982, whilst Lecturer of Flute at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study in Europe with William Bennett, Michel Debost and Peter Lukas-Graf. His winning of the First National Flute Competition in 1975 established Collins as one of the foremost instrumentalists of his generation. Geoffrey currently holds two positions - his long standing appointment as flutist with the Australia Ensemble (resident at the University of NSW) and as of 2001 as Principal Flute with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.Geoffrey has held a number of the country's most coveted flute positions including Associate Principal Flute in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and for many years he appeared as Principal Flute in the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Margaret Crawford
Adelaide-born Margaret Crawford played piano and composed from the
age of nine. At fifteen she began flute lessons with David Cubbin at the
Elder Conservatorium and then moved to Melbourne in 1960 to undertake a
tertiary degree at the Melbourne University Conservatorium, studying
flute under Leslie Barklamb and piano under Ronald Farren-Price. In 1963
she gained her BMus and two years later a Master of Music majoring in
flute performance.
In 1966 she won the ABC Concerto Competition
(now Young Performer of the Year), which led to solo performances with
all of the State Symphony Orchestras and numerous broadcasts. A major
focus for her at this time was the performance of contemporary music. In
1967 she travelled to Vienna where she specialized in baroque music,
studying recorder under Professor Hans-Maria Kneihs and flute under Hans
Reznicek at the Vienna Academy of Music, graduating with honours in
1969. She also studied flute in Paris under Jean-Pierre Rampal and Alain
Marion and attended masterclasses given by Rampal, Gazzeloni, Gerard
Schaub and Marcel Moyse.
Since returning to Australia in 1970 Margaret
Crawford has taught flute at the Canberra School of Music, the Sydney
Conservatorium, the Queensland Conservatorium, the Melbourne University
Conservatorium, the Victorian College of the Arts and the Australian
National Academy of Music. From 1990 to mid-1997 she held the position
of Head of Woodwind, Brass and Percussion at the Hong Kong Academy for
Performing Arts. Returning to Australia, she held the position of Senior
Lecturer in Flute at the Sydney Conservatorium from 1998 to 2003. She
moved back to Melbourne at the end of 2003.
Margaret Crawford has presented masterclasses
and lectures on a wide range of musical and flute-related subjects. As a
soloist, chamber and orchestral musician she has toured Australia, New
Zealand, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, and South East Asia. She has
broadcast extensively in Australia and recorded a number of works by
Australian composers.
Margaret Crawford teaches at the Faculty of the VCA and Music, University of Melbourne and is Artist in Residence at the
Australian National Academy of Music.
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Sarah Denholm
Born in Edinburgh, Sarah Denholm started learning piano when she was six, and in 1983 entered the Royal Northern College of Music to study piano and organ, where she obtained her M.Mus in piano accompaniment in a joint course at the RNCM and University of Manchester. During her College years, Sarah was a performer in the ‘Live Music Now!’ programme founded by Sir Yehudi Menuhin to take music into the community, including nursing homes and special needs schools. She was also recognised as one of the Park Lane Young Performers of the Year, performing a recital as part of a duo in the Purcell Room, London. In 1994 Sarah moved to Melbourne, and has since been freelancing as an accompanist and chamber musician. She teaches part-time, and accompanies students at Melbourne and Monash Universities. Sarah also performs in live radio broadcasts for 3MBS FM..jpg)
Christine Draeger
Christine studied flute with Zdenek Bruderhans at Adelaide University, graduating in 1979 with a Bachelor of Music (Honours). She was a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra 1981–86, and has also worked with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Pacific Opera Orchestra.Christine was member of The Seymour Group (Sonic Art Ensemble) from 1982 until 2007. She has run workshops and masterclasses in contemporary techniques for ANU School of Music, Tasmanian Conservatorium and Sydney Conservatorium.
She has recorded two CDs of Australian flute music Streeton’s Noon 1999, and together with Lamorna Nightingale and Jocelyn Fazzone Eat Chocolate and Cry 2009.
In 1992 she founded Tucana Flute Quartet which has performed at flute festivals in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Chicago USA, and recorded for ABC radio and 2MBS radio.
As a composer Christine has written works for solo flute, flute ensembles and theatre pieces. She won first prize in the Australian Flute Composition Competition in 1999. Together with Rosamund Plummer she wrote Practical Studies for the Advanced Flautist in 2003. This year Christine and Rosamund have also published an album of their flute quartet arrangements; The Tucana Big Book of Flute Quartets.
Christine is an associate represented composer at the Australian Music Centre. Her music is published by Reed Music and Fluteworthy.
Jocelyn Edey Fazzone
Jocelyn Edey Fazzone is a Sydney born performer and teacher of both flute and piano. Her studies under the renowned teachers Nancy Salas, Erica Booker (piano), and Michael Scott, David Cubbin, Maxence Larrieu, Robert Willoughby (flute) were undertaken at Sydney University and Sydney Conservatorium, Conservatoire de Musique in Geneva, Switzerland, and Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, USA. Jocelyn has performed in the Sydney, Tasmanian & Queensland Symphony Orchestras, the Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra & the Collegium Academicum Orchestra. She currently teaches part-time at the Sydney Conservatorium and Wesley Institute; is the Woodwind Advisor and Senior examiner for the AMEB NSW; and is a regular performer of chamber music with Windfall Sextet, with Moran/Fazzone duo, and performs as the regular Associate Artist with flautist Janet Webb. Jocelyn is one of the leading teachers of flute in NSW, having been awarded the AMEB Shield for achieving the highest student results on 5 occasions since 2004. She has released 2 CDs to date as Associate Artist to leading Australian flautists; she has recently co- published a large collection of flute studies; and is currently co- authoring a volume on flute teaching methods for new teachers.
The Fisenden Flute Ensemble
The Fisenden Flute Ensemble was formed late in 2006 by Neil and Rae-Helen Fisenden as an integral performance arm of “Fisenden Music” (their business located in East Perth) and named in honour of Neil’s father, distinguished flautist and teacher, Owen Fisenden.The group consists of 10 dedicated and passionate professionals who have worked together under the guidance of Conductor Neil Fisenden to create a level of musical and ensemble excellence garnering National and International acclaim. Very simply the aim of the group is to re-define the “sound” of the flute ensemble with precision playing and challenging, creative repertoire written specifically for the ensemble.
Their first CD “ Telegraphed” launched earlier this year showcases Australian works commissioned for the American Flute Association’s Annual Convention held in New York in 2009 where the FFE premiered several of these works. The works were also performed at the Australian Flute Festival held in Adelaide in October 2009 to an enthusiastic audience. Of particular note is the title track “Telegraphed” written by Iain Grandage and two works written by flautist/composer Michal Rosiak both featuring some frenetic technical artistry as well as vibrant and creative colours and textures.
With an enthusiastic following of fans in Perth the Ensemble presents concerts regularly. They are delighted to have been invited to participate in the Australian Flute Festival in Canberra this year and look forward to touring more of Australia as well as attending the National Flute Convention in Las Vegas in 2012.
Neil Fisenden
Neil Fisenden was born in Perth and began flute studies with his father Owen at the age of nine.In 1974 he joined the West Australian Symphony Orchestra as Second Flute and in 1978 was appointed Principal Piccolo.
He was a founding member of the Perth Woodwind Quintet performing often in concerts and recordings for the ABC. He also appeared regularly as soloist with the WASO.
In 1979 he was appointed to the position of Principal Flute of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and in the same year awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to study flute in London with Peter Lloyd, Principal Flute of the London Symphony Orchestra.
During his four year stay in Adelaide he frequently performed as a soloist with both the Adelaide Symphony and Adelaide Chamber Orchestras.
Neil returned to Perth in 1983 as Principal Flute of the West Australian Symphony and continued to appear regularly as a soloist, notably for the1983 tour to Singapore and as a Master Series soloist in the 1993 season.
Neil tutors flute at the University of Western Australia’s School of Music and The West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He is chief flute examiner and woodwind specialist advisor to the Australian Music Examinations Board and is a member of the advisory selection panel for the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.
Neil is patron of the West Australian Flute Society and in 1991 was Director of the Eighth Australian Flute Convention.
In 2004 Neil was elected as a Director of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
Throughout his career Neil has been a very active teacher, believing strongly in the mandate to pass on a firm base of knowledge and experience to the next generation. This is the driving force which has led him, in collaboration with his wife Rae-Helen, to set up “Fisenden Music” dedicated to excellence in the areas of Tuition, Performance and Sales.
Neil is the founder and director of the Fisenden Flute Ensemble.
Alice Giles
Alice Giles is celebrated as one of the world’s leading harpists. She has performed extensively as a soloist word-wide and was the First Prize-winner of the Eighth Israel International Harp Contest. Regarded by Luciano Berio as the foremost interpreter of his Sequenza II, solo recital highlights include London’s Wigmore Hall, New York’s 92nd Street 'Y' and Merkin Hall and the Frankfurt Alte Oper. A guest artist at numerous festivals, including Marlboro Music, Scotia Festival, Schleswig-Holstein and Insel Hombroich Festivals in Germany, Bath Mozartfest, Australian Festival of Chamber Music, and the Adelaide, Huntington, Barossa and Sydney Festivals. She has commissioned a complete program of works for the electro-acoustic harp, and is Director of the Seven Harp Ensemble (SHE) which has commissioned many new works by Australian composers. As a recipient of an Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship, she performed a solo concert at Mawson Station in February 2011 commemorating the Centenary of the first Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Her discography includes several solo harp discs, a concerto disc with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and many chamber music discs for the Tall Poppies, Musikado, ABC Classics, CDI, and Marlboro Recording Society labels. Alice is Senior Lecturer and Head of Harp Area at the ANU School of Music.
Alan Hicks
Alan Hicks is one of Australia's foremost vocal coaches and accompanists. As Head of Voice at the ANU School of Music he is responsible for an exciting and innovative program providing high-level performance opportunities for students in recital, ensemble and operatic productions.A graduate of Newcastle Conservatorium of Music in piano and flute, Alan studied and worked in the UK for 15 years, appearing at the Wigmore Hall, St Johns Smith Square, the Purcell Room and on BBC Radio 3. He was a pianist at the Scottish International Flute Summer School for 8 years, working closely with Peter Lloyd, Wissam Boustany and Ruth Morley.
Alan is in demand as a recitalist with national and international artists. He performs regularly in duo partnership with Alan Vivian (Clarinet Ballistix and ABC Sunday Live), and in fortepiano duo with Geoffrey Lancaster (Canberra International Music Festivals 2009-2011). Alan has appeared in recital with his wife, mezzosoprano Christina Wilson in Europe and Australia, performing for the Canberra International Music Festival, Art Song Canberra and on ABC Classic FM. In January this year, Alan and Christina gave workshops on English and American song at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna.
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Vernon Hill
Australian flautist, Vernon Hill is regarded as a leading national and international performer and pedagogue. Over many years, Vernon has continued to inspire and educate through his passion for performance, and in particular as a mentor to a new generation of flute players.Much in demand, Vernon has just returned from acclaimed performances at Australia’s premier chamber music festival, the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. Collaborations at this festival included London clarinettist, Michael Collins (clarinet), The Goldner String Quartet, and with his son, the celebrated London based pianist Daniel de Borah.
Over many years, Vernon’s performing career, including the Canberra Wind Soloists has taken him on musical journeys to London, Japan, Russia, China, Korea, New Zealand, Hungary, Yugoslavia, the Jerash Festival in Jordan, the Israel Philharmonic Society in Tel Aviv, and with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Greece.
Prior to his appointment at the Australian National University School of Music, Vernon was Principal Flute, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. During this time, he represented Australia in the World Symphony Orchestra in the USA. He has also given performances as guest Principal Flute in the London Symphony, the BBC and Sydney Symphony Orchestras, as well as guest Principal Flute in the Australian Chamber Orchestra both in Australia and Europe.
Over many years Vernon has worked with many respected conductors, artists and musicians such as Olivier Messiaen, Andre Previn, Alfred Brendel, Barry Tuckwell and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Vernon has performed concertos with all of the Australian Symphony Orchestras and these have included a number of premiers and recorded premiers. His recordings are on the Move, ABC and EMI labels, and include the complete Bach Flute Sonatas as well as featured tracks on the ABC “Swoon” collection.
Vernon is a highly respected master teacher of the flute and is the author of "The Flute Players Book with Demonstration CD". This book has now become a standard teaching resource at many universities. Its popularity has led to its current “third edition”, and continues to be sold throughout the world. Highly sought after as a teacher and mentor, Vernon’s passion for learning and the sharing of knowledge has resulted in a career that spans more than 40 years and in that time he has had a profound influence on the quality of flute playing in Australia.
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Philip Johnston
Best known for his books on practicing, Philip Johnston's greatest asset—and debilitating curse—is that he finds everything fascinating, and at 41 is still deciding what he might end up doing when he grows up. A graduate of the ANU School of Music, he has recorded for Warner Music as a concert pianist, and has composed for Alfreds Publishing and the Trinity Exam system, while his books on practicing are used by universities and music studios around the world. Despite this though, much of Philip's time is spent with pursuits that have nothing whatsoever to do with his training in piano. Philip is represented by one of New York’s most prestigious literary agencies as a writer of fiction, works part time as a design and layout expert, is editor of one of the world's largest websites for music teachers at insidemusicteaching.com, and is an instructor in Taekwondo, with over a hundred self-defence students in his weekly classes. Importantly for this lecture, he is also enthusiastic and experienced computer gamer (which his kids think is great—they get to play with him while dad "researches")Given this odd mix of careers, Philip is not sure what his tombstone will end up reading; probably best rendered in Latin, because it will make absolutely no sense in English.
Timothy Kain
Timothy Kain is one of Australia’s leading instrumentalists, with an outstanding reputation as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. Among his many overseas concert activities he has toured the UK and Australia, and released a CD with John Williams both as a duo and as a member of the ensemble Attacca. Tim is renowned for his commissioning, performance and recording of Australian works. He has performed and recorded with several of Australia’s major orchestras and leading musicians. As leader of the quartet Guitar Trek he has pioneered the guitar family concept creating a large repertoire for the medium and four CD’s for ABC Classics. His long-term collaboration with flautist Virginia Taylor has been another major focus of his career which has also led to the creation of new works and the release of three CD’s, with the most recent being in 2011.
Elizabeth Koch OAM
Elizabeth is in her tenth year as Associate Professor of Flute, Head of Woodwind and Head of Performance at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide. Previously she spent 27 years enjoying an orchestral career with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Elizabeth’s main passion is teaching and as a result many of her former students have positions in the music profession both nationally and internationally, both as orchestral players and teachers. Four of her former students are presently in permanent flute positions in Australian and New Zealand symphony orchestras. Elizabeth has had many leadership roles, including being the first woman Director of State Music Camp, a position she held for 9 years. She was Artistic Director of the Sydney Flute Festival in 2007 and for the Australian Flute Festival in 2009 and has directed many flute summer schools over the years in Adelaide and Darwin. Elizabeth has been awarded several teaching prizes during her ten years at the University of Adelaide, the most prestigious being the Stephen Cole the Elder Teaching Prize for Excellence and a national award from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council in 2010. In 2006 Elizabeth was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the Queens Birthday Honours list for her services to flute teaching and the mentoring of young musicians..jpg)
Sylvie Leprohon
Sylvie Leprohon grew up in Quebec, Canada, and graduated from the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal. Scholarships from the Canada Council enabled her to study in Europe; first in Zürich with André Jaunet and then with Aurèle Nicolet in Freiburg, Germany where she completed a post-graduate degree.Through her participation in Masterclasses, Sylvie has had substantial contact with other major flautists such as William Bennett, James Galway, Maxence Larrieu and Raymond Guiot.
In 1983 after spending some years performing and teaching in Europe, Sylvie came to Australia and has led an active musical life first in Brisbane and since 1984 in Melbourne. She has played flute and piccolo with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, the Australian Pops Orchestra and the State Orchestra of Victoria.
Since 1992, Sylvie has developed a career as chamber musician and soloist. She has performed with many ensembles such as Ensemble Variante, Trio Vivace and Ariel Ensemble. Sylvie teaches flute at Monash University and the University of Melbourne.
David Leviston
David Leviston grew up in Melbourne and started playing at age
seven. He has studied with many teachers most notably in Australia with
Audrey Walklate, Leslie Barklamb, Margaret Crawford, David Cubbin, Colin
Evans and Linda Vogt. Overseas he studied with William Bennett, Peter
Lloyd, Michel Debost, John Wion, Julius Baker, Sam Baron and James
Pellerite.
Abandoning his course in Law at age 19, he
took a position in the ABC Sinfonia in Sydney and then one year later in
1969 moved to Perth to take a position in the West Australian Symphony
Orchestra. During 1968 and 1969 David successfully gained his Associate
and Licentiate Diplomas in Performance on Flute. During his 9 years in
Perth he travelled many times to Europe and the US to study and
participate in competitions being the beneficiary of an Australia
Council grant for that purpose in 1975.
A founding member of the Perth Wind Quintet saw
him performing most of the Wind Quintet repertoire in addition to many
solo and recital programmes. David spent most of 1979 playing in the
Queensland Theatre Orchestra at the invitation of Georg Tintner. For
many years thereafter he freelanced in the various orchestras around
Australia, taught at several Universities, was an AMEB examiner at all
levels and maintained an extensive private teaching practice based in
Sydney.
In 1988 David took an opportunity to start a
specialty flute business based around supplying some of the world's
leading flutes supported by leading edge servicing. This business, Flutes & Flutists
quickly became the leading business of its kind in Australia. During
these last fifteen years "Flute Fidelity" has presented many concerts
and masterclasses for many Australian and overseas visiting artists.
This experience has been foundational to David being able to initiate
and lead the development of Sydney Flute Festival, now called the
Australian Flute Festival.
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Luca Manghi
Luca Manghi was born in Parma where he won first prize with all jury honours from the Arrigo Boito National Music Conservatory in 1991.Three years later he was awarded the highest distinction by the Biella International Superior Music Academy "L.Perosi" for his work with Peter Lukas Graf. Luca has attended master classes led by Sir James Galway, Roberto Fabiano and Maxence Larrieu. He studied in Rome with William Bennett and for five years with Jean Ferrandis in Paris, where he has also performed with various chamber ensembles and orchestras, as well as teaching at the Conservatoire de Levallois.
Luca is the winner of several international competitions, including the U.F.A.M. International Paris competition, the "D.Cimarosa" International competition and the "Genova" competition, and as principal flautist with a number of European orchestras, he has toured a variety of countries in Europe, Asia and the United States.
He is now based in New Zealand as a freelance artist, and is regularly invited to perform with the Christchurch Symphony, the Southern Sinfonia, the Auckland Philharmonia and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
Since 2008 he has taught flute and chamber music at the University of Otago, the University of Waikato, and at the University of Auckland.
Janet McKay
Janet McKay is a Brisbane-based flautist committed to the performance and development of new music. She holds an M.Mus (Performance) from the Sydney Conservatorium and a B.Mus (Hons) from the Qld Conservatorium, and has studied at the Guildhall School of Music (UK) and the Bang on a Can Institute (USA). She was winner of the 1993 James Carson Prize (Qld) and the 1996 Albert Cooper Prize (UK) for flute performance. Janet has performed solo recitals in London, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane, and in 2008 undertook a solo tour of the USA (New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin). She has commissioned and premiered over a dozen new works for flute and recently recorded several of these for ABC Classic FM. She regularly presents performances and workshops on contemporary flute technique at various tertiary institutions, including the Qld Conservatorium and the University of Qld. Janet teaches flute at St Peter’s Lutheran College, Anglican Church Grammar School and the Young Conservatorium. In addition to her solo performance work, she directs the new music development and presentation organization RANDOM OVERTONES and co-directs the sonic art/massed performance project Super Critical Mass. www.randomovertones.com
Lamorna Nightingale
Lamorna Nightingale is a member of Australia’s premier new music group, Ensemble Offspring, and regularly performs as a casual member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.Lamorna specializes in the repertoire of the 20th and 21st century and has established strong working relationships with many composers. In 2009 Lamorna released the recording ‘Eat Chocolate and Cry - Australian Flute Music 1999-2009’ in collaboration with Christine Draeger and Jocelyn Fazzone, with whom she has recently established the publishing company ‘Fluteworthy’. Her books, ‘Lamorna’s Beginner Flute Book’, ‘Repertoire for the Beginner Flautist’ and ‘99 Solos and Studies for the Flute’ are due for publication in 2011.
Lamorna studied with Vernon Hill and Virginia Taylor at the Canberra School of Music and with Margaret Crawford at the Sydney Conservatorium where she completed a Masters in Performance.
Lamorna has taught flute for the Australian Institute of Music, University of NSW and several Sydney schools and is a senior examiner for the Australian Music Examinations Board.
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Lisa Osmialowski
Lisa Osmialowski is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester and the Franz Liszt Academy, Weimar. She toured Europe as Principal Flautist with Bernard Haitink and the European Union Youth Orchestra, and has performed with London’s major symphony orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and worked with many of Europe’s leading musicians. As Principal Flute, Lisa has played with the Sydney Symphony, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and been invited to perform with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. She has recorded as Principal Flute with the London Mozart Players and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Lisa enjoys chamber music and performs with KAMMER ensemble, which have presented highly acclaimed concerts of Australian works for the New Music Network and Musica Viva.
Michael Parloff
Principal Flutist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1977 until his retirement in 2008, Michael Parloff has been heard regularly as recitalist and concerto soloist throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. His New York City appearances have included numerous solo recitals at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, concerto appearances at Carnegie Hall and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and chamber music performances at The Mostly Mozart Festival, The Morgan Library and with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mr. Parloff opened the MET Orchestra's 2002 Carnegie Hall concert season with a performance of Carl Nielsen's Concerto for Flute and Orchestra under the direction of James Levine. He has collaborated in New York City chamber music concerts with such noted artists as James Levine, Jessye Norman, James Galway, Peter Serkin, Dawn Upshaw, Thomas Hampson, Jaime Laredo, and the Emerson String Quartet.Highly respected as a teacher, coach, conductor, and lecturer, Michael Parloff has presented masterclasses at major conservatories and university music schools in the United States and abroad. A member of the flute faculty at Manhattan School of Music since 1985, Michael Parloff also conducts woodwind ensemble concerts and coaches chamber music at MSM. Mr. Parloff has been associated with the Marlboro Music Festival since the mid-1980s, and in recent seasons he has taught, coached, and lectured at Tanglewood, the National Orchestral Institute, the Colorado College Music Festival, and Music@Menlo.
Michael Parloff is the founder and Artistic Director of Parlance Chamber Concerts. Parlance Chamber Concerts' mission is to promote the appreciation and understanding of classical chamber music in Northern New Jersey by presenting the world's finest singers and instrumentalists in affordable, innovatively programmed public concerts and educational events. He also maintains an association with the Metropolitan Opera, organizing a series of salon chamber concerts featuring members of the Met Orchestra in the homes of major Met patrons. In addition, since 1996 he has presented over 25 benefit concerts for various nonprofit organizations and humanitarian causes in Northern Bergen County, New Jersey.
Mr. Parloff has recorded extensively with the Metropolitan Opera for Deutsche Grammophon, Sony Classical, London, and Philips. He has recorded 20th Century chamber music for Gunmar, CRI, and Koch. His solo CD The Flute Album (ESS.A.Y CD1027) surveys 200 years of classic repertoire for the instrument.
Michael Parloff's annotated volume, Opera Excerpts for Flute, published by Theodore Presser Company in 2000, was a top prizewinner in The National Flute Association's 2001 Newly-Published Music Competition.
David Pereira
During the last thirty years David Pereira has established himself as an outstandingly versatile cellist with appointments to top professional positions. He was for eleven years cellist of the Australia Ensemble (resident at the UNSW), for seven years Principal Cellist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and for three years Principal Cello with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
As concerto soloist David has appeared with the major orchestras in Australia and New Zealand in concertos including those by Dvorak, Elgar, Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Beethoven (Triple), Brahms (Double), JC Bach, CPE Bach, Bruch (Kol Nidrei) as well as concertos written for him by Australians Richard Mills, Barry Conyngham, David Lumsdaine, Larry Sitsky and Bruce Cale.
High praise has been awarded to David's recordings. The Wild Russians, with Lisa Moore, piano, on Tall Poppies (TP018), received the inaugural ABC Award for the Best Australian Recording in1993. His first CD of solo Australian cello music was released in July 1996 (Cello Dreaming, TP075). In October 1996 his recording of Carl Vine’s Inner World for Cello and Sampled Cello was released as the first Australian art music CD single (TP101). In 2001 two further CDs of Australian cello music were released by Tall Poppies: the Complete Works for Cello by Peter Sculthorpe (TP136) and a collection of solo works Uluru (TP096). His recording with Ian Munro of the Complete Works for Cello by the Finnish composer Rautavaara (TP156) was released in 2002. In early 2000 Tall Poppies released his recording of the complete Bach Solo Suites (TP144). His most recent CD release, in 2005, was Electric Cello (TP180) containing Australian works for cello with tape or delay. Forthcoming CD releases include the piano and cello works of Rubinstein, with Larry Sitsky, and a first disc of his own solo cello compositions.
David has published three books on cello playing and pedagogy and a volume of original cello studies. The latest (2008) is The Larrikin Cellist – 68 ideas on freedom and control for the extraordinary cello student. He composes regularly and grows his improvisation skills as well.
From 1990 to 2008 David Pereira was Senior Lecturer in Cello at the ANU School of Music. Now he is on the same school’s part-time staff and continues to be in demand as a performer, both as soloist and chamber player.
Rosamund Plummer
Rosamund Plummer began her studies at the Sydney Conservatorium High School as a student of Peter Richardson , Margaret Crawford and Michael Scott. In 1978 she was appointed Principal Piccolo with the Elizabethan Melbourne Orchestra (now the State Orchestra of Victoria) and, a year later, Associate Principal Flute. During her time in Melbourne, she took a year’s leave to study in London with Peter Lloyd of the London Symphony Orchestra and William Bennett of the English Chamber Orchestra.As winner of the Sixth National Flute Competition in 1986, she traveled to New York to perform in masterclasses with James Galway and Louis Moyse. That same year she was appointed Principal Piccolo of the Sydney Symphony. In 1999, as the recipient of a Friends of the Sydney Symphony scholarship, she studied with Walfrid Kujala, Principal Piccolo of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
As a founding member of the flute quartet Tucana, she is involved in commissioning and performing new music by Australian composers. As well as teaching beginners and primary age students Rosamund teaches flute students at the Conservatorium High School and tutors the Orchestra's woodwind section. With Christine Draeger, Rosamund co-wrote Studies for the Advanced Flautist (Australian Music Centre).
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Associate Professor Bengt-Olov Palmqvist
Associate Professor Bengt-Olov Palmqvist is the Head of Aural Studies at the Australian National University (ANU) School of Music and has been on the ANU teaching staff since 1985. Originally from Sweden, he has a B.Mus. from Ingesund College of Music, Arvika and is a Master of Music in Pedagogy, Aural and Music Theory from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm.Bengt-Olov strongly believes that the goal of effective teaching should be to enable students to become musically independent; to give them the skills to be able to think for themselves; to allow them to develop further from this knowledge base and then ultimately to add to the pool of musical wisdom from which musicians can draw on when the need arises.
As well as providing tuition for compulsory subjects at the ANU, School of Music, He regularly gives workshops and seminars for the wider musical community. He has also long experience as choral conductor. Olle, as he is affectionately known, is internationally acclaimed in many centres of music learning for his highly successful tuition skills and has presented several workshops and seminars in Europe, United States, China and Australia. He is also a composer and arranger as well as a publisher. His publications of ‘The Refinement of Rhythm’ series has already attracted lots of interest and been used successfully in several countries. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive from enthusiastic students as well as music educators from around the globe. See www.refinementofrhythm.com
Gabriella Pusner
Commencing the piano at age ten, Gabriella Pusner attended the Conservatorium of Music High School in Sydney and studying with Igor Hmelnitsky, graduated with both Teacher and Performer Diplomas from the then NSW State Conservatorium of Music. Subsequently she was awarded the Shadforth Hooper Memorial Prize for the most outstanding recitalist. She went on to represent Australia in several international piano competitions including the first Madame Butterfly Competition in Japan, the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium, the Concert Artists Guild Auditions in New York where she reached the semi-finals, and the International Competition for Musical Performers in Geneva in which she was also a semi-finalist. From 1981 to 1991 Gabriella was a lecturer with the keyboard department of the Sydney Conservatorium. Since leaving the Conservatorium to resume her teaching and concert career, Gabriella continues to give regular solo recitals and works in conjunction with Australian musicians such as Jenny Duck-Chong, Alison Morgan, Belinda Manwaring, Geoffrey Collins, Matthew Wilkie and Diana Doherty, principal members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.Gabriella works in conjunction with the Sydney Flute Society as associate artist. She has performed with visiting international flautists such as Alexa Still, James Kortum, Felix Renggli, Paul Edmund-Davies, William Bennett and Leone Buyse. Her most recent involvements have been as associate artist for the Sydney Flute Festival held in 2006 and 2007 and in 2008 “From Vienna to the Hunter” with flautists Walter Auer , Sally Walker and Geoffrey Collins.
While working closely with Theme & Variations Piano Services for the past 20 years, Gabriella maintains a busy teaching and adjudicating schedule whilst also travelling throughout Australia giving workshops to teachers and students including remote areas such as Mount Isa. She is known for her logical, academic and sensitive approach to teaching.
Gabriella has recorded numerous radio broadcasts, and has toured extensively giving recitals and concerto performances throughout Australia. Her musical collaborations have earned her great accolades both as a consummate musician and a spectacularly accomplished pianist.
Tucana Quartet
Diane Berger, Lisa Breckenridge, Christine Draeger, Rosamund PlummerTucana Flute Quartet was formed in 1992 with the aim of exploring the sonorities of the modern flutes: piccolo, flute, alto flute and bass flute. As well as playing existing repertoire the members of Tucana arrange music for flute quartet. Christine Draeger has also written three flute quartets. Other composers who have written works for Tucana are Christopher Gordon, Russell Gilmour, Graham Powning, Peter Schaefer and Marianne Scholem.
Tucana performs regularly around Sydney and has recorded for ABC FM and 2MBS FM. In 1996 Tucana premiered a work for flute quartet, sitar, bass and drums by Peter Schaefer at the Kiama Jazz Festival. In 1997 Tucana presented two concerts of Australian music at the American National Flute Association's 25th annual convention in Chicago. Tucana has performed at Australian Flute Conventions in Brisbane in 1999, Melbourne in 2002 and Sydney in 2006.
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Teresa Rabe
Teresa Rabe grew up in the little North Coast town of Mullumbimby, moving to Canberra to gain a Bachelor of Music with Distinction from the Canberra School of Music. Teresa has won the National Flute Orchestral Extracts competition and performed concertos with the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, Canberra Pro Musica, The Hayden Bande and Canberra School of Music Orchestra.Teresa has toured with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and played in a casual position with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Currently she is a member of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. In this capacity she has played for the Australian Ballet, Australian Opera and Kiev Ballet among other national and international groups when they tour Canberra. She has been Principal Flute with the Canberra Pops Orchestra, Stopera, The Haydn Bande, Canberra Choral Society and Llewellyn Choir. She has appeared many times in the Canberra International Chamber Music Festival and plays for the Canberra Philharmonic musicals. Teresa enjoys chamber music and performs with guitarist Minh Le Hoang, Louise Page and pianist Phillipa Candy amongst others. She has a prestigious teaching studio, which includes pre-tertiary students at the ANU School of Music. Teresa conducts the Canberra Girls Grammar School Flute Ensemble.
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Nan Raphael
Nan Raphael is currently active as a clinician, guest soloist nationwide, an artist representative for Gemeinhardt Flutes, recording artist with the Washington Winds, piccoloist with the International Flute Orchestra and freelance musician around Washington, DC. Her most recent performances included the National Flute Association Conventions in 2009 and 2010, the San Diego Flute Guild Festival, Florida Flute Festival, the Texas Flute Society Festival and the International Piccolo Symposium. Nan was solo piccoloist with the U.S. Army Field Band from 1979 to 2003 and was a featured soloist with the Band on several major tours in the U.S. and abroad. Her strong interest in promoting the piccolo as a solo instrument, has resulted in the establishment of Duo 8VA and the publishing of several articles as well as a book of piccolo solos and technical passages from the symphonic band repertoire. In 1991 and 1998, Ms. Raphael was a participant in the Professional Flute Choir at the National Flute Convention. She was also a winner of the Convention Performer’s Competition for the NFA’s 1998 convention. Ms Raphael has been an adjudicator for several National Flute Association competitions. In 2000, while serving as program chair for Washington, DC's Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair, she initiated a piccolo artist competition to be held every three years. In August 2002, Ms. Raphael premiered a solo written specially for the US Army Field Band’s appearance at the National Flute Convention in Washington, DC. She has 3 CD's of music for piccolo and piano. www.nanraphael.com
Jane Rutter
Australia's Flute Queen, Concert Soloist, and #1 Adventurous Classical Artist. Described by ABC Classic FM as "one of Australia's leading performance artists", Jane's life's work is to present the flute as one of the voices of humanity. To this end, and being an impeccably pedigreed classical artist, Jane crosses over into theatre, jazz and popular music, cabaret composition, and poetry.Jane Rutter has performed in the UK, Europe, USA, South-East Asia, the South Pacific, South America and China. Since 1990, she has been a household name in Australia, appearing on every major television show. Jane studied with Alain Marion and Jean-Pierre Rampal in Paris, after which she returned to Australia to lecture in Flute and Chamber music at the Sydney Conservatorium.
Jane performs regularly at the Sydney Opera House and tours extensively. She has widely performed in recital, with orchestra, and with her one woman cabaret shows. Jane has played at various international Flute Conventions including USA and Brazil. In 2005 Jane was the patron of the Australian International Flute Convention.
Jane has also presented on Channel Nine’s Getaway, winning a "Peoples' Choice" award, and has received critical acclaim as a composer: on her album, blo, She collaborated with Oscar nominee David Hirshfelder. She played the role of Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Karnak Playhouse.
Jane appears as guest soloist with many prominent artists across different styles, including Richard Bonynge, Christopher Hogwood, Michael Crawford, The Manhattan Transfer, David Helfgott, Peter Cousens, Tina Arena, Rick Price, Slava Grigoryan and Simon Tedeschi. Jane performs with many Australian Symphony orchestras, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, & the City of Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra to name a few. Jane performed Mozart’s flute quartets at the oldest Church in Paris, L’Eglise St Germain on 29th April, 2011.
Peter Sheridan
Peter Sheridan, American flutist based in Australia is an active performer, teacher and lecturer in Flute for the University of Melbourne, and Monash University. Sheridan has performed on Hollywood film soundtracks, and can be heard on several commercial recordings. A past member of the Los Angeles Flute Quartet, he has performed for the Australian Philharmonic and Australian National Academy of Music orchestras and has given recital and educational programs featuring his collection of low flutes.A passionate promoter of new music, Sheridan has commissioned and recorded numerous works for the family of flutes, including low flute concertos. Peter has presented masterclasses and recitals for the National Flute Association (USA), British Flute Society and the Japan Flute Association. He has studied with eminent American and European flutists and has received awards and honours from Mannes College, Aspen Music Festival, University of Arizona, Santa Monica College and Monash University. Mr. Sheridan has served on various tertiary music faculties in Southern California, and his various flutes can be heard on MOVE, Albany, Innova, Warner Music Latina, and Varese Sarabande record labels. Peter enjoys spending time with his wife, Lisa Maree Amos and their two wonderful daughters Grace and Kimberly. www.Lowflutes.com
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Emma Sholl
Emma Sholl is currently the Associate Principal Flute with the Sydney Symphony. She was born in Sydney, Australia in June 1980 and began learning the flute at age seven. Emma began working with the Sydney Symphony on a contract at 19 years of age. As one of the youngest musicians ever appointed, she was awarded the position of 2nd Flute the following year.Emma completed the Bachelor of Music Degree, graduating from the Sydney Conservatorium with First Class Honours, in 2001, and was placed on the Dean’s List of Merits. She has studied the flute with many inspirational teachers in Australia including Louise Dellit, Margaret Crawford, Geoff Collins and Alison Mitchell.
Emma’s was named the 2MBS Young Performer of the Year in 1997, National Orchestral Flute Competition Winner in 1999, Symphony Australia Young Performers Award “Other Instruments” winner in 2001, and National Solo Flute Competition in 2002.
In 2002-3, Emma was the recipient of many awards including the Martin Bequest, Australian Federation of University Women Traveling Scholarship, Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust Grant, and the Dorothy Fraser Scholarship, to study in Geneva, Switzerland with Jacques Zoon. During that time she was invited to perform in St Petersburg and Moscow as part of the prestigious World Orchestra for Peace conducted by Valery Gergiev.
Emma returned to Australia and won the position of Associate Principal Flute with the Sydney Symphony in November 2003.
Performances as Guest Principal Flute have included the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Adelaide Symphony, the Queensland Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony, West Australian Symphony, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Emma recorded Bach’s transcription of Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 for keyboard and two flutes with the pianist Angela Hewitt, Alison Mitchell and the Australian Chamber Orchestra in 2006.
Emma has performed as Soloist with the Adelaide, Tasmanian and Sydney Symphony Orchestras, and is in demand as a chamber musician as a member of the Sydney Soloists and Sydney Omega Ensemble. In 2010 Emma performed at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville.
Recital performances with pianist Kate Golla include Musica Viva’s Menage series, and a recent “Saturday Session” recording for the ABC. Emma also enjoys teaching at Australian Youth Orchestra programs and the Australian National Academy of Music.
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Anthony Smith
Anthony Smith has performed in Australia, England, Germany, New Caledonia, New Zealand, the USA, and Sweden. In addition to his accompaniment work for the ANU School of Music, he performs with choirs, ensembles and instrumentalists throughout the Canberra region. In December 2004 he released the CD A Year in Paris, with clarinettist Nicole Canham, on the Move label. Anthony made his concerto debut in July 2005, playing Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A Minor with the National Capital Orchestra. He was soloist in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with Canberra Choral Society in May 2008. In July 2007 Anthony gave a recital in conjunction with the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) retrospective of the artist George W Lambert. This recital included the Piano Sonata of Constant Lambert (the artist’s son). Anthony’s continuing interest in the life and works of Constant Lambert is the focus of his current PhD candidature at ANU, which commenced in February 2008. In July 2009 Anthony attended the Sixth International Conference on Music Since 1900 at Keele University, Staffordshire, England, where he presented a paper on Lambert and ragtime. In August 2009 Anthony performed works by Berg, Dale, and Rachmaninoff in conjunction with the NGA Frederick McCubbin exhibition.
Rebecca Steel
Rebecca began her flute studies at the age of 11 and professional career with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra at the age of 16. In 1975 she took a position with the Opera and Ballet Orchestra in Sydney. She then traveled to London to further her studies, principally with William Bennett. While in Europe she had further lessons with Edward Beckett, Lenore Smith, Alain Marion, Trevor Wye, Peter Lukas-Graf and Peter Lloyd. On returning to New Zealand Rebecca took up the position of principal flute in the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and lecturer in flute at the University of Canterbury. When invited to play in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Wellington Regional Orchestra she moved to Wellington for two years. Rebecca followed this experience with a return to London for a year to play with the Philharmonia. In 1998 she returned to Sydney where she freelanced with the major orchestras and developed a teaching practice with the top schools in Sydney and a large private practice. In April of 2011 Rebecca is returning to live in Wellington where she will be working with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Vector Orchestra, and her favourite pianists and instrumental colleagues in recital and chamber music programmes.
Alexa Still
Alexa is known internationally for her many recordings on the Koch International Classics label. She has been described as: “impeccable in technique and taste, seductive in phrasing” (Stephensen Classical C D Guide). “Still plays... so convincingly I cannot separate her from the music” (American Record Guide), “whatever she plays sounds musical in every turn of the phrase” (Gramophone), “a stunning showcase for the astonishing Alexa Still” (Fanfare). A New Zealander, Alexa’s graduate study was in New York (SUNY Stony Brook) where she also won competitions including the New York Flute Club Young Artist Competition, and, East and West Artists Competition. Alexa then won principal flute of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at the age of 23. While home, she received a Churchill Fellowship and a Fulbright award, used for further study in the US. In 1998, she left the NZSO to become Associate Professor of Flute at University of Colorado at Boulder in 1998. She then moved to Sydney in 2006, where she became Professor of Flute and Director of Performance research at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She has just begun in her new position replacing Michel Debost at Oberlin Conservatory, USA. Alexa maintains a busy concert schedule, having presented recitals, concertos and master classes in England, Germany, Slovenia, Turkey, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Canada, Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand, and of course across the United States. Her 13th solo compact disc (concertos including the Pied Piper Fantasy) was released in September 2004 to unanimous acclaim: “Anyone who doubts Still's dumbfounding technical ability or complete tonal control should hear these… You just won't hear better-sustained flute playing on disc than this” Fanfare Magazine. Alexa’s 14th CD was released in January 2008 (music for flute and piano with New York-based English pianist Stephen Gosling) “Both performers are constantly praised for their technical prowess and amazing ability to make the most challenging works sound effortless and easy. Reviewers far and wide agree that Alexa Still doesn’t make anything sound tough. She gracefully sprints and hurdles through menacing challenges without seeming to break a sweat. Added to this technical superiority comes an equally superior sensitive musical side. This disc isn’t just flautistic fireworks.” Sequenza21. Alexa has also served her profession as President of the National Flute Association (USA) in 2008, and regularly contributes articles to flute journals across the globe. She plays a silver flute made for her by Brannen Brothers of Boston with gold or wooden headjoints by Sanford Drelinger of White Plains, New York. When her flute is in its case, Alexa is an avid motorcyclist, and she shares a daughter and two dogs with her husband. You can read much more about Alexa on her website: http://www.alexastill.com/.jpg)
Virginia Taylor
Virginia Taylor was the winner of The National Australian Flute Competition. This was followed shortly being awarded, 1st Prize in the ABC’s “Young Performer of the Year”, -winning outright in the overall category section.Virginia has given recitals in all capital cities of Australia, and performed as soloist with almost all of the Symphony Australia orchestras, as well as having been guest Principal Flute for many of these orchestras on numerous occasions.
Virginia equally enjoys playing chamber music with some of her long-standing friends and colleagues, including many performances at The Australian Festival of Chamber Music and concerts with The Australian String Quartet and The Goldner Quartet.Her collaboration with guitarist Timothy Kain has continued for more than 15 years, and together they have recorded CDs for the Tall Poppies and ABC labels. Their CD entitled “For Flute and Guitar” was listed as a best-selling classical release. In October 2011, Virginia and Timothy will release their new CD on the “Move” label. This CD is a mixture of Australian and Latin American works, including works commissioned by and written for this duo.
Overseas concerts have taken Virginia to the USA, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, India and Saudi Arabia. She has appeared as Soloist with many orchestras in China including The Shanghai, Hang Zhou, Guangzhou and Xiamen Symphony Orchestras. Virginia was Principal Flute with Australia’s leading Chamber Orchestra, The Australian Chamber Orchestra for over 10 years.
2011 sees Virginia return to Hong Kong and China performing and teaching at a number of Festivals. In 2012 Virginia will be Artist in Residence at Arizona State University. Virginia is guest lecturer and performer at many national and international flute events and festivals. Virginia’s busy concert schedule means that she has Festival and concerto performances booked through to 2013 and a number of new commissions which will be premiered over the next 2 years.
The ANU flute class constitutes pre-tertiary, tertiary and postgraduate students. Many of the students from the ANU have gone on to hold major positions in orchestras both nationally and internationally. The flute class is recognised as a leader in the field of performance both nationally and internationally.
Janet Webb
Janet Webb received her Arts/Music degree from the Canberra School of Music and later studied in France with András Adorján. In 1980 at the age of 21, she won a position as Principal Flute with the Singapore Symphony, and was subsequently appointed to the same position in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 1985.She has performed numerous concertos with the Singapore Symphony, SSO and other orchestras, playing repertoire ranging from CPE Bach to Honegger and including a performance of JS Bach’s Fourth Brandenburg concerto with James Galway.
Janet has appeared as a guest principal with most of Australia’s major orchestras and throughout her distinguished career she has worked with conductors including Lorin Maazel, Charles Dutoit, Mariss Jansons, David Robertson, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Paavo Järvi, Jaap van Zweden,Edo de Waart and Vladimir Ashkenazy. She is regularly heard on radio in solo performances and with the SSO. She has released a solo CD titled Tango and All That Jazz, which features works composed for her and her accompanist Jocelyn Edey-Fazzone by Australian composer Andy Firth. In 2001, she received the Whelan Trust scholarship which allowed her to travel to the US to collaborate with composers there.
Janet performs chamber music and gives solo recitals and masterclasses across Australia and will do so later this year in Korea. Janet has taught at several institutions including the Singapore, Sydney and New South Wales universities, and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. As a tutor at the annual Australian International Summer Orchestra Institute she has played an important role in shaping the course. Janet's inclusion on the international jury for the prestigious Nicolet Flute Competition held in Beijing in 2010 was a great honour.
Janet Webb is a Powell Flute Master.
