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THE FOCUS OF THE SEMINAR WI L L BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRUCTURAL AWAR ENESS, and its emotional counterpart, in contemporary literature. Building from an in-depth study of background forces at work in a Bach sonata, the class will trace similar background forces in present-day repertoire, and explore ways communicating this dynamism in performance. Technical studies will include tone development, breathing, how to practice contemporary harmonies and rhythms, and extended techniques.
Each participant will play twice in the seminar—one traditional and one contemporary work—as well as in the closing recital. A maximum of 12 participants will be accepted. Participation by a diverse group of flutists, ranging from college level to active professional, is welcomed. Past participants have been college students (music majors and others), aspiring professional musicians, professional soloists and orchestral musicians, and adult amateurs. Seminar participants of varying technical ability have each gained new insights into practice techniques,musical interpretation, technical approaches and available repertoire.
A “listening room” at St. Joseph’s Villa will have CDs and tapes of new flute works. St. Joseph’s is a picturesque retreat facility overlooking the Hudson River, offering room and three meals for $80 per day. The only guests at the villa, during the dates of the flute seminar,will be the participants and auditors in the seminar.
The seminar will be held June 12–17 at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (100 miles north of New York City). On the evening of June 12, Patricia Spencer will perform a recital at Bard Hall, joined by harpsichordist Frederick Hammond. On the evening of June 17, seminar participants will perform a closing recital program
Sonate — André Jolivet
Don Hulbert, flute; Nurit Tilles, piano
Narcissus — Thea Musgrave
Rebecca Povodator, flute
Density 21.5 — Edgard Varèse
Nicole Camacho, flute
Sorrow, Like Pleasure, Creates Its Own Atmosphere — Gene Pritsker
Sarah Elia, flute
Sonatina — Eldin Burton
Edwin Rist, flute; Hiroko Sakurazawa, piano
Introduction, Toccata et Fugue — Jindrich Feld
Lindsey Hartman, flute
Knife Apple Sheer Brush — Eve de Castro Robinson
Molly McLaughlin, flute
Synchronisms No. 1 — Mario Davidovsky
Kristen McGuire, flute
Density 21.5 — Edgard Varèse
Farah Zolghadr, flute
Scrivo in vento — Elliott Carter
Rebecca Ashe, flute
Charanga — Michael Colquhoun
JessicaWillis, flute
Andante (from Sonata) — Nikita Koshkin
Melissa Sweet, flute; Gregory Dinger, guitar
Voices of Nagasaki — Wil Offermans
Nicole Camacho, Debra Kontogianis, Rebecca Povodator, Melissa Sweet, flutes;Marisa Trees, JessicaWillis, alto flutes; Patricia Spencer, bass flute; Sarah Elia, Alexander Lissé, flutes; Joshua Tyler, glockenspiel, congas; Kristin Swanson, claves and cabasa; Judy Sullivan, cowbell; Marcus Parris, conductor
TO APPLY, send a brief (50-100 words) statement of goals for this class, plus an audition tape or CD, or a letter of recommendation to:
Participants will be notified of their selection by May 20, at which time they will be asked for $50 advance payment to secure their place in the class. Applications must be received by May 10.
FEES are $375 for participants, $150 for auditors (or $40 per day). Room and board are $80 per day (includes three meals) at the picturesqu St. Joseph’s Villa. With grounds overlooking the Hudson River, the only guests at the villa during the flute seminar will be seminar participants and auditors.
REPERTOIRE 2009 MAY INCLUDE:
* Bach, Sonatas - B Minor, E Major and E Minor
Bach, CPE - Sonata in A Minor
Boulanger - Nocturne and D’un matin du printemps
Debussy - Syrinx
Debussy - Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Doppler - Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise
Griffes - Poem
Hindemith - Sonate
Jolivet - Chant de Linos
Messiaen - Le Merle noir
* Moyse - Tone Development through Interpretation
Mozart - Sonata in G Major, K. 301; Concertos in G Major and D Major
Prokofiev - Sonata in D Major
Schubert - Introduction and Variations on “Trockne Blumen”
* Telemann - Methodische Sonaten
Babbitt - None But the Lonely Flute
Beaser - Variations
Berio - Sequenza
Boulez - Sonatine
Carter - Scrivo in vento
Chasalow - Over the Edge (with tape)
Davidovsky - Synchronisms No. 1 (with tape)
Da Costa - Blue-Tune Verses
Dick - Afterlight, Flying Lessons
Fine - Emily’s Images
Ge Gan-ru - Hao
Heiss - Etudes
Higdon - Song, Rapid Fire
Hoag - Thoreau’s Flute
Hoover - Kokopeli, Canyon Echoes
Jaffe - Three Figures and a Ground
Karchin - Fanfare/Pavane
Korde - Tenderness of Cranes
Kreiger - Intimate Exchanges (with tape)
Lang - Thorn
Lee - WesternWind
Martirano - Phleu (with tape)
Maw - Night Thoughts
Musgrave - Narcissus, Orfeo (with digital delay/tape)
Perle - Monody I
Ran - EastWind, Voices
Shatin - Fasting Heart, Gabriel’sWing
Sollberger - Riding theWind, Quodlibetudes
Stockhausen - Kathinkas Gesang als Luzifers Requiem
Thorne - Sonatina
Tower - Concerto, Snow Dreams
Wolpe - Piece in Two Parts
Wuorinen - Flute Variations II
* Varèse - Density 21.5
*Starred pieces will definitely be covered in the seminar.Other appropriate repertoire, beyond the works listed,maybe requested.
PATRICIA SPENCER is flutist with the Da Capo Chamber Players. Recent highlights in her wideranging career have been warm critical responses in the NY Times to her performances of the Berio Sequenza and to Tania León’s Alma. Her performance of Pierre Boulez’s Sonatine,with pianist Linda Hall, for the Look & Listen Festival, was called “sensational” in Musicweb‘s “Seen and Heard”. Prior highlights have included a performance of the same work for the Bard Music Festival, in August 2005; a performance of Joan Tower’s Flute Concerto, in August 2004, for the National Flute Association Convention in Nashville (which drew a standing ovation); a recital in Moscow for the Alternativa Festival, a highly acclaimed premiere of Shulamit Ran’s flute concerto, Voices. As a soloist she has toured both in the US and abroad, including solo performances at the International Computer Music Conference in Beijing, China. An exciting repertoire of pieces has been written for her, including title works of her solo CD, Thea Musgrave’s Narcissus and Judith Shatin’s Kairos (Neuma Records). An earlier CD with pianist Linda Hall, features Boulez’s Sonatine, alongwithworks by Carter, Perle,Korde,Talma,Martirano,Kreiger, and Jaffe. Both CDs have been greetedwith rave reviews fromFanfare and The American Record Guide.Ms. Spencer has received awards fromThe National Endowment for the Arts, the Mary Flagler Cary Trust, and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, for her solo recordings and commissioning projects.
A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory, where she was a student of Robert Willoughby, Ms. Spencer continued her studies with Marcel Moyse, John Wummer, and Josef Marx. She teaches flute and chamber music at Bard College and Hofstra University. The Da Capo Chamber Players is resident ensemble with the Composition Program of the new Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Patricia Spencer’s premiere of Shulamit Ran’s flute concerto, Voices, written for the National Flute Association was “a brilliant performance of a brilliant new work that we can all take pride in.”
—George Pope, 2000 NFA Program Chair“The performance [of Stockhausen’s KATHINKAs GESANG] was the tour de force of technique, emotion, and spirituality that the piece requires; it will stand as one of the highlights of the musical season.”
—RICHARD DYER, THE BOSTON GLOBE
