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THE FOCUS OF THE SEMINAR WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRUCTURAL AWARENESS,anditsemotional 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 of 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.
The 2012 seminar will feature cellist Madeleine Shapiro as guest artist in a special study of Reza Vali's Folk Songs (Set Nr. 9).
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 $85 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 14-19 at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (100 miles north of New York City). On the evening of June 14th, Patricia Spencer will perform a recital at Bard Hall, joined by pianist Linda Hall, harpsichordist Frederick Hammond, and cellist Madeleine Sjhapiro. On the evening of June 19, seminar participants will perform a closing recital program.
Sonate — André Jolivet
Don Hulbert, flute; Nurit Tilles, piano
Memoriale — Pierre Boulez
Nicole Camacho, flute
Scrivo in vento — Elliott Carter
Candice Behrmann, flute
Sorrow, Like Pleasure, Creates Its Own Atmosphere — Gene Pritsker
Sarah Elia, flute
Sonatina — Eldin Burton
Edwin Rist, flute; Hiroko Sakurazawa, piano
Kokopeli — Katherine Hoover
Holly Dunn, flute
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
Narcissus — Thea Musgrave
Rebecca Povodator, 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 23, at which time they will be asked for $50 advance payment to secure their place in the class. Applications must be received by May 15.
FEES are $400 for participants, $175 for auditors (or $50 per day). Room and board are $85 per day (includes three meals) at the picturesque 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 2011 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)
Chen Yi, Three Bagatelles from ChinaWest
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 - Lalit, 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.
A recent historic performance for PATRICIA SPENCER was her New York premiere of ElliottCarter's Flute Concerto, in Alice Tully Hall with the Mannes Orchestra conducted by David Hayes. It was greeted with enthusiastic audience and critical response. She has always been a trailblazer: in a March 2011 Merkin Concert Hall recital, she gave the US premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Bijou, a theatrical work for which she was joined by bass clarinetist Lisa Preimesberger, along with the world premiere (revised version) of Shirish Korde's Lalit, written for her and renowned tabla player Samir Chatterjee. Previous career peaks have included premieres of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Kathinkas Gesang (US premiere), Elliott Carter's Enchanted Preludes, Harvey Sollberger's Riding the Wind, and Shulamit Ran's concerto, Voices. As a soloist and as a member of DA CAPO, she has performed in Russia, China, Mexico, Belarus, and Canada, and has made dozens of recordings on the Neuma, CRI, New World, Naxos, GM Recordings, and Innova labels. She has commissioned a veritable mountain of flute and chamber music works from today's composers, including Thea Musgrave's now-classic Narcissus and Judith Shatin's Kairos (Neuma Records).
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 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
