The Now and Present Flute Seminar
with Patricia Spencer
June 19, 2016 - June 23, 2016
Patricia Spencer’s NOW AND PRESENT FLUTE SEMINAR is a 5 day study and performance of cutting-edge new works and contemporary classics at Bard College. The seminar sessions will be held June 19-23 at Bitó Conservatory Performance Space at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (100 miles north of New York City). O
n the evening of June 19th, Patricia Spencer will perform a recital, joined by pianist Linda Hall and harpsichordist Frederick Hammond. On the evening of June 23rd, seminar participants will perform a closing recital program. Applications must be received by May 16. Fees are $400 for participants, $175 for auditors ($50 per day for auditors)
Room and board are $95 per day (includes three meals) at Shepherd’s Knoll Family Farm, with picturesque rambling grounds very near Bard College. 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 maximum of 8 participants will be accepted. To apply, send brief (50-100 words) statement of goals for this class, plus an audition CD or MP3, or a letter of recommendation to: Melissa Sweet, Now and Present Flute Seminar, 14 Garden Court, Saugerties, NY 12477. (Ph: 845 246-6195) [email protected]
Participants will be notified of their selection by May 26, at which time they will be asked for $50 advance payment to secure their place in the class. A “listening room” at Shepherd’s Knoll Family Farm will have CDs and tapes of new flute works. Shepherd’s Knoll is a 5-acre picturesque, rambling ranch, very near Bard College. Arrangements have been made for seminar participants to have room and three meals for $95 per day. The only guests at Shepherd’s Knoll, during the dates of the flute seminar, will be the participants and auditors in the seminar. TRADITIONAL REPERTOIRE may include works by *Bach, Debussy, Griffes, Mozart, Prokofiev, Schubert, *Telemann and others. CONTEMPORARY REPERTOIRE may include (but is not limited to!):
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 China West
Davidovsky - Synchronisms No. 1 (with tape)
Da Costa - Blue-Tune Verses
Dick - Afterlight, Flying Lessons
Fine - Emily's Images
Ge Gan-ru - Hao, Fairy Lady Meng Jiang
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 - Western Wind
Martirano - Phleu (with tape)
Maw - Night Thoughts
Musgrave - Narcissus, Orfeo (with digital delay/tape)
Perle - Monody I
Ran - East Wind, Voices
Shatin - Fasting Heart, Gabriel's Wing
Sollberger - Riding the Wind, 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.
