10:30 AM |
Band Room
Ready, Set, Go! Efficient Warm Ups to Start Your Day
Sydney Carlson, Flute Professor at Portland State University, is a regular recitalist and a member of the Portland Opera orchestra. Previously Dr. Carlson was flute instructor at the University of Houston and Stephen F. Austin University as well as a member of the Houston Grand Opera orchestra.
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Sydney Carlson |
12:30 PM |
Band Room
Getting Beginners Off to a Good Start and Getting Back to Basics for New Students
Phyllis Avidan Louke teaches privately and in the public schools and she plays in the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the Oregon Symphonic Band, and is Music Director of the Rose City Flute Choir. Also a well-known composer of music for flute and flute ensembles, she is co-author of three innovative flute method books. |
Phyllis Avidan Louke |
2:00 PM |
Choir Room
Sara Lasky Memorial Fund Master Class at Flute Fair, presented by Jim Walker (30 min each)
Megan Reich
Hungarian Pastorale - Franz Doppler
Eiko Nakao, piano
Megan Reich lives in Beaverton, Oregon, and is a senior from Southridge High School. She has been playing flute for seven years. She has participated with the Portland Youth Philharmonic for four years and has been a member of the Philharmonic Orchestra for two years. Megan has been accepted into the 2011 and 2012 All-State Symphonic Band, as well as the 2013 All-Northwest Band.
Sierra Schmeltzer
Sonata in D major, mov. IV - Serge Prokofiev
Debra Huddleston, piano
Sierra is a senior at South Salem High School and has studied with Sandy Duffy Norman since 2007. She is principal for the South Salem Wind Ensemble and Symphony and is principal of the Salem Youth Symphony. Sierra was selected for the All Northwest Orchestra in 2011 and All State Orchestra in 2010 and 2012. As a soloist, Sierra represented the Northwest in the 2010 MTNA national woodwind soloist competition, placed second in the 2011 Oregon state solo competition, and in 2012 won both the Wiscarson and the Salem Youth Symphony concerto competitions. She attended Jim Walker’s Beyond the Master Class at Colburn in 2012 and Zart Dombouria-Eby’s Northwest Flute and Piccolo Symposium in 2011. She is planning to be a flute performance major and has applied to USC, U of Miami, Hartt School of music, San Fransisco Conservatory, and the U of O.
Sarah Braasch
Ballade - Frank Martin
John Scofield, piano
Flutist Sarah Braasch is currently in her Junior year as a student of Dr. Sydney Carlson at Portland State University. Prior to attending PSU, Sarah was a scholarship student of Susan McQuinn at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. Since beginning at PSU in 2010, Sarah has been Principal Flute and Section Leader of the PSU Wind Symphony under Dr. Edward Higgins. She has performed in masterclasses for renowned flutist Keith Underwood, and has received chamber coaching from pianist Linda Mark of The Juilliard School. Upon the completion of her Bachelor's of Music degree in Orchestral Flute Performance in 2014, Sarah intends on attending graduate school.
Jayde Weide
Concerto, mov. III - Jaques Ibert
John Scofield, piano
Jayde Weide is 26 years old and a student at Portland State University. She has played flute since age 12, and has been a student of Rosemary Wood and Dr. Sydney Carlson. She teaches music theory at the Portland Youth Philharmonic, and performs with the PSU Symphony and the PSU New Music Ensemble. As the president of PSU's student organization, the Instrumental Music Club, she has organized dozens of events featuring performers from around the world. Jayde is currently applying to graduate programs in Ohio and Colorado.
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Jim Walker |
Jim Walker, our Flute Fair guest artist, will present a workshop at 11:30 AM and a masterclass at 2:00 PM. Workshops also will be presented by Sydney Carlson and Phyllis Avidan Louke.