Flute Academy, Salem

Co-sponsored by Casa Della Zisa Collegium Musica

Flute Academy 2024! Rhythms from around the World

• 9:00 - Gabriela will coach us through a fun and educational warm up using underlying rhythms such as Jazz, Choro, Tango and Cuban Clave. In this exercise, she'll introduce octaves and long notes with the underlying percussive rhythm for each genre as well as the introduction of parts of a triad, assigning a note and a body movement for each student. In a circle, with the same underlying rhythms, students will be asked to play one note at a time with its specific body movement. Simple body movement and collaboration is a great way to learn new styles and rhythms!
• 10:00 - We will work on these two Flute Choir pieces: Tico Tico no Fubá and Four Cuban Dances. Music will be provided at the event. However, those interested in having the music in advance can message: contact@gpfs.org.
• 11:00 - There will also be a recital with two guitars, flute and percussion. Gabriela will play a concert with Peter Ziza and Pam Beaty that introduces the rhythms covered in the warm up as well as bring a connection to the music of J. S. Bach.

Introducing Guest Artist Gabriela Gimenes

Gabriela Gimenes holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from University of North Texas, Master of Music from University of Central Arkansas, and Bachelor of Music from Sao Paulo State University. Her primary teachers are Marcia Guedes, Jean Noel Sagahaard, Jose Ananias, Marcus Kiehl, Carolyn Brown, and Mary Karen Clardy. Gabriela was an adjutant professor at University of Mobile, Harding University and Brookhaven College, as well as chair of the Online Music department at Universidade Metropolitana de Santos. She has played with Sao Paulo Youth Wind Symphony, Conway Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Academica do Estado de São Paulo, Fiddler on the Roof Production in São Paulo Brazil, as well as flute substitute for Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, USP Symphony Orquestra, and Theatro São Pedro Symphony Orchestra. At UNT, she was also a member of UNT woodwind quintet and teaching assistant for 4 years. She is a winner of Arkansas 2004-05 MTNA Competition state division and honorable mention at region division. She also won the 2005 Concerto competition at University of Central Arkansas. In 2016, she was featured as a soloist with Cubatão Symphonic Band and São Paulo State Wind Symphony. She has also worked as woodwind teacher at Bravo Youth Orchestras in Portland, OR.

She is an artist for Sopro Novo Project at Yamaha Musical do Brasil. Gabriela has published a Flute notebook through Ricordi for Yamaha Musical do Brasil in 2013. Currently she is performing with Choro da Alegria, Peter Ziza flute guitar duo, and Sexteto Brasil in Portland, OR. Gabriela actively helps Global Missions Project, an non-profit that takes Christian musicians all over the world.