The Penn State Flute Studio Presents Flute Day 2024 with ZAWA! and Friends

Date: February 25, 2024

Time: 1:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 

Featuring:

Claudia Andersen, Jill Felber, Angeleita Floyd, and Ginny Broffit-Kunzer

We are SO excited to announce our first-ever flute choir-focused Penn State Flute Day! This event will not only celebrate ZAWA! and Friends but will also give flutists of all levels and experience the opportunity to connect with each other on personal, professional, and musical levels. This event is free and open to the public. Thank you to the generous sponsorship of the Penn State School of Music and the University Park Allocation Committee.

Schedule of Events: All events are free and open to the public

1:00-1:50pm: Warm up with Dr. Ginny Broffitt-Kunzler (Recital Hall)

2:00-2:50pm: Flute Choir Rehearsal/Reading Session with Dr. Angeleita Floyd (Recital Hall)

3:00-4:30pm: Masterclass with Jill Felber, Claudia Anderson, and Angeleita Floyd  (Esber)

4:30-5:15pm: Keep Your Flute in Good Shape, workshop with Windworks Studio (Esber)

5:30-6:30pm: Recital: ZAWA! and FRIENDS ~ Joint Flute Choirs conducted by Angeleita Floyd (Recital Hall)

Click HERE to download music for the flute choir reading session and final public performance.

For our planning purposes please register here by February 14th, 2024. 

EXCITING REPERTOIRE: 

ZAWA! will perform Winds for Change by Cynthia Folio. Here is more information on this awesome piece:

WINDS FOR CHANGE, a musical meditation on the effects of climate change and the environment (accompanied by optional video and live manipulation of the flutes), was ZAWA’s idea. My musical relationship with ZAWA! goes back to 2008, when I wrote Z3 (for two flutes and piano: I. Zephyr, II. Zenith, III. ZAWA!) for them. In six consecutive sections, Winds for Change begins with simulated wind sounds, giving the impression that the flutes (alto here) are coming from a great distance onto the stage. Entitled “Canyon Winds,” it captures the vastness of the Canyon Lands—a historical landscape that goes back to the Anasazi Indians. The “Hazy Sunrise” section begins in the Canyon Lands but could easily apply to major cities around the world, where pollutants in the air obscure the sun. The orchestra creates a high-pitched, vague texture. “Morning Mist” introduces raindrops in the orchestra and flutes, which trigger electronic raindrops. This grows into the “Summer Storm,” in which the seemingly innocent drizzle turns into a serious hurricane, tsunami, or other natural disaster. Accelerates into “Glacier Calving”— an event becoming more common and dramatic—is almost completely improvised, by both soloists and orchestra. The thunder sheet, used to evoke thunder in the storm, now represents the crash of a large glacier falling into the water. An electrifying flute cadenza follows, gradually winding down as a transition to the calm final section, “Ocean Spirits.” An ocean drum opens this section and evokes a mixed mood of hope and sorrow. It features recorded whale sounds at the beginning and dolphin sounds at the end, suggesting a plea to protect our waters and our earth. Near the end, the flutes quote an American Shape-Note hymn, “Arkansas,” whose text is: “I’ll launch my boat upon the sea; this land is not the land for me.”

FLUTE DAY 2023:

Headlining guest is Jasmine Choi. The date of the event is April 16th.

 

Below is the link to the website for Flute Day, the schedule, and a description of the competition to win a spot to play for Jasmine in her flute masterclass.

 

Flute Day Link (which includes registration and competition info)

https://sites.psu.edu/flute/jasmine-choi-is-coming-to-psu/ 

Schedule at a glance:

8:00-9:00 Early Bird Registration (PSU Box Office)

9-10:30am: Body Mapping workshop with Dr. Christine Moulton (Esber Rehearsal Hall)

10:30-11:30am:  Intro to Fife Class (Esber Rehearsal Hall) with Dr. Zabanal 

11:30-12:45pm: LUNCH BREAK

Lunch will not be provided to attendees, however, there are many wonderful lunch options close to campus such as Noodles and Co., Tadashi, Cane’s Chicken, and Snap Pizza.

12:30-12:50 Additional Registration (PSU Box Office)

12:45-1:00: Flute Trivia Game (Recital Hall)

1:00-2:00pm: Jasmine Choi, flute and Hugh Sung, piano Solo Recital (Recital Hall)

2:30-3:30pm: Flute Choir Reading Session (Room 128, MB II) with Dr. Rudnik

4:00-5:30pm: Masterclass with Jasmine Choi (Esber Rehearsal Hall)

(Penn State Students and the Competition winner will perform)

Penn State Flute Day Returns!!!

March 19, 2022

Penn State School of Music: 8am-5:30pm

Free and open to the public

Detailed Schedule and Registration Link to Come Soon!

Headliner Dr. Lea Pearson

Award-winning Master Teacher, Fulbright Scholar & Kennedy Center Teaching Artist, Dr. Lea Pearson has been training students, performers, & teachers in innovative techniques & injury prevention for over 30 years.

Author of Body Mapping for Flutists: What Every Flute Teacher Needs to Know About the Body,  Dr. Pearson has taught at more than 100 conservatories, conferences, & festivals worldwide. She holds a DMA in flute performance, an MA from Stanford University, and is founder of the Transformational Teacher Training Program.

https://www.facebook.com/lea.pearson1/

www.MusicMinusPain.com