GPFS Flute Fair 2011

Marianne Gedigian Recital with pianist Colette Valentine at The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Avenue, Portland

NOTE: This is the Friday night before Flute Fair.

Marianne Gedigian, Professor of Flute and holder of the Butler Professorship in Music at The University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music, was a regular performer with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for over a decade, including several seasons as Acting Principal Flute under Seiji Ozawa.  As Principal Flute with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and Acting Principal Flute with the Boston Pops, Ms. Gedigian has been heard on dozens of recordings and Evening at Pops television broadcasts as well as the nationally broadcast Fourth of July specials. She has also been heard on several John Williams’ movie scores, including Saving Private Ryan and Schindler’s List.  Her solo performances have taken her around the world, including recitals in Japan, Australia, England, and Armenia and she has appeared as concerto soloist numerous times with the Boston Pops Orchestra and with the Armenian Philharmonic performing her own transcription of the Khachaturian Violin Concerto.  She was featured with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame in a performance at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.  Ms. Gedigian has been a featured soloist and teacher at numerous National Flute Association conventions across the country, and is a frequent recitalist and teacher for flute clubs in the United States, Australia, Japan, and England.  Ms. Gedigian’s teachers include Leone Buyse, Doriot Anthony Dwyer, Clement Barone, and Donna Olkowski.

More information and the program is available on the GPFS calendar page.

Atrium

Klamath Union High School Flute Choir; Valli Lonner, director

Popular Irish Airs........................ Arr. Lloyd Conley
        Kerry Dance
        Irish Washerwoman
        The Girl I Left Behind Me
Scarborough Fair...................... Arr. Amy Rice Young
Appalachian Sketches................ By Melvin Lauf, Jr.
       I.  River Drifter
       II.  Eagle Sunrise
Over the Rainbow....................... Arr. Calvin Custer

Karl Britsch, Alex Dassoff, Sydney Culpepper, Alice Sun, Catherine Li, Amy Li

Atrium:

Columbia Trio

Promenade From Pictures at an Exhibition                  Modest Moussorgsky, arranged by Brian Lowe
Rondeau                                                                    Jean-Michel Damase
Bagatelle  OP119, No 1                                            Beethoven, arranged by Brian Lowe
In Evening Air                                                            Aaron Copland, arranged by Brian Lowe
Polonaise In G Minor                                                 JS Bach, arranged by Brian Lowe
Siciliano From Sonata II in E flat major                      JS Bach, arranged by Brian Lowe
Stolen Moments                                                        Oliver Nelson, arranged by Brian Lowe
Sicilienne                                                                   Gabriel Faure, arranged by Brian Lowe

Sharon Floyd, Brian Lowe, Gretchen Scholl

Atrium:

Metropolitan Youth Symphony Flutes; Marcy Lohman, director

Irish Suite                            Traditional
    Give Me Your Hand                    arr. by Sandra Howard         
    Reels

                    MYS FLUTE TROUPE
Elizabeth Allan-Cole, Elena Cissell, Malia Graves, Daniel Rodriguez, Zach Theroff

               

London Trio in C Major                          Joseph Haydn    (1732-1809)               
    Andante                            arr. by Ervin Monroe
    Finale

Overture to "The Barber of Seville"        Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)               
                                    arr. by Richard McHenry

Rialto Ripples                        George Gershwin (1898-1937)
                                    arr. by Bill Holcombe  

                    MYS FLUTE CHOIR
Elizabeth Allan-Cole, Jenny Ashley, Ellene Choi, Elena Cissell, Kaitlyn Douglas, Malia Graves, Monika Helak, Kate Jesse, Daniel Rodriguez, Chloe Smith, Lori Sun, Zach Theroff

        Conductor:  Marcy Lohman
        Manager/Librarian:  Marna Theroff

Atrium

Rose City Flute Choir; Phyllis Louke, director

The Magic Flute Overture by W. A. Mozart, arr. Nancy Nourse
The Secret Language of Snow by Kirk Vogel
    1.  Annui (Falling Snow)
    2.  Api (Fresh Snow on the Ground)
    3.  Siqoq (Swirling Snow Above Ridgetops)
The Pink Panther Suite by Henry Mancini, arr. Amy Rice-Young
    1.  Pink Panther Theme
    2.  Royal Blue
    3.  Village Inn
    4.  Shades of Sennett

Karen Aull-Kitzmiller, Stephanie Balavac, Emily Bradley, Diane Buchanan, Julie Campbell, Norma Enevoldsen, Allison Frazier, Janet Garland, Falane  Gerritsen, Gail Gillespie, Elicia Harrell, Audrey Harrison, Ken Heichelheim, Tammy Hovland, Cyndi Hubb, Kacey Jones, Kendall Krage, Lisa Ochoco, Donna Schmidt, Susie Seyer, Lisa Steinkamp, Sam Talluto, Nancie Thompson, Cheryl Thompson-Merrill, Sandy Ulam, Kathy Young

Choir Room:

University of Oregon Flutes

Patti Cardona: GP Telemann (1681-1767), Fantasy #2 in a minor

Kelly Mullins and Tara Aprin: C Debussy (1862-1918), Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), arranged for 2 flutes by Chris Potter

Julianna Han: JS Bach (1685-1750), Partita in a minor for solo flute: Allemande and Corrente

Tara Schwab: T Takemitsu (1930-1996), Voice (1971)

Choir Room

Les Chants de Nectaire by Charles Koechlin

Presented by many members of the Portland Flute community