GPFS Flute Fair 2011

Band Room

Artistic Entrepreneurship: Tips for Teachers and Students

Try this class for an opportunity to hone your entrepreneurial skills, gather resources related to the bussiness side of music making, and learn to promote yourself (or your students) more effectively.

Band Room

Be Your Own Teacher: Learning to Practice Effectively

Just imagine how much progress you'd make with a teacher there to guide you in your daily practice sessions. Join Willamette University flute instructor Sarah Tiedemann as she presents a workshop of techniques and tricks that can help us become our own best teachers through increased awareness. Students and teachers are encouraged to attend.

Sarah Tiedemann, Flute Professor, Willamette University

Band Room

An Approach to the Flute and Music

This workshop will address ideas relating to flute performance and pedagogy. Please come prepared to engage by asking thoughtful questions.

Marianne Gedigian, Guest Artist and Professor of Flute, University of Texas at Austin

Band Room

Taffanel & Gaubert's Daily Exercises:  A Classical Flutist's (Hidden) Guide to Jazz Harmony

This class will take a look at how Taffanel and Gaubert's 17 daily excercises can be used to understand and practice basic jazz harmony. Bring both a copy of the book (if you can) and your flute.

John Savage, Flute Professor, Western Oregon University

Choir Room

Masterclass (30 min each)

Patricia Cardona         Junior at University of Oregon, Music Performance
Concerto for Flute by Jacque Ibert, movement to be decided
Accompanied by Debra Huddleston
Patricia has been principal flute/piccoloist in the Oregon Wind Ensemble. She was named an Artist for Sonare Winds, a divison of Powell (2008); soloed with SCO, SYS and Salem Pops.  She was National Alternate and NW Division finalist in MTNA competitions as well as OSAA state solo champion (2006)

Emily Potter                High School Senior
First Sonata by Bohuslav Martinu, 1st movement
Accompanied by Debra Huddleston
Emily is a senior homeschool student from Jefferson, Oregon.  She has been principal flutist with the Salem Youth Symphony for 4 years and studies with Sandy Duffy Norman.  Emily has performed in masterclasses for Immanuel Davis, Sydney Carlson, Greg Pattillo , Marco Granados, Zart Dombourian-Eby and Stephen Preston.

Jennifer Diaz
…and the strange, unknown flowers… by Charles Delaney
Jennifer holds graduate degrees in Flute Performance and Arts Administration from University of Florida at Tallahassee.  She is currently working at the University of Oregon’s School of Music as the Undergraduate Academic Advisor.

Summer Garza            High School Senior
Concerto in D by W A Mozart, 1st Movement
Summer studied with David Buck, principal flute with the Oregon Symphony until 2010; she currently studies with Sydney Carlson.  She will pursue a degree in Flute Performance in music school.