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Comedy for Winds and CD release party
QuintEssential Winds Chamber Recital at Capital University's Huntington Recital Hall, 1 College and Main St., Bexley, OH
QuintEssential Winds will perform Christopher Weait's arrangement of Blessings by Mark Flugge at this concert. Our performance appears on my hot-off-the-presses CD Bolling & Beyond: Lisa Jelle, Jazz-Inspired Flute. Mark Flugge Remembered. The CD will be available for $10 at this concert, and we will be happy to autograph your copy! The program also includes Paul Patterson's Comedy for Winds. With Melissa Stevens, oboe; Gail Zugger, clarinet; Betsy Sturdevant, bassoon; and Kimberly McCann, horn.
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Bolling & Beyond CD Release Party/Recital
Faculty Flute Recital at Huntington Recital Hall, 1 College and Main, Columbus, OH
Join us for the world premiere of Stan Smith's flute/guitar/bass arrangement of Erika Kristen, by Mark Flugge! Our performance of this piece is on my hot-off-the-presses CD, Bolling & Beyond: Lisa Jelle, Jazz-Inspired Flute. Mark Flugge Remembered. Stan Smith, Roger Hines, and I are happy to autograph CDs, which will be available for purchase for $10 each at the concert. This eclectic concert also includes two fascinating pieces by Michael Daugherty: I Loved Lucy for flute and guitar, with Doug Neel; and The High and the Mighty for piccolo and piano, with Narmina Aliyeva. Madeleine Dring's gorgeous Trio for flute, oboe, and piano rounds out the program with oboist Karen Pfeifer and pianist Barbara Sahr. Note the EARLY recital time of 5:30, and we hope to see you there!
PAN4 at International Women's Week
PANdemonium4 Flute Quartet at Huntington Recital Hall, 1 College and Main, Columbus, OH
Join PANdemonium4 in celebrating International Women's Week at Capital University! We will each speak briefly about our professional experiences and how they relate to the opportunities and challenges women encounter in careers today. Columbus composers Linda Kernohan and Michael Torres will introduce their compositions. This concert is also a CD release party for Bolling & Beyond: Lisa Jelle, Jazz-Inspired Flute. Mark Flugge Remembered! PANdemonium4 will perform our piece on the CD, "Flugge Jazz Fantasy". We commissioned Andy Frederick to create this arrangement of three of Mark Flugge's pieces for flute quartet with optional bass and percussion. CDs will be available for $10 at this concert, and PAN4 will be happy to autograph your copy! We will also perform works by Daniel Dorff, Mike Mower, and Paul Osterfield. My flute colleagues are Kimberlee Goodman, Lindsey Goodman, and Alison Brown Sincoff. We are delighted to be joined by Andy Woodson on bass and Chris Carmean on percussion.
You-tube clips: check them out!
Thanks to Andy Woodson for the following clips!
"Happy People" by Andy Woodson, with Andy (bass) and Mark Flugge (piano) at Mark's Capital Faculty Recital, November 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UdQPVBtkAc
"February's Promise" by Mark FLugge, with Andy Woodson (bass) and me (flute) at Mark's Capital Faculty Recital, November 2010
Clarinetist Dr. Gail Lehto Zugger and I created the Inspirare Duo in 2008 as part of our Chamber Music performance and outreach at Capital University. Our mission is to share our love of woodwind chamber music for our instruments, and help develop the repertoire through perfomance of existing quality works, and commissioning and premiering new outstanding compositions. Please join us at one of our upcoming concerts! Here is a list of concerts and repertoire we have performed.
September 30, 2015: Capital University Inspirare Duo Recital
CPE Bach, arr. Christopher Weait: Solfeggietto, Premiere
Chen Yi: Three Bagatelles from China West
Draganski: Trio from Rio: Three movements on Brazilian motives for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano
V. Coleman: Portraits of Langston for Flute, Clarinet, Piano, and Narrator
October 26, 2014: Merion Village Chamber Music Series "Fun and Games with the Inspirare Duo"
Richard Cioffari: Duettino
Florent Schmitt: Sonatine et Trio for Piano, Flute, and Clarinet
Puccini/arr. Dorff: Three Puccini Duets: Favorite Arias for Flute and Clarinet
Daniel Dorff: Perennials for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano
Brahms/arr. Webster: Three Dances from Hungarian Dance Suite No. 1, for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano
Rusty Banks: Taxonomy
Philip Parker: Games
Bill Douglas: Quartet for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano
September 23, 2014: Capital University Inspirare Duo Recital
Catherine McMichael: Eclectic Trio for Flute, Clarinet, and Alto Saxophone
Rusty Banks: Taxonomy
Florent Schmitt: Sonatine et Trio for Piano, Flute, and Clarinet
Charles Ruggiero: Echoes of "Piano Red" for Flute, Clarinet, and Alto Saxophone
October 16, 2013: Capital University Thomas Zugger Recital
Thomas Zugger: Forest Sounds for Flute/Piccolo and Clarinet/Bass Clarinet (2013), Premiere
October 1, 2013: Capital University Inspirare Duo Recital
Leo Ornstein: Prelude and Minuette in Antique Stle, SO 602 (1946)
Daniel Dorff: Perennials for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano (2011)
Jane Brockman: Shadows: Duo for Flute and Clarinet (1982)
Bill Douglas: Quartet for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano (2013), Co-commission and Co-premiere
February 3, 2013: Lancaster Music Club's Mostly American Music Concert
Richard Cioffari: Duettino for Flute and Clarinet (2012)
September 26, 2012: Capital University Inspirare Duo Recital
Richard Cioffari: Duettino for Flute and Clarinet (2012), Commission and Premiere
Karl Henning: Swivels and Bops
Christian Berg: Irish Sketches for flute, clarinet, cello and piano, Premiere
Set of Puccini Arias arranged for flute and clarinet by Daniel Dorff
Jurg Wyttenbach: Serenade
February 5, 2012: Lancaster Music Club's Mostly American Music Concert
Alan Blank: Four Bagatelles for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon (2005)
January 18, 2012: Release of Waltz into Madness CD
Mark Flugge: Tranquillo e Inspirare for Flute, Clarinet, and Jazz Piano (2009)
November 20, 2011: Wittenberg University, Christopher Durrenberger Faculty Artist Recital
Brahms/arr. M. Webster: Hungarian Dance Suite No. 2 for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano
September 20, 2011: Capital University Inspirare Duo Recital
G.H. Kummer: Duo Concertant No. 2, opus 46 in E-flat Major
Alan Blank: Four Bagatelles for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon (2005)
David R. Gillingham: American Counterpoint for Flute, Clarinet, and Saxophone (2001)
David Froom: Circling (2002)
Brahms/arr. M. Webster: Hungarian Dance Suite No. 2 for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano
February 6, 2011: Lancaster Music Club's American Music Concert
Mark Flugge: Inspirare for Flute, Clarinet, and Jazz Piano (2009)
October 26, 2010: Capital University's NOW New Music Festival
Mark Flugge: Inspirare for Flute, Clarinet, and Jazz Piano (2009)
October 12, 2010: Ohio University: Visiting Artist Recital
Matthew Van Brink: Shabu Shabu (2002)
Nikola Resanovic: Four Sketches (2006)
Mark Flugge: Tranquillo e Inspirare for Flute, Clarinet, and Jazz Piano (2009)
September 22, 2010: Capital University Inspirare Duo Recital: A Festival of 20th Century Chamber Music
Daniel Dorff: Three Little Waltzes
Bozza: Trois Mouvements
Arthur Gottschalk: Sonatina Casada
Philip Parker: Games
February 7, 2010: Lancaster Music Club's American Music Concert
Matthew Van Brink: Shabu Shabu (2002)
Nikola Resanovic: Four Sketches (2006)
September 22, 2009: Capital University: Inspirare Duo Recital
Matthew Van Brink: Shabu Shabu (2002)
Dan Welcher: Reversible Jackets (1987)
Nikola Resanovic: Four Sketches (2006)
Jean Rivier: Duo (1968)
Mark Flugge: Tranquillo e Inspirare for Flute, Clarinet, and Jazz Piano (2009) Premiere
February 1, 2009: Lancaster Music Club's American Music Concert
Daniel Dorff: Two Cats
September 30, 2008: Capital University: Inspirare Duo Recital
Debussy/arr. M. Webster: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (1894) for flute, clarinet, and piano
Robert Muczynski: Duos (Op. 24)
Faure/arr. M. Webster: Dolly (Op. 56)
Daniel Dorff: Two Cats
Malcolm Arnold (as "A. Youngman"): Grand Fantasia for flute, clarinet, and piano (1940)
September 2, 2008: Capital University: Faculty Showcase Recital
Catherine McMichael: Eclectic Trio for flute, clarinet, and saxophone
March 31, 2008: Miami University (OH): Guest Artist Recital
Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 2 (1924)
Robert Muczynski: Duos (Op. 24)
Daniel Dorff: Three Romances