Flute
Choir SymposiumThis course will cover a variety of subjects pertinent to flute ensembles. It will include daily reading and coaching sessions of flute ensemble music, instruction on programming, conducting, arranging and adapting music to your ensemble, and will address special problems involving the Eb, alto and bass flutes. Ample time will be allowed for class members to discuss their own situations and for an exchange of ideas. An extensive flute ensemble library will be available.
Amy Rice Blumenthal received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Colorado and her Masters from the University of Michigan, both in flute performance. She has been actively involved with flute ensembles, having coordinated chamber music for master-classes with William Bennett, Trevor Wye, and a variety of others. Ms. Rice Blumenthal has presented clinics internationally, has conducted the National High School Flute Choir, the NFA Professional Flute Choir, and numerous reading sessions for the NFA. She currently is the conductor of the Carolina Flute Choir in North Carolina, teaches Music Business classes at colleges and universities, and free-lances in the Charlotte area. Ms. Rice Blumenthal is the president of ALRY Publications, Etc. Inc., a company that publishes and promotes woodwind and chamber music, and is also an editor for Columbia Picture Publications.
Assisting Ms. Blumenthal in her class will be Julie Meschko, Nora Kile, and Beth Kupsco.
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