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Spring Flute Festival

 

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2008 Spring Festival! It was a wonderful two days! Congratulations to Shannon Rickman, winner of the Collegiate Soloist Competition. A very warm thank you to our guest artist Dr. Brad Garner!

 

March 21-22, 2008  - The University of South Carolina - Columbia, SC

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Registration Fees:

Registration will be open during the festival from 7:30am-4:00pm!

  • $10 - SCFS Members
  • $5 - Non-Flutist and Family Member Accompanying SCFS Member
  • Free - Children Under Five Years Old
  • Congratulations to the following competition and masterclass finalists!

    High School Masterclass Winners
    Dottie Grantham -- Nation Ford High School
    Valerie Hsu -- Bob Jones Academy
     

    Guest Artist Masterclass Winners
    Meghan Bennett – University of South Carolina

    Katie Cox – Furman University
    Jennifer Davis – Middle Tennessee State University
    Daquise Montgomery – Peabody Conservatory
    Lauren Remmers-- University of South Carolina
    Shannon Rickman – University of South Carolina
    Maggie Stapleton – Furman University


    College Soloist Competition Finalists
    Nave Graham -- University of South Carolina
    Joanna Helms -- University of South Carolina
    Shannon Rickman -- University of South Carolina
     

    Schedule of Events

    -->Please note the change in times to several events!

     Friday: March 21, 2008

    6:45 pm: Inaugural “South Carolina Flutists in Recital” Program – Recital Hall – Free and open to the public. Featuring flutists from the SC Philharmonic, Charleston Symphony, Long Bay Symphony and Greenville Symphony.

    **SC Flutists in Recital program graciously funded by the Brannen Cooper Fund.

    7:45 pm: Brad Garner in Recital – Recital Hall – Free and open to the public 

     

    Saturday: March 22, 2008

    7:30–4:00 pm: Registration open

    8:00–8:15 am: Warm-up & stretching with Cynthia Hopkins – Room 006

    8:15–8:50 am: Flute Choir reading session with Lorrie Turner – Room 006

    9:00–10:00 am: High School Masterclass with Brad Garner – Recital Hall

    10:00–3:00 pm: EXHIBITS OPEN

    10:00–11:00 am: College Competition – Recital Hall

    10:00–11:00 am: Solo & Ensemble Class with Angela Massey – Room 006

    11:00-12:00 am: Piccolo Class with Regina Helcher – Recital Hall

    11:00-12:00 pm: Flute Basics with Jessica Carter – Room 006

    12:00-2:00 pm: LUNCH BREAK (exhibits open)

    2:00-3:50 pm: Guest Artist Masterclass with Brad Garner – Recital Hall

    4:00-5:30 pm: Closing announcements (including elections) and recital featuring Fall Pre-college Winners and Flute Choir (open to everyone – bring your flute!!) – Recital Hall

     

    Click Here for Directions, Hotel and Dining Information

    Sspecial thanks to the

    Hilton Columbia Center

    for providing lodging for our guest artist Bradley Garner!!

     

    Guest Artist

    Bradley Garner

    Brad Garner has been described as one of today's most exciting flutists. He has played concerts and recitals throughout the world with great acclaim. He is an active soloist, teacher and recording artist in the Cincinnati and New York City areas. He has frequently played with the New York Philharmonic, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and has been principal flutist with the Atlantic Sinfonietta, the New York Virtuosi and the Virtuosi Quintet and the 20th-Century Chamber Orchestra. He received his B.M. and M.A. degrees from West Texas State University where he studied with his father, Dr. Gary Garner and Sally Turk. He was the first flutist to receive the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School where he studied with Julius Baker. Dr. Garner has performed as soloist in Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, with Julius Baker and Jean-Pierre Rampal and was recently the first American flutist to be invited by the Russian government to perform in Moscow's Tchaikovsky Hall. He has performed and given master classes in Asia, Europe, and throughout North America.

    He is on the faculties of The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Queens College, New York University and the Juilliard School. His students have won positions in orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Korean Broadcasting Symphony, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Charlotte Symphony, and major festivals throughout the United States and abroad. They have also won prizes in many competitions including the Flute Talk Competition, Myrna Brown Competition, the De Lorenzo Competition in Italy, The Russian-American Young Soloist Competition and the N.F.A. High School, Orchestral, Piccolo, Young Artist and Master Class competitions.

    Garner has recorded for the Koch International, Yamaha, Capstone, EMI, Golden Crest, Newport Classics, Vienna Modern Masters and the Collins Classics labels. He is a Yamaha performing artist and clinician.

     

    *This project is funded by the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties and the South Carolina Arts Commission with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John and Susan Bennette Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC.