Spring Flute Festival

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!

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

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 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

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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.