Saturday, February 24, 2007 from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm

Jeanne Baxtresser, Special Guest Teacher and Lecturer

with
Kathryn Thomas Umble, flute
and
Eric Charnofsky, piano
In Recital

The Flute Festival registration begins at 8:30 am. The day will include a masterclass and a lecture with Ms. Baxtesser, as well as a recital featuring Kathryn Thomas Umble with pianist Eric Charnofsky. A junior-high masterclass will be offered as well as the popular flute ensemble reading sessions. The lunchtime concert will feature local ensembles, and the day will end with a flute choir concert featuring the Dana Flute Choir and other area flute choirs. Exhibitors from around the country will have booths offering flutes, music, and flute-related items for sale throughout the day. Whether you are a flutist of any age or perhaps just a flute-enthusiast, the 14th Annual Dana Flute Festival promises a fun day not to be missed!

For more information, contact Dr. Kathryn Thomas Umble at the Dana School of Music: 330/941-3636 or e-mail: kaumble@ysu.edu. Parking will be available in the Wick parking deck (M-1) directly south of Bliss Hall. Please ask at the gate for a guest pass for the flute festival. The Dana Flute Festival is sponsored by the Friends of Music, the Dana School of Music and Youngstown State University's College of Fine and Performing Arts.

Schedule of Events

• 8:30 am-9:00 am. Registration
• 8:30 am-4:30 pm. Exhibits open
• 9:00 am-10:50 am. Masterclass with Ms. Baxtresser
• 9:10 am-9:50 am. Junior High Masterclass with Torin Olsen
• 9:55 am-10:45 am. Techniques and Show Tunes Reading Session
• 11:00 am-11:30 am. Upper Intermediate to Advanced Flute Choir Reading Session with Chris Heidenreich
• 11:00 am-11:30 am. Beginning to Intermediate Flute Choir Reading Session With Laura Volenik
• 11:40 am-12:10 pm. Lunchtime Flute Ensemble Concert
• 12:30 pm-1:20 pm. Recital: Kathryn Thomas Umble, Flute and Eric Charnofsky, Piano
• 1:30 pm-3:00 pm. Lecture with Ms. Baxtresser in collaboration with Eric Charnofsky. Practicing Creatively: A Lecture/Demonstration on How to Build Maximum Confidence and Inspiration for Performance and Auditions. Lyricism and Line: Melodic Interpretation and the use of Phrasing, Tone Colors, and Vibrato. Repertoire to include: Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Debussy - Afternoon of a Faun; J.S. Bach - Sonata in b minor and sonata in C Major (slow movement); Taktakishvili - Sonata, 2nd movement; Mozart - Concerto in D Major, 2nd movement. *Flutists are encouraged to bring their written questions about performance*
• 3:00-3:30. Visit the Exhibits!
• 3:30-4:30. Closing Flute Ensemble Concert featuring area ensembles and a group reading of a final selection

About the Artists

This year's Flute Festival will feature internationally acclaimed flutist, Jeanne Baxtresser. Hailed as an artist who "plays with absolute perfection, a refined style, and a ravishing sonority," Jeanne Baxtresser has held principal positions with three major orchestras, culminating with her 15-year tenure as solo flutist with the New York Philharmonic. Making her heralded debut with the Minnesota Orchestra at age 14, Ms. Baxtresser began her professional career as principal flutist of the Montreal Symphony immediately following her graduation from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Julius Baker. She was subsequently appointed principal flute of the Toronto Symphony before being invited by Music Director Zubin Mehta to join the New York Philharmonic. Ms. Baxtresser appeared as soloist with the New York Philharmonic on more than fifty occasions, and has been the featured soloist with leading orchestras across North America and Europe. Recipient of the National Flute Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for significant, lasting contributions to the flute world, she is recognized internationally as a leading recording artist, author, and lecturer.

In great demand as a teacher, many of her students occupy principal and section positions in major orchestras throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. While in New York, Ms. Baxtresser served on the faculties of The Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music. In 1998, she was appointed the Vira I. Heinz Professor of Flute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where she has attracted many outstanding flute students from every continent. Her students currently occupy principal and section positions in major orchestras throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. This spring, Ms. Baxtresser was named University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University’s most distinguished professorial position. University Professorships are awarded to distinguished individuals who have achieved exceptional national and international distinction. Ms. Baxtresser also serves as Visiting Artist Lecturer at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and is frequently invited to give master classes worldwide. Two new releases featuring Ms. Baxtresser were released this season. The two discs, Chamber Music for Flute (Cala, CACD0544), and Jeanne Baxtresser – A Collection of My Favorites (MSR Classics, MS1114), are collections surveying Ms. Baxtresser’s exceptional career as a recitalist, concerto soloist, and chamber musician. Her solo and chamber recordings also include the acclaimed New York Legends - Jeanne Baxtresser (Cala). She has recorded many of the major symphonic works with the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta and Kurt Masur. Ms. Baxtresser’s first book, Orchestral Excerpts for Flute with Piano Accompaniment (Theodore Presser), with a companion CD (Summit), has quickly become a vital part of flute pedagogy. Her subsequent book, Great Flute Duos from the Orchestral Repertoire was named the 2004 winner of the National Flute Association’s Newly Published Music Competition.

For more information on Ms. Baxtresser, please visit her home page at www.jeannebaxtresser.com.

Kathryn Thomas Umbleis assistant professor of flute at Youngstown State University and has served on the faculties of Bowling Green State University and Grove City College. Dr. Umble holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Bowling Green State University, and Michigan State University and was awarded the Prix d'excellence for Outstanding Musicianship from the Fontainebleau School of Music, France, which she attended on full scholarship.

Umble is principal flute with the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra and piccolo with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra and has performed principal flute with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra and the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra. She has presented recitals in Europe and throughout the United States, including venues such as Alice Tully Hall and Symphony Space, New York. Umble performed for the Milhaud Society at the Cleveland Institute of Music with members of the Cleveland Orchestra, the Bowling Green State University Concert Series, and on recital series at the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art. She performed in recital at the 2006 National Flute Association Convention in Pittsburgh. Dr. Umble has also served as a National Flute Association competition judge and flute pedagogy panel member. She conducted the Dana Flute Ensemble in a full concert performance at the 2005 OMEA Conference and the 2006 National Flute Association Convention.

Eric Charnofsky is the Director of Music at Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church in University Circle. He has also taught Theory and Collaborative Piano at Cleveland Institute of Music. Originally from Los Angeles, Mr. Charnofsky is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he majored in piano accompanying. He also holds degrees in solo piano performance and composition from California State University, Northridge, where he received the Outstanding Bachelor's Degree Graduate award. Mr. Charnofsky has performed as a collaborative pianist throughout the U.S., including Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Steinway Hall in New York; Yale University in Connecticut; and in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Cleveland, Chicago, Washington D.C., Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Nashville, and Quebec City.