Flute Celebration Day
Event Sponsor: Brannen Brothers, Inc.
Sunday, November 10, 2024 | 2:30pm
Brechemin Auditorium
University of Washington School of Music
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
This year's Flute Celebration Day is a collaboration between the Seattle Flute Society and the University of Washington School of Music, featuring Professor Zhao Rong Peter Chen, UW School of Music alumnus and faculty member at China Conservatory of Music.
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Event Schedule
2:30pm: Masterclass with Zhao Rong Chen
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3:30pm: Reception
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Enjoy light refreshments and visit with Brannen Brothers, Inc. and FluteWorks Seattle
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4:00pm: Zhao Rong Chen in Recital
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About the Artists...
Zhao Rong Peter Chen currently serves as Professor of Flute at the China Conservatory of Music. He is the first mainland Chinese flutist to receive a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in the USA, from the University of Washington. He completed his undergraduate at the University of Bridgeport and achieved a Master of Music degree from the Yale University.
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As a flutist, Chen has performed in the world's most prestigious concert halls, such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Woolsey Hall and Sprague Memorial Hall at Yale University, Musical Hall at the National Center for the Performing Arts.
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While pursuing his dream as a flutist in the USA, Chen studied with Yale University's renowned Ransom Wilson, American flute soloist Robert Stallman, the Juilliard School’s flute professor Bradley Garner, the University of Washington’s flute professor Donna Shin and Zart Dombourian-Eby, University of Bridgeport flute professor Barbara Siesel, and others.
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Yue Li is a dedicated piano art instructor in the Conducting Department of the China Conservatory of Music. Li began her studies at the Affiliated Middle/High School of the China Conservatory of Music, where she studied with professors Mingli Wang and Qiu Wang. This strong foundation led to her enrollment at the Central Conservatory of Music, where she studied under Professor Qifang Li, earning both undergraduate and master's degrees
Li has won numerous prizes, including first place in the Jilin Province Youth Piano Competition (2000), a gold medal in the China Art New Star Selection Competition (2001), and the Outstanding Performance Award at the Milan International Piano Art Festival (2009). She has also performing solo works at the Chopin Birthday Concert and the Liszt Birthday Concert at the Zhongshan Concert Hall in 2010 and 2011, respectively.
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Seven-year-old October (Shiyue) Chen is a first-grade student at the Changping Branch of Beijing Zhongguancun No. 2 Primary School. She started piano lessons with her mother Yue Li at the age of four. Recently she won first place in the 3rd Vancouver International Piano Competition & Vancouver International Piano Festival and first place in the 30th Johannes Brahms International Music Competition Children's Competition in Beijing.
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Celebrated pianist Robin McCabe has established herself as one of America’s most communicative and persuasive artists. McCabe’s involvement and musical sensibilities have delighted audiences across the United States, Europe, Canada and in nine concert tours of the Far East. The United States Department of State sponsored her two South American tours, which were triumphs both artistically and diplomatically.
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McCabe earned her bachelor of music degree summa cum laude at the University of Washington School of Music, where she studied with Béla Siki, and her master’s and doctorate degrees at the Juilliard School of Music, where she studied with Rudolf Firkusny. She joined the Juilliard faculty in 1978 then returned to the UW in 1987 to accept a position on the piano faculty. In 1994 McCabe was appointed Director of the School of Music, a position she held until 2009. McCabe holds a Michiko Morita Miyamoto Professorship in Piano at the School of Music and has previously held a Ruth Sutton Waters Professorship and a Donald Petersen Professorship in the School of Music.
McCabe is a dedicated arts ambassador and advocate for arts audience development, frequently addressing arts organizations across the country. With colleague Craig Sheppard, she has launched the highly successful Seattle Piano Institute, an intense summer immersion experience for gifted and aspiring classical pianists.
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