Flute Celebration Day
Sunday, November 10, 2024 | 2:00pm
Brechemin Auditorium
University of Washington School of Music
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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, School of Music alumnus and faculty member at China Conservatory of Music and other highly regarded institutions throughout China.
Professor Chen will lead a masterclass from 2:00-3:30pm, then will be featured in a 4:00pm recital, in which he will play familiar works and transcriptions of traditional Chinese music. The performance will conclude with Georges Hüe's Fantaisie, in a special arrangement for soloist and accompanying flute ensemble.
**Interested in participating in the ensemble performance? The rehearsal will be Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 1:00pm. Prior experience with the Hüe Fantaisie is required. More information on how to sign up will be posted soon.**
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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.