Flute Fest
UMFA is moving forward with plans to host an in-person Flute Fest in Minneapolis on April 2, 2022. To view COVID policies for this event, visit our COVID page. |
UMFA is pleased to announce that The Fourth Wall Ensemble will be the featured guest artist for Flute Fest 2022. The Fourth Wall is a hybrid performing arts ensemble in which the musicians are also dancers. The ensemble is comprised of flutist Hilary Abigana, bass trombonist C. Neil Parsons, and percussionist Greg Jukes. https://www.thefourthwallensemble.com/ Fruit Flies Like a Banana! Variety Show The Fourth Wall’s mission is to create programming that engages everyone from elementary school children to classical performance connoisseurs through a new hybrid of the performing arts in which musicians are also actors, dancers, and acrobats. In a theater, breaking the fourth wall brings the world on stage directly into the audience; as an ensemble, The Fourth Wall, breaks the barrier between serious art and serious fun. In their award-winning variety show, Fruit Flies Like a Banana, this trio of musicians creates new interdisciplinary works and reinterprets classic repertoire - all performed in an order chosen by the audience - to make music that leaps off the stage. Time flies like an arrow... Fruit Flies Like a Banana! The Games: Interdisciplinary Activities for Inspired Performance Interdisciplinary learning accommodates students’ varied needs. Rather than siloing learners into categories of learning styles, The Fourth Wall’s hybrid arts approach to presenting and creating work embraces many modes of expression simultaneously, putting a different spin on music education. We have over 50 years combined experience performing and building shows for young audiences and believe that making high-quality work for kids is an essential skill for all artists. This workshop introduces a variety of activities that combine music, theatre, and dance: musical concepts of tempo and dynamics can be taught through dance activities, exercises from drama and theatre improv explore ways to communicate and connect within an ensemble, sounds evoke setting, character, and movement choices. Masterclass with The Fourth Wall's Hilary Abigana Flutist Hilary Abigana will conduct a 90-minute masterclass featuring three performers at Flute Fest. Apply to be one of three performers in this masterclass. Applications will be accepted through February 15, 2022 Competitions for flutists of all ages Cash prizes will be awarded for the Laudie Porter (grades 7-12) and Young Artist (ages 18-30) competitions. Applications will be accepted through February 15, 2022 Rising Stars Masterclass Bring any polished piece, etude, or excerpt (no accompaniment required) and receive live coaching from Roma Duncan! For students under 18 and with at least 1 year of playing experience. Register by March 15, 2022. Flute Fest Proposals UMFA Members will be featured in competitions, workshops, and performances at Flute Fest and during the online Prelude series. Proposals will be accepted through February 1, 2022. | Plymouth Congregational Church Saturday, April 2, 2022 Fruit Flies Like a Banana! Variety Show April 2, 12:30–1:30 PM (UMFA membership not required to attend the show)
Registration Fees (advance registration)
*Register by April 1st to receive advance registration pricing. Registration fees will increase by $5 on the day of the event. We plan to live stream most Flute Fest sessions for those who are unable to attend in person. You will have the option to select remote participation when you register.All Flute Fest events require a current UMFA membership plus event registration. Click below to learn about all the benefits of membership, or to renew.
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UMFA will continue to monitor the COVID situation and update masking and vaccination/testing policies as appropriate. To view the current policies, visit the COVID-19 page. For Exhibitors: The exhibit hall will be open from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. The fee for exhibitors is $50 (includdes one 8-foot table). Additional tables are available for $25. You can register and pay for space at: https://www.umfaflutes.org/corporatepartners Please contact development@umfaflutes.org with any questions. |
Hilary Abigana is at home in the orchestra as well as in front of it. She has performed as a soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestras with the "music-telling" ensemble, Tales & Scales; with the Evansville Philharmonic in a performance of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 4; and was the winner of the 2003 Eastman Nielsen Flute Concerto Competition, performing with the Eastman Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra. Before moving to Boston with The Fourth Wall, she held positions as the second flutist of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and solo piccolo player of the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra. Hilary was the first-prize winner of the 2008 Houston Flute Club's Byron Hester Young Artist Competition, was a silver medalist at the 2014 Midwest Fleadh Cheoil Céílí Band Competition, and a silver medalist at the 2008 Fischoff Competition (with Trio Destino). Passionate about teaching, Hilary is on faculty at Floot Fire in Texas, the International Flute Symposium (with The Fourth Wall), co-founded the Irish Arts Academy of Indianapolis, and continues to inspire young flutists with her hybrid arts performances.
Hilary received her Bachelor of Music degree with Distinction from The Eastman School of Music, where she also was awarded the Performer’s Certificate in Flute. She received her Masters Degree from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music where she studied with Leone Buyse. Together with previous teachers Bonita Boyd and Timothy Day, these three musicians have been the greatest influence on her playing.
https://www.hilaryabigana.com/
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