Catherine Peterson, Assistant Principal/Second Flutist of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra leads an online workshop for flutists of all ages: “Orchestral Excerpts for Beginners.”
10/11/21 UPDATE: This event has been postponed to November 6, 2021. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. The performer application deadline has been extended to November 2nd.
Saturday, November 6, 2021
11:30 AM HST (2:30 PM PDT; 5:30 PM EDT)
(Please note the later start time)
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2-3 performers will be selected from video submissions. Please submit your video link(s) below by Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 11:59 PM HST.
Please select 1-2 excerpts from Baxtresser’s “Orchestral Excerpts for Flute, Vol. 1”
RECOMMENDED EXCERPTS (You may choose excerpts not on this list)
J.S. Bach: “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben” from St. Matthew’s Passion
Beethoven: “Leonore Overture No. 3,” m. 328-360
Bizet: Entr’acte from “Carmen,” beginning through m. 23
Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Mvmt. 4, pickup to m. 94 - m. 105
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8, Mvmt. 4, letter D - E
Mendelssohn: Scherzo from “A Midsummernight’s Dream,” pickup to 1 before P to end.
Upload a video of your performance to YouTube (unlisted okay)
If performing 2 excerpts, you may upload a single video or 2 separate videos.
Submit your video link(s) using the online application form.
Applicants will be notified of performance status by Thursday, October 14.
Where?
This workshop will be hosted on Zoom. All registered participants will be emailed a meeting link in advance of the workshop. You must register to receive the link. If you do not have one already, please set up a free Zoom account (paid account not required). If you plan to join via mobile device, please download the free Zoom app at https://zoom.us/download.
Admission
Admission is FREE and open to HFS members & School Partners only. Membership begins at $2/month for students and $5/month for adults.
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About Catherine Peterson
Catherine Peterson is Assistant Principal/Second Flutist with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. A regular performer with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 2010 – 2019, she performed Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un Faun at Myerhoff Symphony Hall, and toured Carnegie Hall with the BSO. She has also performed with Detroit Symphony and participated in the recording of Ameriques by Varese with the Cincinnati Symphony. An active chamber musician and educator, she performs with the nationally recognized Ivy Street Ensemble throughout Colorado on various concert series and at schools across the Front Range bringing music to the next generation.
Her previous musical engagements include Principal Flutist with the Central City Opera, Principal Flutist with Emerald City Opera, and co-Principal flutist of the Strings Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Cathy is a regular performer at the Chintimini Chamber Music Festival in Corvallis, Oregon, and Front Range Chamber Players in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Cathy was a semi-finalist in the Heida Hermanns Ineternational Woodwind Competition, the Houston Symphony Ima Hogg National Young Artist Competition, and the Concert Artists Guild Competition. She placed second in the National Flute Association Young Artists Competition in Atlanta. As a member of Ivy Street Ensemble, she has been a finalist in the National Flute Association Chamber Music Competition and was awarded Second Place for The American Prize Chamber Music 2015.
If you tune in to Colorado Public Radio, you will often hear Cathy broadcast with solo recordings as well as music with Ivy Street Ensemble. Released in 2015, the Ivy Street Ensemble’s CD Serenades: Then and Now has been met with glowing success from music lovers across the nation.
She has a large private studio of fantastic flute students of all ability levels, and is the flute coach for the Denver School of the Arts. Founder of the Mile High Flute Camp and co-Director of Mile High Flute Benders, Cathy enjoys sharing the world of flute performance with students of all ages. She received a Master of Music from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her teachers include Jeff Zook, Leone Buyse, Tim Day, and Walfrid Kujala.