Listen, also with flutist Laura Lentz
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Listen, also with flutist Laura Lentz
Wednesday, March 18th : 6:30 pm
Join us for Listen, also with flutist Laura Lentz, pianist Helga Swatzak & Friends
An invitation to think about how we need each other, exploring mutuality and community. “Listening, standing witness, creates an openness to the world in which the boundaries between us can dissolve in a raindrop.” - Robin Wall Kimmerer
Program |
Pauline Oliveros — Tuning Meditation Audience — 5 minutes Gabriela Ortiz — Alejandrias Sonoras solo flute — 10 minutes Laura Lentz, flute, with Kitty Jospe’, poet Kevin Puts — Moonlight Concerto (Movements I & II) flute & piano — 14 minutes Laura Lentz, flute; Helga Swatzak, piano Brief intermission / listening wall Laura Lentz — Op. 75: After Koechlin two flutes — 2–3 minutes Laura Lentz, flute; Lilianna Fietkiewicz, flute Laura Lentz — Resonance several flutes — 6 minutes I. Listen, also (2 C flutes & alto flute) II. Let your heart break (so your spirit doesn’t) (2 C flutes & bass flute) III. What if… (C flute, alto flute & bass flute) Laura Lentz, flute; Lilianna Fietkiewicz, flute; Olivia Fietkiewicz, flute; Raeha Khazanchi, flute Marc Mellits — Discrete Structures flute & piano — 13 minutes Laura Lentz, flute; Helga Swatzak, piano
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Laura Lentz is a flutist, composer, educator, and author of Modal Flute Warmup, praised for her “striking, meticulous flute playing” (Take Effect) and “enviable control and supple phrasing” (Sequenza21). She is the founding flutist of the new music ensemble fivebyfive. Several works have been written for or dedicated to her, including JacobTV’s Serendipity2 and Marc Mellits’s Discrete Structures, with her performances broadcast on Performance Today. With nearly 15 releases as a soloist and with fivebyfive, she has championed over 75 new works in the past decade. A frequent presenter at festivals and universities, she teaches at Nazareth University and serves on the NFA’s New Music Advisory Board.