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


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.


Learn More About Laura Lentz


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Date & Time
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
6:30 PM 7:30 PM (America/New_York)

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Payton Violins

250 N. Goodman St.
Rochester NY 14607
United States
(585) 325-7250
(585) 325-7250
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