Twelve
intermediate* flute students will come together in June to play in flute
choir, quartets and master classes with leading members of the Twin Cities
flute community.
We will also learn
about vibrato, correct hand and body position, embouchure, piccolo, and other
subjects of interest to all enthusiastic flutists!
SAINT
PAUL, MINNESOTA
The Flute Fling is
a fun, friendly, and supportive time for all.
Directed
by Polly Meyerding
* By intermediate, we include students of elementary school
age through adult who can competently play literature at a moderate level
of difficulty. That would be "Grade 2" on the Flute
World website. Use their "Flute Music" search feature to check the
difficulty level of your current piece.
"I
was inspired to see the students working and learning during the summer!" Judith
Ranheim
The Summer
Flute Fling is designed for advanced beginner and intermediate flutists
of all ages. Each participant plays in a trio or quartet that receives
coaching, and everyone plays together in a flute choir. Parts of
appropriate difficulty are selected for each participant. Each student
also gets to play in a master class with some of the top flute teachers
from the Twin Cities area. Former guest artists include Judith Ranheim,
Cynthia Stokes, Janis Weller, Peggy Doerrie, Jane Garvin, Amy Morris, and
Russell Dedrick.
Participants:
There
will be a total of 12 participants. All ages are welcome!
An informal audition and/or teacher recommendation is required before registration can
be accepted.
Auditors: Auditors are welcome for
the master classes. See below for times and fees.
Dates:
Monday, June 22, through Thursday, June 25, 2009.
Place: The programs will be held at Unity-Church Unitarian,
732 Holly Avenue, St. Paul, MN. (Directions
and Map)
Sample Daily Schedule: (classes
taught by Polly Meyerding unless otherwise indicated)
Monday -
Wednesday 9:30 Warmups, tone and technique
exercises
9:40 Quartet rehearsals, including
pre-assigned literature to be performed at the concert
10:55 Break
11:05 Master class with guest artist.
Each student will play for 20 minutes on one master class.
12:20 Break
12:30 Flute choir rehearsal
1:30 Head on home
Thursday 9:30 Warmups
10:00 Dress rehearsal
11:05 Break
11:15 Master class with guest artist -- Baroque
flute demonstration.
1:00 Lunch
1:45 Set up for concert
2:30 Concert
-- family and friends are warmly invited! Tuition:
Participants:
$170 plus $20 for
materials
Auditors:
$ 15 for one day or $50 for Tuesday-Friday
Contact Polly to register:
651-776-1780
Polly
Meyerding, a native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, earned her Bachelor degrees in
Flute Performance and Music Education at the University of Minnesota and the
Master of Music degree and Performer's Certificate at the Eastman School
of Music in Rochester, New York. She has studied with many outstanding
flutists of our era, including Thomas Nyfenger, Julius Baker, Bonita Boyd, Julia
Bogorad-Kogan, Sidney Zeitlin and Alexa Still.
Polly has performed in the Spoleto USA Festival in South
Carolina; the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy; the Schlosse Spiele
Festival in Heidelberg, Germany; and has toured in France with a professional
flute choir. Locally, she has played with the Minnesota Orchestra,
Minnesota Opera, VocalEssence (formerly Plymouth Festival Orchestra), Bach
Society, Minnesota Dance Theatre, Minnesota Composers Forum, Symphony of the
Lakes, Dale Warland Singers, Evita, Schubert Club, Thursday Musical, and
numerous other large and small ensembles. She and her husband, flutist
Russell Dedrick, perform together as the Dedrick Flute Duo, and with cello as
the Monarch Trio. The Arabesque Trio is made up of harpist Andrea Stern
with Polly on flute and cello.
Currently the President of the Upper Midwest Flute
Association (UMFA), Polly teaches flute and conducts the Falcon Flute Choir at
the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. She also maintains a teaching
studio in her home and is the creator and director of the Summer Flute Intensive
and Flute Fling in St. Paul. She has conducted the Junior and Senior High
Honors Flute Choirs, as well as the Flute Choir Reading
Session at various UMFA Flute Fests. Polly has been a member of
the flute faculty at the 2006 and 2007 Lutheran Summer Music Programs in
residence at Gustavus Adolphus College.
