University Of Mary Washington Flute Ensemble

Directed by Doug Gately

The ensemble consists of students majoring in all areas of study. The group’s repertoire is selected from standard flute literature as well as contemporary flute works. Solo opportunities are also encouraged. Smaller groups within the ensemble perform for various social events on campus. The ensemble is open to all students by audition.

Performance Schedule

Fall, 2010

• Sept. 26 – Music Department Showcase, Family Weekend, 7 p.m., Dodd Auditorium
• Nov 12 – Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band & Flute Ensemble Concert, 7:30, Dodd Auditorium
• Nov 15 – Student Recital, 4 p.m., Recital Room 304, Pollard Hall

Spring, 2011

• April 2 – UMW Chamber Festival
• April 13 – Student Recital, 4 p.m., Recital Room 304, Pollard Hall

UMW Chamber Festival

The Department of Music at the University of Mary Washington hosts the UMW Chamber Festival Series each year. The festival features various chamber groups. This year features our special guests, the Colorado Quartet.

Performance Schedule: All performances are at 7:30, Recital Room 304, Pollard Hall

April 2 – Student & Faculty performances, The UMW Faculty Brass Quartet

April 7 – Guitar Ensemble, directed by Bruce Middle

April 11 – Colorado String Quartet

The Colorado String Quartet

Julie Rosenfeld and D. Lydia Redding, violins

Marka Gustavsson, viola and Katie Schlaikjer, cello

Program for University of Mary Washington

April 11, 2011; 7:30pm

Quartet in F Major                                                                     Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

            Allegro moderato – Très doux

            Assez vif – Très rythmé

            Très lent

            Vif et agité

Quartet #3 (1927)                                                            Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

            Prima parte: Moderato – Seconda parte: Allegro

            Recapitulazione della prima parte: Moderato – Coda: Allegro molto

Intermission

Quartet in A Minor, Opus 132                              Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

            Assai sostenuto – Allegro

            Allegro ma non tanto

            Molto Adagio (“Heiliger Dankgesang”)

            Alla Marcia, assai vivace – Più allegro – Presto

            Allegro appassionato

The Colorado Quartet has been a groundbreaking ensemble for nearly 30 years.  Catapulted onto the scene by back to back wins at the First Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Naumburg Chamber Music award in May of 1983, it was the first all-women quartet to attain international stature.  Since then the Quartet has played over 1200 concerts worldwide, and is the first female quartet in history to perform the complete Beethoven Quartet Cycle in North America and Europe; its recording of the cycle is available on the Parnassus label.  The Colorado Quartet is deeply committed to communicating to a wide variety of audiences, from grade-school children to sophisticated audiences to prison inmates.  Their repertoire ranges from Haydn through contemporary composers, and they are renowned teachers, having been Quartet-in-Residence at Bard College from 2000 until 2009.  Their recordings have received accolades from critics the world over, and have been the recipient of grants from funding organizations throughout the US.   The Quartet is represented by Joanne Rile Artists Management.

The UMW Flute Festival is free and the public is invited.

For More information contact the UMW Music Department at (540) 654-1012

Doug Gately, Bio / Highlights

• Director of the Flute Ensemble and Instructor of applied flute studies
• Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Mary Washington.
• Active performer, composer and arranger. As a multi-instrumentalist, specializing in woodwinds, toured and performed throughout the United States, Canada, South America, and Europe. Works within various jazz and classical genres including conducting masterclass clinics, solo appearances, symphonic, chamber, and club date performances.
• Credited with numerous studio recordings for commercials and CDs’, as well as making radio and television appearances.
• Leads his own jazz groups, the Doug Gately Trio & Quartet and Studio Six.
• Former Artist/Clinician with Boosey & Hawkes/Buffet Clarinets.
• Former member and featured soloist with the USAF Airmen of Note, in Washington DC., the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force.
• Credits include performances with Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennet, Nancy Wilson, Bob Hope, Spinners, Temptations, Crystal Gayle, the Manhatten Transfer, and the National Symphony Orchestra.
• Studied woodwinds with Joe Viola at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and is a graduate of Mary Washington College and George Mason University.
• MA., Flute Performance, George Mason University

Doug’s most current Performance Schedule and latest Recording can be found at:

douggately.com

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