Free Flute Concert Featuring Peter Sheridan

The Instrumental Music Service of South Australia presents

A Concert featuring Peter Sheridan 7pm Saturday November 3rd 2012

Peter Sheridan plays flute, alto flute, bass flute, contra bass flute, sub contra bass flute and the only hyper bass flute in the world at the Tower Arts Centre Pasadena South Australia.

PROGRAM

1. Winter Sun Hilary Taggart.

2. Scheherazade Rimsky-Korsakov Flutes of Fleurieu director A. Aungles

3. Two movements from Below The Rainbow J. Cohen Remembrance and Spider Contra Bass flute & Bass flute played by Kerryn Schofield & Peter Sheridan.

4. Leaves at Play Rhonda Berry Peter Sheridan Flute, Alan Aungles Alto Flute, Tom Marks Bass Flute.

5. Fantasia on a theme from symphony No. 1 Gustav Mahler Peter Sheridan & Alan Aungles contra bass flute.

6. Dance of the sugar plum fairy P. Tchaikovsky The Adelaide Flute Ensemble director K. Schofield

7. Groaning Oceans Peter Sheridan Hyper bass flute with electronics

8. And the Giant Began to Dance Peter Sheridan Sub Contra bass flute

9. Flute Players Day Ensemble conducted by Peter Sheridan 1. Tradition Gaelic Melody 2. By Kells Water by Kelly Via With students playing piccolo, flute, alto, bass flutes, contra bass flute and subcontra bass flutes Peter Sheridan CD recordings on sale tonight.

“Innovative and creative flutist, performer and teacher, Peter Sheridan has collaborated with some of the world’s leading composers, commissioning more than fifty works for the various flutes. A passionate specialist on the Low Flutes, he has promoted these instruments in concert and master classes, appearing at the National Flute Association and British Flute Society conventions, as well as festivals throughout North America and around the World. An active staff member of the Monash and Melbourne Universities, he directs the flute ensembles, bustling flute studios, and lectures on American Music. Mr. Sheridan holds degrees and certifications from Mannes College, University of Arizona, Goldsmith’s College (London), and completed graduate work at UCLA. He has served on the faculties of La Sierra University, Santa Monica College, and El Camino Colleges. He has performed with the Los Angeles Flute Quartet, the ANAM Orchestra, the Hollywood Studio Symphony, Mannes Camerata, Aspen Festival Orchestra, and the Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival. Premieres include unique compositions by Gary Schocker, Alex Shapiro, Paul Chihara, Vinny Golia, Andrew Downes, Paul Reale, Adrienne Albert, Hilary Taggart, Thomas Reiner, to mention a few. He has studied with Sheridon Stokes, Judith Mendenhall, Thomas Nyfenger, Bonnie Lichter, and Clare Hoffmann, as well as participating in master classes of Julius Baker, Gary Schocker, Linda Chesis, Wolfgang Schultz, Janos Balint, and Paula Robinson. His flutes can be heard on Move, Sarabande, Warner Bros. Latina, Albany, and Innova record labels.

REVIEWS OF PETER’S PLAYING “....Sheridan is a world class flutist [with] exceptional skill and artistry...... his creative approach to these lower instruments shines forth in the CD Below." Paige Dashner Long

"…..[He] honours every single flutemaker by playing these instruments so marvellously." Jelle Hogenhuis