KATHARINE RAWDON Travessa de Paulo Martins, 36-2º, 1300-449 Lisbon, Portugal futist Tel: +351.96.274.2432
Nationality: Portuguese and American
CURRENT POSITIONS
FREELANCE SOLOIST AND CHAMBER MUSICIAN 1984-PRESENT • Solo, concerto, and chamber music performances
POWELL ARTIST 2014-PRESENT • Artistic representation for Powell Flutes, Boston, division of Buffet Crampon, Inc., Paris • In concerts, workshops, and master classes, in the USA and Europe
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF FLUTE, COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS (ESART) OF THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF CASTELO BRANCO (IPCB), PORTUGAL 2009-PRESENT • Chair, flute department. Course syllabus: Bachelors, Masters in Performance, and Masters in Education. Flute Pedagogy. Recruitment
PRIVATE TEACHING STUDIO, NEW YORK, LISBON, 1984-PRESENT • Musicianship and mastery of the flute through innovative, enjoyable, and effective methods • Pre- and post- College and Adult students
SALES REPRESENTATIVE, POWELL FLUTES, BOSTON, USA, 2000-PRESENT • Sales and promotion of Powell Flutes, division of Buffet Crampon, Inc., in Portugal • Brand representation and coordination at trade shows and musical events • Website development and management for the Portuguese market www.powellflutesinportugal.com • Premium European dealer with specialized knowledge
COMPOSER, 2017-PRESENT • Original and adapted works primarily for flute, recorder, or multiple flutes • Performed in USA, Portugal, for National Portuguese Radio, and in Australia
SOLO RECITALS
NEW YORK, PARIS, LOS ANGELES, 1980-PRESENT • Standard and contemporary repertoire, with pianists John Steele Ritter, Raj Bhimani, Arlene Shrut, Peter Hewitt, Susan High
PORTUGAL, 1988-PRESENT • Recordings for RDP; RDP live • With pianists Raj Bhimani, Anne Kaasa, José Bon de Sousa, João Paulo Santos
CONCERTO PERFORMANCES
BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS • Nº 2, 4, and 5 in various concerts with the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa
BACH: SUITĘ IN B MINOR • In various concerts with the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, Lisbon, and in New York City (NY Concertante Orchestra) • Etienne Abelin, concertmaster/ maestro (Lisbon)
1 VIVALDI: PICCOLO CONCERTO IN C MAJOR • In various concerts with the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa
VIVALDI: CONCERTO “LA NOTTE” • With the Orquestra Clássica do Porto, 1992
MOZART: CONCERTO IN G MAJOR • In various concerts with the Orquestra Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa • With the San Luis Chamber Orchestra, San Luis Obispo, CA, 2013
DELGADO: CONCERTO FOR FLUTE • With the Orquestra Clássica do Porto; Porto, Portugal, and Alicante (Spain) International Music Festival • With the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa: Lisbon Festival of Contemporary Music, Culturgest
BOULEZ: EXPLOSANTE-FIXE, ORIGINEL (ACOUSTIC VERSION) • With the Orchestra of the Gulbenkian Foundation; Coimbra International Music Festival, 2000 • Pierre-André Valade, conductor
CURRENT CHAMBER MUSIC
MUSICÂMERA PRODUÇÕES, LISBON, PORTUGAL 2018-PRESENT • Chamber music series, presented throughout Portugal. • Repertoire from 18th to 21st century • Premieres and recordings of new works: Jaime Reis, Tiago Derriça, Camila Menino, Fernando Fontes
SYRINX : XXII, 2014-PRESENT • Trio with António Carrilho, recorders, and Raj Bhimani, piano • Performances in New York City and state, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Lisbon, and touring throughout India • CCB Dias de Música, live broadcast on Antena 2 and WXXI in Rochester, NY • Premieres of commissioned works by Carlos Marecos and Sören Sieg • Repertoire from baroque to 21st Century, including W. F. Bach, J. S. Bach, Schubert, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Bizet, Doppler, Ian Clarke, Isang Yun, Markus Zanhausen, Ivan Moody • Baroque flute, piccolo, flute, alto, and bass flute
SYRINXELLO, 2015-PRESENT • Trio with António Carrilho, recorders, and Catherine Strynckx, cello • CCB Dias de Música, live broadcast on Antena 2 • Performances for Universities of Lisbon and Aveiro • Repertoire from renaissance to 21st Century, including, J. S. Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Stravinsky, Pinto-Correia, Pixinginha, Sóren Sieg • Piccolo, flute, alto, bass and contrabass flute, baroque flute, Irish whistle, Native American flute
LA PAIX DU PARNASSE / LA NAVE VA, 2018-PRESENT • Baroque music ensemble, baroque flute and piccolo • Cistermúsica Festival, Alcobaça, 2020 • CCB Music Days, 2018 and 2019 • Festival Sesimbra, 2019
PRIOR EXPERIENCE—ORCHESTRAL
PRINCIPAL FLUTE, ORQUESTRA SINFÓNICA PORTUGUESA DO TEATRO NACIONAL DE LISBOA, LISBON, PORTUGAL 1993-2018 • Section leader, with piccolo, alto and bass flute • Symphonic, opera and ballet repertoire • Recordings for EMI, Marco Polo, Culturgest/Dargil, Antena 2 • Premieres of operas by Emanuel Nunes, António Pinho Vargas, Nuno Côrte-Real, Edward L. Ayres d’Abreu, Tiago Cabrito
FLUTIST, ORCHESTRUTÓPICA, LISBON, PORTUGAL 2002-2011 • New music ensemble with emphasis on new Portuguese and European music; in residence at CCB and Culturgest, Lisbon. • Tours to Germany, Spain, UK
2 • Premieres of works by Portuguese composers, including: Andreia Pinto-Correia, João Pedro Oliveira, António Pinho Vargas, Christopher Bochmann, Luís Tinoco, Ivan Moody, Alexandre Delgado, Nuno Côrte-Real, Carlos Marecos, Eurico Carrapatoso, António Victorino de Almeida, José Júlio Lopes, Vítor Rua, José Luís Ferreira, António Breitenfeld de Sá Dantas, João Godinho, Luís Madureira, Carlos Caires, Ana Seara, Clotilde Rosa • Solo performances of iconic works by Varèse, Berio, Carter, and Delgado
EXTRA FLUTIST, SINFONIA VARSOVIA 2005 • Festa da Música, CCB, Lisbon; 2nd Flute
SUBSTITUTE FLUTIST, GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION ORCHESTRA 1989-1992 • All positions, including 1st flute, piccolo, alto flute • Tours to Spain and France • DVD recording, opera Cristoph Colomb, Milhaud, Festival de Compiègne (DOM, France)
PRINCIPAL FLUTE, ORQUESTRA NOVA FILÁRMONIA PORTUGUESA, LISBOA 1988-89 • Concert tours throughout Portugal • Vinyl recording (Movieplay), TV broadcasts
TANGLEWOOD FELLOWSHIP ORCHESTRA 1985 • All positions • Concerts with Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur, Kent Nagano • Coaching with Doriot Anthony Dwyer and Fenwick Smith (Boston S. O.), and Donald McCourt (Juilliard School)
NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK 1984-85 • All positions • 6-concert season in Carnegie Hall
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC ORCHESTRA 1983-84 • All positions
GRAND TETON MUSIC ACADEMY ORCHESTRA 1981 • All positions
MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST ORCHESTRA 1980 • All positions
IDYLLWILD FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA 1978, 1979 • All positions • Vinyl recording (live)
PRINCIPAL FLUTE, POMONA COLLEGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1979-82
PRIOR EXPERIENCE—CHAMBER MUSIC
MACHINA MUNDI, 1994-2010 • Duo with Elizabeth Davis, percussion • Recordings for RDP • Performances in Germany, London, and throughout Portugal • Premieres of commissioned works by Delgado, Marecos, Esteves, Moody and Schvedtz.
CONTEMPORARTE TRIO, 1989-91 • Trio with Irene Lima, cello, and Olga Prats, piano • Performances in Lisbon and Vienna, Austria
3 MANHATTAN WIND QUINTET, 1986—89 • Concerts in Carnegie (Weill) Recital Hall, New York, 1987 and 1988 • Winners, Artists International Debut Competition • Winners, Yellow Springs International Chamber Music Competition, 1988 • Residencies with Allied Artists, the Bar Harbour School District, ME, The Hotchkiss School (CT), the Bowdoin (ME) Music Festival, and the Orquestra Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa • Broadcast performances on WNYC (New York) and RDP Portugal • Commissioned works: Wind Quintet (Nº2), David Maslanka, “Till Drumlin Waves”, Peter Susser
SCHOENBERG WIND QUINTET, 1985—86 • Tanglewood Festival, performance of Shoenberg, Quintet Op. 26
FACULTY CONCERT SERIES, CONCORDIA COLLEGE MUSIC PREP DEPARTMENT, BRONXVILLE, NY, 1986—1989 • Mixed chamber recitals by professors at the school, flute, clarinet, strings and piano
AMORPHOUS CONSORT, NEW YORK, 1985—1989 • Ensemble for contemporary music with classical guitar, with Oren Fader and William Anderson • Concerts in New York City, New Jersey, and Boston • Live recordings for National Public Radio (Music Today) and WGBH, Boston • Premieres of works by David Loeb and Meyer Kupferman
MASTERCLASS TEACHING
ESART (MUSIC COLLEGE), CASTELO BRANCO, “OPEN DAY” 2009-2021 • Diagnostic lessons in master class format for prospective students
MUSIC SCHOOL OF THE LISBON NATIONAL CONSERVATORY, 2020 • Course, solo recital, and student’s recital
REGIONAL CONSERVATORY OF PALMELA, 2020 • Course, joint recital with professors and students
ORFEÃO OF LEIRIA MUSIC CONSERVATORY, 2019 • Course, joint chamber music recital with professors and students
BUFFET CRAMPON SHOWROOM, NEW YORK CITY, 2018 • Master class sponsored by Powell Flutes of Boston
CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 2018 • Master class sponsored by the Primavera Foundation for its students
REGIONAL CONSERVATORY OF BELMONTE, 2018 • Course, solo and student’s recital
REGIONAL CONSERVATORY OF BRAGANÇA, 2018, 2013 • Course, joint recital with professors and students
SUMMER FLUTE ACADEMY (ACADEMIA DE FLAUTA) PORTO, JULY 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 • Co-founder, innovative and immersive program for young flutists, age 14-30 • Co-designer of flute course • Chamber music coaching, orchestral parts training, informational workshops, technique and warmup sessions, ensemble coaching and conducting • Founder/ Organizer: associated Composition Competition, for works for flute, multiple flutes and low flutes; with support from Powell Flutes, Boston, Powell Flutes in Portugal, Lisbon, and Kingma Flutes, Holland. Works premiered during the Academy are published by Scherzo Editions, Lisbon. • Chamber recital with professors and closing recital with students and professors
ESMAE (MUSIC COLLEGE), PORTO, 2014 • Master class on orchestral excerpts for Bachelor’s and Master’s students
1ST FLUTE ENCOUNTER OF LISBON, ESML (MUSIC COLLEGE), LISBON, 2013 • Seminar on orchestral audition preparation 4 PROFESSIONAL MUSIC HIGH SCHOOL (EPABI), COVILHÃ, 2012 • Master class on interpretation, study habits and methods
CONSERVATORY OF COIMBRA, COIMBRA, 2012 • Master class on interpretation, study habits and methods
MUSIC SOCIETY OF GOUVEIA, GOUVEIA, 2011 • Master class on interpretation, study habits and methods
CONSERVATORY “OUR LADY OF THE CAPE”, LINDA-A-VELHA, 2006-2010, 2018 • Series of master classes on interpretation, study habits and methods • Recital presentation, student recitals, competition adjudication (2018)
PROFESSIONAL MUSIC HIGH SCHOOL “DOS ARCOS”, ESTORIL, 1994 • Master class on study habits and interpretation
JURY SERVICE
YOUNG MUSICIANS PRIZE, NATIONAL PORTUGUESE RADIO, LISBON/PORTO, REGULARLY SINCE 1990 • Frequent jury member for Flute Competitions, Junior and Senior Categories, and Chamber Music • Elaboration of the program requirements for flute competitions
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF THE “PRINCIPIADO DE ASTURIAS”, OVIEDO, SPAIN, 1992 • Invited specialist jury member for Principal Flute auditions
ORQUESTRA SINFÓNICA PORTUGUESA DO TEATRO NACIONAL DE LISBOA, 1994-2016 • Jury member, auditions for positions of Concertmaster, Principal Viola, Principal Oboe, and section positions for flute, clarinet, oboe/eng- lish horn, bassoon, horn and trumpet.
ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS / COLLABORATIONS
ARTICLES PUBLISHED • “Technique vs. Expression?”, Powell Teach Flute blog: http://www.teachflute.com/search?q=Katharine+Rawdon • “Re-making of Purcell’s Semi-Opera The Fairy Queen”: https://serenademagazine.com/interviews/re-making-of-purcells-semi-opera-the- fairy-queen/ • “Discover Sören Sieg with Syrinx : XXII” : https://serenademagazine.com/series/know-your-composer/discover-soren-sieg-with-syrinx-xxii/ • “Report from Portugal — Music in the Time of Covid”: https://serenademagazine.com/news/report-from-portugal-music-in-the-time-of- covid-19/
INTERVIEW, TEACH FLUTE BLOG, POWELL FLUTES, 2014 • Interview about my experiences abroad: http://www.teachflute.com/search?q=Katharine+Rawdon
PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES • “Mother Goose” of Ravel, with libretto by actress/co-producer Madalena Wallenstein. CCB 2012 and 2013; Lisbon National Opera House, 2017 • Lisbon Opera House, “Around the World in 20 Flutes and 20 Minutes”, 2016, Syrinx à 2, with António Carrilho • Cultural Center “Casa da Cerca”, Almada; “Around the World in 20 Flutes and 20 Minutes”, 2016, Syrinx à 2 • Concert-conversation: Fábrica das Artes (Art Factory), CCB (Belem Cultural Center), Lisbon, 2013; flute and basson • Big Bang Children’s Music Festival, 2011, Machina Mundi, flute and percussion
SPECIALIST TRANSLATIONS AND EDITING, PORTUGUESE TO ENGLISH • Publicity, subtitles, and academic texts for musicians; Luisa Tender, Nuno Côrte-Real, Anne Kaasa, Carlos Marcos, and others.
MASTERCLASSES ORGANIZED
PORTO.FLUTE FESTIVAL, PORTO, 2019 • Jean Ferrandis, Soloist, Prof. Superior School, Paris
SUMMER FLUTE ACADEMY, PORTO/TOMAR, 2016, 2017, 2018 • Philippe Bernold, Soloist/ Maestro, Prof. Paris National Conservatory 5 • Aldo Baerten, Principal Flute, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Belgium • Paulo Tabalione, Principal Flute, Bavarian State Orchestra
ESART, CASTELO BRANCO, 2010 • Thies Roorda, Royal Conservatory of the Hague, Netherlands
PROFESSIONAL MUSIC HIGH SCHOOL, ALMADA, 2000 • Gary Woodward, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and LA Opera • Pedro de Alcantara, Paris, Alexander Technique • Thies Roorda, Royal Conservatory of the Hague, Netherlands
ESART, CASTELO BRANCO, 2010 • Thies Roorda, Royal Conservatory of the Hague, Netherlands
MUSIC SCHOOL OF THE LISBON NATIONAL CONSERVATORY, LISBON, 1989-93 • Rien de Reede, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Netherlands • Thies Roorda, Royal Conservatory of the Hague, Netherlands
PRIOR TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
PROFESSIONAL MUSIC HIGH SCHOOL, ALMADA, PORTUGAL, 1991—2002 • Magnet school for grades 10 to 12 • Design of flute course, technique sessions, oversee piano rehearsals
LISBON NATIONAL CONSERVATORY MUSIC SCHOOL, PORTUGAL, 1989—93 • Students from 4th to 8th (last) year.
PROFESSIONAL MUSIC HIGH SCHOOL, ÉVORA, PORTUGAL, 1992—2003 • Magnet school for grades 7 to 12 • Design of flute course, technique sessions, oversee piano rehearsals
PERFORMANCE PRIZES
MACHINA MUNDI, FLUTE & PERCUSSION • Finalist, Competition for Youth Culture, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1995 • Invited participant, International Music Festival and Competition, Osaka, Japan, 1997
MANHATTAN WIND QUINTET • 1st Prize, Young Artists’ International Debut Competition, 1988 • 1st Prize, Yellow Springs International Chamber Music Competition, (Ohio), 1988 • 3rd Prize, Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition, (Indiana), 1988
NATIONAL ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION, NEW YORK • 1st Prize, Concerto Competition: Dutilleux: Sonatine, orchestration by Katharine Rawdon (1982), 1995
REDLANDS YOUNG ARTISTS’ COMPETITION • 1st Prize, 1980 • Performance at Redlands Bowl Music Festival
FELLOWSHIP
THOMAS J. WATSON FOUNDATION FELLOW, JULY 1982-JUNE 1983 • National Fellowship for an independent study project outside the USA. • Project title: Woodwind Performance Styles in the Major European Orchestras. • Study in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Geneva, and Zurich • Private and master class study with prominent European teachers and orchestral players; attendance at orchestral and chamber concerts
FLUTE STUDY / MASTER CLASS PARTICIPATION / ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE STUDY
6 FLUTE STUDY • Carol Wincenc, international soloist • Robert Dick, contemporary music innovator, composer • Paul Verhey, Principal Flute, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam • Anne Diener Zentner, Principal Flute, Los Angeles Philharmonic • Gary Woodward, Principal Flute, Los Angeles Opera • Karlin Eby Coolidge, Principal Flute, Redlands Symphony, Redlands University, California
SHORT-TERM STUDY / MASTERCLASS PARTICIPATION • William Bennett, UK • Geoffrey Gilbert, UK/USA • Peter-Lukas Graf, Switzerland • Trevor Wye, UK • Julius Baker, Principal Flute, New York Philharmonic • Doriot Anthony Dwyer, Principal Flute, Boston Symphony Orchestra • Murray Panitz, Principal Flute, Philadelphia Orchestra • Ransom Wilson, international soloist, conductor • Brooks de Wetter-Smith, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill • Alain Marion, National Conservatory of Paris • Thomas Nyfenger, Yale School of Music • Rien de Reede, 2nd Flute, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra • Thies Roorda, Royal Conservatory of the Hague
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE STUDY • Sylvia Modren, London, 1982 • Conceição Nunes, Lisbon, 1993-98 • Pedro de Alcantara, 1998-present
EDUCAÇÃO
INTEGRATED PRACTICE DIPLOMA COURSE, PARIS, FRANCE, 2017-PRESENT • Fourteen ten-hour modules integrating creativity, coordination and health, developed and taught by Prof. Pedro de Alcantara, Paris • In-person training in small-group format • Expected completion of modules by June 2021 • Expected completion of two required final projects in 2022
SPECIALIST TITLE, FLUTE PERFORMANCE, ESART, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF CASTELO BRANCO , 2015 • Doctoral degree equivalent for Polytechnic Institutes in Portugal • Based on career experience, resumé, interview, and recital
MASTERS OF MUSIC, FLUTE PERFORMANCE, MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, NEW YORK, NY, 1987 • With Honors
BACHELOR OF ARTS, POMONA COLLEGE, CLAREMONT, CA, 1982 • Phi Beta Kappa • Cum Laude • Barbara Sanford Allen Prize in Music
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, RAMONA HIGH SCHOOL, RIVERSIDE, CA, 1978 • Nº 1 in class ranking • American Academy of Excellence Award • Outstanding Senior Award, Kiwanis Club • Prizes in Music and Creative Writing
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