Northeastern Ohio Flute Association in conjunction with the UA Student Organization Resource Center presents Virtual 2020 Fall Flute Festival November 15, 2020 SOCIAL MEDIA TAGS #uakronflutes #NEOFAfest2020 SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY 12:30- Warm Up with Lindsay Leach Sparks Dr. Sparks will lead us through exercises to increase flexibility in tone and enable better intonation. Bring your flute! 1:20- BREAK 1:30- Exhibitor Showcases: Each exhibitor will have a 15 minute presentation in the main room as well as a breakout room to ask them questions, browse inventory, and organize instrument trials. 1:30- Royalton Music 1:45- Flute World 2:00- Flute Specialists 2:15- Flute Center of New York 2:30- Masterclass with Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington 2:30- Alexis Hefley, Otterbein University Prokofiev “Sonata”, Moderato 2:52- Juniper Parker, Western Kentucky University Zgraja “3 Virtuoso Flamenco Studies” 3:13- Jordan Lilly, Slippery Rock University Feld “Four Pieces for Solo Flute” 3:36- Taylor Rook, The University of Akron J.S. Bach “Partita for Solo Flute”, Sarabande and Bourree Anglaise 4:00- "Incubation not Isolation: Maintaining a Productive and Positive Mindset" Dr. Cordova-Arrington will lead this presentation-discussion with the audience. 4:50- BREAK 5:00- Final Recital featuring Dr. Sparks, Dr. Arrington, and the University of Akron Flute Choir. PROGRAM Polovtsian Dance Alexander Borodin arr. DB UA Flute Choir Amazonia for Flute and Piano Valerie Colemann Lindsay Leach Sparks, flute Deborah Zingale, piano Londonderry Air Percy Grainger arr. Webb UA Flute Choir Tuhuayo Daniel Cueto Prelude Ulysses Kay Stacked Allison Loggins Hull Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington, flute The Swan from Carnival of the Animals Camille Saint-Saëns UA Flute Choir Sonata for Piccolo and Piano Amanda Harberg I. Allegro, flowing II. Moderato, dreamy III. Vivace, driving, playful Lindsay Leach Sparks, flute Deborah Zingale, piano Puttin’ on the Ritz Irving Berlin Arr. Frank J. Halferty UA Flute Choir UA Flute Choir Personnel Lindsay Leach Sparks, Director Amanda Paust Taylor Rook Courtney Nolf Karlynn Baker Andrea Thacker Elyce Enrique Kristen Flinner Shleby Normant Kathy Murphy BIOS Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington: Dr. Cordova-Arrington is the Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance and a member of the Oregon Wind Quintet. She is committed to collaborating with distinguished artists, citizens, and thinkers to create inspiring and culturally unifying experiences on the stage, in communities and in the classroom. As a former member of Carnegie Hall's chamber music collective, Ensemble Connect, Jacqueline collaborated with colleagues in performances at the Weill, Trinity, Subculture, and National Sawdust Concert Series. In contrast to the ensemble’s more traditional performances, Jacqueline has experience leading interactive performances in various community spaces including public schools, correctional facilities, and centers for adults with developmental disabilities. Jacqueline completed her doctorate at the Eastman School of Music studying with Bonita Boyd with an additional certificate in World Music. Her former teachers include: David Cramer, Amy Porter, and Bradley Garner. Equally at home on the orchestral stage, and as a recipient of the William D. Ford Fulbright Grant, Jacqueline was the first American to study extensively with principal flutists of the Berlin Philharmonic Andreas Blau. Her training in Berlin initiated her success as an orchestral flutist, leading to performances with major orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Louisiana Philharmonic, and Oregon Symphony. Lindsay Leach Sparks: Originally from Pittsburgh, Pa., Lindsay Leach Sparks is the Professor of Flute at the University of Akron School of Music where she also performs with the Solaris Wind Quintet. As a soloist, she has been featured with the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Academy Modern Instrument Baroque Orchestra, the Adastra Ensemble, the W.S. Newman Series Ensembles, and in recital at Le Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain in Nice, France. She has been honored in the Jean-Pierre Rampal International Flute Competition in Paris, the Maxence Larrieu International Flute Competition in Nice, and the National Flute Association’s Young Artist, Piccolo Artist, and Baroque Artist competitions. In 2010, she was one of two American representatives in the Beijing Nicolet International Flute Competition in China, and she currently holds the piccolo position with the Symphony Orchestra Augusta (GA). Prior to her appointment in Akron, Dr. Sparks served as the Interim Professor of Flute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and also held positions at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and Methodist University in Fayetteville, NC. She has had extensive experience as an online educator, serving as the Online Professor of Jazz History and World Music in the graduate school at Rutgers University and Music Instructional Leader for the North Carolina Virtual Public School, creating the online music programs at both institutions. She is a past recipient of the PEO Scholar Award as well as the North Carolina Arts Council’s Regional Artist Grant, through which she had the opportunity to produce her first solo flute CD One of a Kind with London-based pianist Philip Richardson. In 2015, the Orange County Arts Council Artist Grant helped in part to fund her newest chamber recording, expanding her doctoral research, Rediscovering Hugo Kauder currently available on the Albany label. Dr. Sparks holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory (BM: Flute and MM: Piccolo), the Royal Academy of Music (PG Diploma), and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (DMA), and her European studies culminated at the Académie International d’Eté de Nice, France with Philippe Bernold. Her major teachers are Laurie Sokoloff, Clare Southworth, and Randy Bowman. www.LLSparks.com Special thanks to the NEOFA officers who dedicated many hours to planning this event… Taylor Rook, President Kathy Murphy, President-Elect Karlynn Baker, Treasurer Courtney Nolf, Secretary Andrea Thacker, Historian Filename: NEOFA 2020 program.docx Directory: /Users/planasa/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Word/Data/Docu ments Template: /Users/planasa/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/User Content.localized/Templates.localized/Normal.dotm Title: Subject: Author: Patricia J LaNasa Keywords: Comments: Creation Date: 11/14/20 10:16:00 AM Change Number: 2 Last Saved On: 11/14/20 10:16:00 AM Last Saved By: Patricia J LaNasa Total Editing Time: 0 Minutes Last Printed On: 11/14/20 10:16:00 AM As of Last Complete Printing Number of Pages: 4 Number of Words: 917 Number of Characters: 5,605 (approx.) .