Born:
Montreal, Canada
Degrees and Studies:
B.M., The Juilliard School; studies with Julius Baker.
Biographical Information:
Principal flute of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1990; previously principal flute with the Cleveland Orchestra. Has performed numerous concertos ranging from Bach and Mozart to Nielsen, Ibert, and Corigliano, as well as premieres by Hans Werner Henze, Ned Rorem, and many others. Many solo CDs on the Avie, Chesky, and Naxos labels. Faculty, Curtis Institute, since 1985; teacher and clinician, Solti Orchestral Project at Carnegie Hall, New World Symphony, Hamamatsu Festival, Grand Teton Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, and Pacific Music Festival.
Robert Langevin
Born:
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Degrees and Studies:
Studied at Montreal Conservatory with Jean-Paul Major, Freiburg Conservatory (Germany) with Aurele Nicolet, and Geneva Conservatory (Switzerland) with Maxence Larrieu.
Biographical Information:
Associate principal flute, Montreal Symphony, 1980-93. Principal flute, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1993-2000. Principal flute, New York Philharmonic, since 2000. Faculty, Orford International Summer Festival, since 1994.
The Juilliard School:
Faculty since 2000.
Carol Wincenc
cwincenc@juilliard.edu
Born:
Buffalo, NY
Degrees and Studies:
Oberlin; B.M., Manhattan School of Music; M.M., Juilliard. Diplomas: Santa Cecilia, Chigiana Academies. Studies with Moyse, Gazzelloni, Lora, Baron, Willoughby, Tipton, Delaney and Jos Wincenc.
Biographical Information:
First prize, Naumburg Flute Competition (1978); Concert Artists Guild Award (1972). Recipient: Fulbright, N.E.A. soloist grants. Appearances: Lincoln Center Great Performers; Chamber Music Society of L.C. Soloist with London, Chicago, Houston, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Netherlands Concertgebouw, and many other orchestras. Festivals: Aspen, Aldeburgh, Budapest Spring, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Norfolk, Santa Fe, Spoleto, Sarasota, Music@Menlo. Tours: Asia, Europe, Russia, and South America. Commissions/premieres by Rouse, Heggie, Tower, Foss, Gorecki, and others. Grammy-award nominee; recordings for CRI, DG (with Emerson Quartet), Decca, Naxos, Nonesuch, Music Masters (Recording of Special Merit with Andras Schiff), Telarc (Diapason D'Or Award for Rouse Flute Concerto). Member, N.Y. Wind Quintet; Trio Les Amies, with Nancy Allen and Cynthia Phelps. Principal flute, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, 1972-77. Board member: Nat'l Flute Assoc., Naumburg Concerts, Concert Artists Guild. Distinguished Alum Award: Brevard Music Center. Solo honoree, New York Flute Club, N.F.A. Juror: Rampal and Kobe International Flute Competitions. Faculty: Indiana, Rice U. (1986-93); Stony Brook U. since 1998.
The Juilliard School:
Faculty since 1988.
Sandra Miller Baroque Flute
Born:
Philadelphia, PA
Degrees and Studies:
B.M., Curtis Institute of Music. Trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts and the Curtis Institute of Music as a traditional woodwind player.
Biographical Information:
Early fascination with J.S. Bach led her to the Baroque flauto traverso. Frequent performances and recordings with many period-instrument ensembles, including the American Classical Orchestra, Clarion Music Society, Sinfonia New York, New York Collegium, Boston's Handel and Haydn Society, Tafelmusik, and American Bach Soloists. As a founding member and associate director of the ensemble Concert Royal, has toured throughout the U.S. and in Canada, England, Germany, Brazil, and Mexico. Solo recordings: complete Bach Flute Sonatas and, on six- and eight-keyed classical flutes, the three Mozart concertos. Winner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition, the Erwin Bodky Competition for Early Music, and a solo recitalist's fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Professor of music (now emerita), SUNY-Purchase College Conservatory of Music; former faculty, Mannes College the New School for Music, C.C.N.Y. doctoral program, New England Conservatory of Music, and Kulas Visiting Artist at Case Western Reserve.
