MURFREESBORO — The 14th annual MTSU Flute Festival, featuring guest artist Mary Stolper, principal
flutist of the Grant Park Symphony, Music of the Baroque and the Chicago Opera
Theater, will be held Saturday, Feb.
22, in the university’s Wright Music Building.
Registration for the
event will begin at 8 a.m. Feb. 22. Stolper
and MTSU faculty pianist Lillian Pearson will present a public recital at 1
p.m. in Hinton Hall inside the Wright building, and Stolper will then present a
master class for festival participants at 2:15 p.m.
Admission
for the MTSU Flute Festival is $20 for early registration or $25 at the door
for participating flutists. Members of the public may
register as guests for one or all of the public concerts and competitions for a
$5-per-person charge.
The day’s events include an 8:30 a.m. opening
session in Hinton Hall. Flute exhibits featuring manufacturers, flute products
and flute repair will open at 9 a.m. At
10:30 a.m., the High School Solo Competition, Junior Solo Competition and Orchestral
Excerpts Competition will begin.
The festival will conclude with a 4:15 p.m. final
concert featuring the winners of the high school and junior competitions,
members of the Festival Flute choir and more.
Stolper is a frequent soloist and chamber music
performer who has made guest appearances throughout the United States and
Europe. Her performance credits also include work with the Chicago Chamber
Musicians, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ravinia Recital Series, University of
Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players, "Live from Studio One" WFMT
radio broadcasts and the American and Joffrey Ballet Orchestras.
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