Summer Flute Seminar
June 21-28, 2009
Lake Piedmont Inn
Piedmont, OH
(One hour west of the Pittsburgh Airport)

Bernard Z. Goldberg’s Piedmont Summer Flute Seminar will offer students a concentrated program encompassing all aspects of the baroque, classical, 19th century & contemporary flute repertoire.

Mornings will begin with a refreshing class in Tai Chi and breath control exercises followed by the morning master class session dedicated to the etude and concert repertoire. Successful applicants will be invited to prepare some specific etudes, concert pieces & orchestral excerpts to enable the class to study in depth certain playing problems in articulation, tone production and musical phrasing. Afternoon classes will cover the orchestral and flute quartet repertoire. As the program is designed for sixteen performers, there will be four flute quartets. The one-hour evening session will end the day with selections from Marcel Moyse’s, “Tone Development Through Interpretation”. A Saturday mid-day public recital will finish the week.

In addition to flute playing sessions, Rhian Kenny has graciously agreed to give an afternoon piccolo class focusing on the difficulties of the piccolo and its orchestral repertoire. Prof. Laurie Glencross will act as Mr. Goldberg’s teaching assistant. Mara Goosman will offer a flute repair & maintenance session and Jim Karl, Kung Fu Master, will conduct the Tai Chi exercises. Mrs. Judith Dennis & staff will keep our participants comfortable & well-fed.