Ticketed Meal Events

Join other flutists over a casual meal with flutist and composer Allison Loggins-Hull, who will speak about "Following Your Intuition." Allison Loggins-Hull is a flutist, composer and GRAMMY nominated producer with an active career performing and creating music of multiple genres. In 2009 she co-founded the critically acclaimed duo Flutronix with Nathalie Joachim, which was praised by The Wall Street Journal for being able “to redefine the instrument.” Allison is on the flute faculty of The John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University. She’s a teaching artist at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, The Juilliard School’s Global Ventures and is a former faculty member of The Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program.

Friday, August 7, 11:30 a.m., $50 per person.

Alberto Almarza presents a breakfast talk sure to inspire flutists for the day ahead and beyond. The Carnegie Melon University professor will speak about his reflections on what he has learned as a teacher. A native of Chile, Mr. Almarza previously held the position of Principal Flute of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Santiago. He currently serves on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon as Associate Teaching Professor of Flute. He is a resident artist and member of the faculty at The Jeanne Baxtresser International Master Class and has been recently appointed to the National Flute Association Advisory Board for New Music. He can be heard on radio broadcasts of International Music from Carnegie Mellon throughout North and South America, on compact discs from New Albion, Albany Records and Centaur Recordings as well as on a recently released Naxos Records compact disc of the Flute Concerto by Reza Vali with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.

Saturday, August 8, 8:00 a.m., $40 per person

Nancy Clew is the Founder and past Director and Conductor of the Space Coast Flute Orchestra. Encouraging flutists young and old everywhere and sharing good music has always been her goal. For forty-one years Nancy taught flute students at Brevard Community College. In 1976 she became one of the five founders and the first president of the Florida Flute Association. She also assisted in creating the Florida Summer Flute Workshop for young flutists where, for eighteen years she was a guest artist and teacher.private flute studio. Nancy has given masterclasses throughout the United States as well as the Far East and coordinated summer masterclasses for eighteen years, first for Geoffrey Gilbert and later Peter Lloyd. She has been a board member and convention coordinator for The National Flute Association and was their delegate to China in 1987 and East Germany in 1993. In 1996 Nancy founded the American Flute Orchestra, which later became the International Flute Orchestra, and has traveled and performed in over nineteen different countries around the world.