The
2012 NEOFA Flute Festival will take place at Guzzetta Hall at The
University of Akron on Sunday, November 18 from noon - 7:00pm. The
feature guest artist is Mary Stolper, Professor of Flute at DePaul
University in Chicago. Preregistration fee is $10 ($15 at the door).
Fee for flute choir performers and parents of performers is $5. Please
fill out and return the attached registration form by November 9th, 2012
to Northeastern Ohio Flute Association c/o George Pope, School of
Music, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-1002
Flute Festival Events include:
High School Young Artist Competition
High School Masterclass with George Pope
Flute Choir Reading Sessions with Jane Berkner
College Masterclass with Mary Stolper
Mary Stolper in Recital
Exhibits
Mary Stolper is a frequent soloist and chamber music
performer who has made guest appearances throughout the United States
and Europe.
Ms. Stolper's performance credits also include the following
organizations: Chicago Chamber Musicians, Lyric Opera of Chicago,
Ravinia Recital Series, University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber
Players, "Live from Studio One" WFMT radio broadcasts, American and
Joffrey Ballet Orchestras, Contemporary Chamber Concerts at Orchestra
Hall hosted by Shulamit Ran, Da Camera Chamber series in Houston, Texas
and the Old First Church Chamber Series in San Francisco. Her extensive
skills of contemporary techniques and performing on a variety of flutes
have been featured on numerous concerts with the MusicNOW series at
Symphony Center under Maestros Boulez and Colnot.
Currently, Ms. Stolper is Principal Flute of the Grant Park Symphony,
Music of the Baroque, Chicago Opera Theater and the new music ensemble
Fulcrum Point. As an active studio musician she has also played for
hundreds of TV and radio commercials.
Dedicated to the performance of music composed by women, Ms. Stolper
invited two Chicago Women Composers/Performers to perform with her at
her Carnegie Hall recital debut. Several compositions have been written
for her to show her outstanding versatility on the piccolo, flute, alto
flute and bass flute. Ms. Stolper has been a frequent guest recitalist
and lecturer on the subject of Women Composers. She produced and
recorded the flute music of Shulamit Ran, former composer in residence
for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera of Chicago for
the Erato/Warner Classics label.
Ms. Stolper earned her Masters Degree in flute performance from
Northwestern University, where she studied under Mr. Walfrid Kujala. She
has also received instruction from Geoffrey Gilbert, Jean Berkenstock
and Edwin Putnik and Donald Peck. She also participated in
performance/master classes with William Bennett and received coaching
from Samuel Baron. She has been on the faculty at DePaul since 1986.
