Flute Force
Flute Force
Flute Force is an American classical flute ensemble based in New York City, formed in 1981 by Peter Bacchus, Deborah Baron, Rie Schmidt, and John Sebastian Winston. They play all flute instruments: the piccolo, flute, alto, and bass.
Background
Founded in 1981, Flute Force was created by Peter Bacchus, Deborah Baron, Rie Schmidt, and John Sebastian in New York City. As winners of the Artists International Competition, they debuted at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in 1985. Musical America praised Flute Force as "an extremely persuasive advocate for the flute quartet medium: four top-quality players in a perfectly balanced and expressive ensemble."[1]
Flute Force has performed extensively in the United States and Canada, with highlights including performances at Yale University, Dartmouth College, Johns Hopkins University, and various other universities, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Merkin Concert Hall. They have collaborated with flutists Julius Baker and Paula Robison. The group has appeared on American Public Radio's St. Paul Sunday Morning, WQXR, WNYC, and on New York and New Jersey public television. In March 2002, they performed at the Australian Flute Festival in Melbourne, Australia.
The group has recorded six flute quartets by American composers for CRI (1990). Their second release, Pastorale, on the VAI Audio label (1996), includes flutist Julius Baker in Rie Schmidt's arrangement of Daphnis and Chloe by Ravel. Their third CD, Eyewitness, released by the American Composers Forum on their Innova label (2001), features Garrison Keillor and the Meridian String Quartet as guest artists.
Flute Force has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, Chamber Music America, and other organizations. In 2008, composer Joseph Schwantner was commissioned to write a piece for Flute Force to celebrate their 25 years of chamber music.[2]
Awards and Honors
- First Place Winners at the Artists International Competition, 1985
Discography
- Flute Force (CRI, 1987)
- Pastorale (VAI, 1996)
- Eyewitness (Innova, 2001)
- Flute Force plays Brown and Schwantner (2008)
References
- ↑ "FluteForce - Flute Quartet". www.fluteforce.org. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- ↑ "FLUTE FORCE QUARTET CELEBRATES 25 YEARS". Kirshbaum Associates Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
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