More details are now available on the 細細篇撞 Flute Festival, set for Jan. 23-24.
A preview event on Jan. 22 will feature festival director Tod Brody in a free Noon Concert in 115 Music Building. Brody is a 細細篇撞 instructor and principal flutist with myriad Northern California new-music groups, including 細細篇撞 Empyrean Ensemble.
Helen Spielman, a musician, flute teacher and performance coach, opens the festival at 10 a.m. Jan. 23 with a performance-anxiety workshop in the Mondavi Centers Studio Theatre. The workshops title is Talking to Yourself Means Youre Sane and Confident.
Spielman is scheduled to present a second performance-anxiety workshop, this one titled Hallucinating Means Youre in Control of Your Performances, at 10 a.m. Jan. 24, also in the Studio Theatre.
The workshops are open to all performers, not just flutists.
Here is the rest of the festival schedule, with all events taking place in the Studio Theatre:
JAN. 23
2:30 p.m. Master class: Julie McKenzie, principal flutist, San Francisco Opera Orchestra. People interested in performing during this class should contact Brody, tbrody.ucdavis.edu.
7 p.m. Recital: Julie McKenzie with Joan Nagano, piano.
JAN. 24
2:30 p.m. Lecture-demonstration: Robert Dick, flutist, composer, teacher and author, on contemporary flute technique.
7 p.m. Concert: Robert Dick.
PASSES AND TICKETS
Passes for all events except the evening recital and concert are $30, available through the Department of Music, (530) 752-7896.
Single-event tickets are $10 at the door. Tickets for the recital and concert are available through the Mondavi Center box office: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787, or www.mondaviarts.org.
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Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu