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Important May Birthdays!

 

2– Carleigh Obrochta awesome young flutist

7-Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) German romantic composer

7-Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Russian romantic composer

10– Victoria Carot awesome young flutist

17-Marcel Moyse (1889-1984) Virtuoso French flutist, composer, teacher, father of modern flute playing

17- Erik Satie (1866-1925) French composer

21– Samantha Satzger, awesome young flutist

22-Richard Wagner (1813-1883) German romantic and opera composer

23– Emma Scuglik awesome young flutist

31-Marin Marias (1656-1728) Spanish composer

Shanna Gutiérrez, Flutist

142 Clyde Ave., Unit 1W~ Evanston, Illinois 60202 ~ (847) 903-4086 ~ shanna@musicteaching.org

 

Performances

Ensemble Performance

        Principal Flute, Chicago Virtuosi Orchestra

        Winner Orchestral Audition competition, Chicago Flute Fair

        Substitute, Chicago Reading Orchestra

        Principal Flute, Northwestern University Summer Orchestra

        Festival of the Arts on the Green, Lake Bluff (June, yearly)

        Lakeside Flutes, flute choir member

        Guest Prin. Flute, Orquestra Filarmonica, Univ. Ind. de Stdr., Colombia

        1996-2000                Northwestern University Ensembles

Highlights include an acclaimed performance as Principal on Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, the honor of collaborating with guitarist Pepe Romero in a chamber music performance, and performing on the U.S. Premiere of music by Helmut Lachenmann, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

Solo Recitals

        Bucaramanga, Colombia

        Benefit Solo Recital for Habitat for Humanity, CD Release, Glencoe, IL

        Quarterly Concert Series, Glencoe, IL

        Chicago Historical Society       

        Chicago Cultural Center

        Light of Hope Benefit at Ritz-Carlton

        June 2000       Northwestern University

Laconisme de L’Aile, Kaija Saariaho, (Northwestern University Premiere), Fili, Donatoni, (NU Premiere)

        April 1999       Northwestern University

        March 1998     Northwestern University

 

EDUCATION

Northwestern University                                                                                         

Bachelor of Music, Flute Performance,  Concentration in Music Cognition

               

Trained under and attended master classes of  Walfrid Kujala, Richard Graef, Monty Adams, Trevor Wye, Gary Schocker, James Walker, Jeffrey Khaner, Mathieu Dufour, Camilla Hoitenga, Julius Baker, Jeanne Baxtresser Don Peck, and Sebastian Bell.

 

Teaching Experience

Private Flute Instruction, age 8-adult                                                                

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Cultivated professional atmosphere within flute studio, Student-specific approach

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Publish monthly student newsletter, featuring supplementary music/performance education material

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Lessons include theory and ear-training sessions to develop whole musicians, not simply flute players

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Coordinate bi-annual recitals with full student participation, January-Solo, April-chamber music

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Have maintained studios with prizewinning students in several cities in the Chicagoland area, in addition to a residency at Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia, South America

 

Chamber Music Coach                                                                           

 

Editor, The Instrumentalist Company                                                     2000-2001

        Editor of Flute Explorer, educational publication for flute students (Circulation 10,000)

        Editor of Flute Talk, educational magazine for professionals (Circulation 20,000)

        Researched and published scientific feature on music and brain function

 

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

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Bilingual Spanish/English, with working familiarity in Russian, French, and German