One tends to think of the flute as a delicate flower of an instrument.  But really, it has surprising sides to its character that one would not expect!  On January 10th our flute soloist Alexander Viazovtsev, will perform the "impossible" Rodrigo Concerto, a work that extended flute well past its previous possibilities.  In this introductory evening, he will share some  of the oddities of the flute repertoire (and its sound possibilities) with us, including playing the Carmen Fantasy by Borne and some examples of jazz flute. He will also share with us about his extraordinary journey from his homeland in Siberia to his present position as principal flute of the Las Vegas Philharmonic.

And, Award Winning, Young Composer...
     ...10 year old Graham Cohen, the youngest winner of the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, will speak about the meteorological inspiration for his piece, as well as how he became a composer, and describe the process he goes through to compose a new piece.