Flute Repertoire Essentials Series on Opera Solos
by Michael Parloff (Former Principal Flute of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Act 1, Beginning: Students and soldiers enjoying a fine summer evening (Performer: Esther Lee)
Act 2, Beginning: Manon Lescaut is attended by her hairdresser (Performer: Hee Jung Kim)
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Act 1: The Flutist's cadenza (Performer: Esther Lee)
Act 1: The Hairdresser's consternation (Performer: Hee Jung Kim)
(Students/Senior must provide ID at the door. All payments include $1.5 of online processing fee. )
Performer Registration
(If you wish to participate as a performer, please email skpmanagement@gmail.com to complete the process by January 10th.)
At each class, 10 pre-selected opera flute solos from Michael Parloff's "Opera Excerpts for Flute" will be discussed and coached.
(Class II will present 10 different solos than Class I.)
Performers will learn all 10 excerpts and will take turns performing in order to cover the entire list. A Pianist will be provided.
Michael Parloff
Principal Flutist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1977 until his retirement in 2008, Michael Parloff has been heard regularly as recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. His many New York City appearances have included solo recitals at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, concerto appearances at Carnegie Hall and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and chamber music performances at The Mostly Mozart Festival, The Morgan Library and with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Highly respected as a teacher and lecturer, Michael Parloff has presented masterclasses at major conservatories and university music schools in the United States and abroad. In recent seasons, he has been a regular lecturer at Music@Menlo and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. A member of the flute faculty at Manhattan School of Music since 1985, he is also the conductor of woodwind ensemble concerts.
Michael Parloff is the founder and Artistic Director of Parlance Chamber Concerts. The mission of Parlance Chamber Concerts is to promote the appreciation and understanding of classical chamber music by presenting the world's finest singers and instrumentalists in affordable, innovatively programmed public concerts and educational events.
Collaborative Pianist: Minyoung Kang
A pianist, Minyoung Kang, has performed numerous concerts throughout in the United States, France and Korea, and at venues that include Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, the Château de Fontainebleau in France, and the Sejong Center M Theater and Kumho Recital Hall in Korea. The prize winner of the J.C.Arriaga Chamber Music Competition, the Artur Balsam Duo Competition, Ms.Kang has also been recognized with awards and scholarships, including Prix special du Directeur and Prix de Musique de chambre from Ecoles D’Art Americaines de Fontainbleau, the Renee and Richard Hawley Scholarship and the MSM President Award Scholarship.
She is currently a doctoral candidate in collaborative piano at Manhattan School of Music under tutelage of Heasook Rhee, and serves as a vocal coach at Manhattan School of Music as well as a staff pianist at Mannes School of Music. Ms. Kang balances her time collaborating with both instrumentalist and vocalist.
Class No. I: Friday, December 9, 2016; 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
at NV Hall
400 Sylvan Ave. Suite 100
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
The class will be streamed live! (click here)
Each of the six December 9th performers will prepare all ten excerpts from the operas listed below. The performers will alternate so that each participant receives an equal amount of playing time and coaching. After all ten excerpts have been covered, the solos will be reviewed, beginning again with No. 1.
All of the opera solos listed below appear in Opera Excerpts for Flute, by Michael Parloff and Martha Rearick, ©2000 by Theodore Presser Company.
Class No. II: TBA
at Nola Studios (Studio C)
250 W. 54th Street, NYC, NY
Each of the six January 20th performers will prepare all ten excerpts from the operas listed below. The performers will alternate so that each participant receives an equal amount of playing time and coaching. After all ten excerpts have been covered, the solos will be reviewed, beginning again with No. 1.
All of the opera solos listed below appear in Opera Excerpts for Flute, by Michael Parloff and Martha Rearick, ©2000 by Theodore Presser Company.
The ultimate audition book for aspiring orchestral flautists in the world of opera. Michael Parloff, Principal Flutist with The Metropolitan Opera, brings his extensive real-world experience to bear in this indispensable handbook. Crammed with the most-requested audition pieces from the opera world, this book presents the flute part as you would see it, with notes, tips, and background by Parloff.
Add to this Martha Rearick’s precise piano reductions, which capture the tone of the orchestra, not just the notes. This helps to impart the feel of the work, to enhance rehearsal time.
Buy the book at Theodore Presser Company: http://www.presser.com/shop/opera-excerpts-for-flute.html
The New York Flute Club presents a round table conversation with the 2014 members of the Metropolitan Opera flute section. Principal flutists Denis Bouriakov and Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, second flutist Maron Khoury, and piccoloist Stephanie Mortimore speak with retired principal flutist Michael Parloff.
A Conversation with the Met Flutists, Part 1: Biographies
A Conversation with the Met Flutists, Part 2: Life at the Met
(Students/Senior must provide ID at the door. All payments include $1.5 of online processing fee. )
Performer Registration
(If you wish to participate as a performer, please email skpmanagement@gmail.com to receive further instruction and complete the process.)