Central Coast Flute Day
September 5 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN
– Flute Masterclass with James Kortum –
– Baroque Style Masterclass with Joanne Arnott –
– Trade Show – Syrinx Music (Sheet Music & gifts) | Flutes and Flutists –
– Quick repairs and assessments from Repairs on the Hill –
Schedule:
9:30 – 10:00 Registration | Trade Show
10:00 – 10:30 Breathing and Warmups with James Kortum
10:30 – 11:15 Masterclass with James Kortum
11:15 – 11:30 Morning Break | Trade Show
11:30 – 12:15 Masterclass with James Kortum
12:15 – 1:00 Lunch Break | Trade Show
1:00 – 2:30 Ensembles
2:30 – 3:00 Afternoon Break | Trade Show
3:00 – 4:00 Baroque Style Masterclass with Jo Arnott
Ticket Options:
General Participation
$50
Includes Ensemble participation, , Masterclass Observer,Repair Cafe Instrument quick repairs/tweaks
Masterclass Performer fee
$40*
*By application only – if successful in applying to perform you will be invoiced the performers fee.
*Please note that performances spaces are only available to those registered as general participants.
Trade Show
Free
Woodwind Repair Cafe
$10 Quick Repairs/tweaks (free for registered participants)
$ More involved repairs and service will be quoted as needed.
About Our Guest Artists
James Kortum
We are delighted to welcome James Kortum, Lecturer in Flute at the Sydney Conservatorium of music who will lead our morning warmups and will also present a masterclass in flute.
Read more about James
Originally from the United States, James came to Australia in 1977 to take up the position of Principal Flute with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Subsequently he has been Principal Flute with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and Second Flute with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. James has also performed with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Hunter Sinfonia and Pacific Opera Orchestra. As a chamber musician James was member of the chamber ensemble Collage and regularly appears as guest artist with The Grevillea Ensemble.
Prior to his current position at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, James was Lecturer in Flute at the University of Newcastle Conservatorium of Music. In 2005 James received the Master of Arts (Music) degree from the University of Newcastle for his text The Purposeful Flautist: Technique to Interpretation. James has also taught at the Australian Institute of Music, Melbourne University and Monash University. Active as a clinician throughout Australia, James has also appeared as guest artist at flute conventions and festivals held in Sydney, Brisbane, Coffs Harbour, Canberra, Christchurch and Hamilton, New Zealand, plus given master classes in England, Hong Kong and New Zealand.
A devoted ‘yogi’, in 2012 James completed the Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teacher Training at the Yoga Institute and is now teaching yoga classes for musicians at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Australian Institute of Music. He has also taught classes in Italy and New Zealand.
Joanne Arnott
We are delighted to welcome Joanne Arnott. Jo is a recorder player, teacher and conductor with a deep love for traditional recorder repertoire from the baroque, renaissance and medieval periods as well as modern music with different electronic mediums. We are thrilled to welcome her back to present a masterclass for both flutes and strings with a focus on baroque performance and interpretation.
Read more about Jo
Joanne Arnott is a recorder player, teacher and conductor with a deep love for traditional recorder repertoire from the baroque, renaissance and medieval periods as well as modern music with different electronic mediums. She is currently based on the NSW Central Coast and teaches at the Central Coast Conservatorium of Music. With Bachelor, Honours and Master’s degrees from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and over 25 years teaching and performing experience, Jo has performed with groups such as Bel A Capella, Innominata, Consort 8, and Thoroughbass, and has tutored at early music, recorder, band and orchestral workshops throughout Australia.
Jo is currently working on albums which involve solo baroque works, modern works for recorders and collaborations with local artists from the Central Coast/Sydney/Newcastle Hunter region. For these albums Jo is creating new works for recorder and recorder ensembles that use amplification and live effects as well as backing tracks and soundscapes using field recordings from the local environment.
