L’Atelier de flûte: French Intermediate Flute Repertoire National Flute Association Arts Venture Competition Finalist Chicago, IL, August 2014 Leonard Garrison, flute Roger McVey, piano Description of the project: (1) Video Performance guides to thirteen charming intermediate-­‐level French solo works on YouTube and written guides available at leonardgarrisonflute.blogspot.com; and (2) A beautifully recorded album of these works widely distributed at CDBaby.com, Amazon.com, Google Play and on iTunes either as a CD or as digital downloads of the entire album or affordable separate tracks. Our criteria for choosing the pieces: •
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They are well crafted and musically compelling; They are classified as Levels D through G in Selected Flute Repertoire and Studies: A Graded Guide (National Flute Association, Inc.: 2009), Grades 5-­‐8 in the Royal Conservatory Music Development Program, or Grades 4-­‐8 in the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Syllabus. They prepare students to study Paris Conservatory morceaux de concours; They have not been widely recorded by major artists (or have not been recorded at all). Lied Danse pour Katia Romance, Op. 41 Les Cygnes et Les Écureuils Petite Suite, Op. 12 Offertoire, Op. 12 Louis Aubert (1877-­‐1968) Armand Bournonville (1890-­‐1957) Georges Brun (1878-­‐1961) Henri Büsser (1872-­‐1973) Henri Büsser (1872-­‐1973) Johannes Donjon (1839-­‐1912) Sonatine Claude Arrieu (1903-­‐1990) Title Composer Repertoire In Cavally, 24 Short Concert Pieces Durand or Masters In Contemporary French Recital Pieces, Vol. 1 (International) originally ed. Fernand Oubradous, publ. Billaudot, 1953 Billaudot, Southern In Robert Cavally, 15 Concert Pieces (Southern) In Voxman, Concert and Contest Collection (Rubank) Leduc (1927) Amphion Publisher Duration NFA Level G RCM Grade 8 NFA Level G RCM Grade 8 NFA Level G NFA Level G RCM Grade 7 NFA Level F 4:40 I: 2:25 II: 1:30 TOTAL: 3:55 8:20 4:00 1:45 1st mvmt: ABRSM I: 2:40 Grade 5 II: 1:30 III: 1:50 TOTAL: 6:00 NFA Level D 1:40 Difficulty Level Marc Grauwels, Barbara Hopkins, Bent Larsen, Laura Nashman Lisa Garner Santa Karen Lonsdale, Sally Walker none John Wion None (James Pellerite on LP, out of print) none Extant Recordings Jennifer Sturgeon (abrsm.org; 1st mvmt only) Romance (1952-­‐
1953) Deux Pièces, Op. 72 Arthur Honegger (1892-­‐1955) Charles-­‐Édouard Lefebvre (1843-­‐1917) Zimmermann, no. 2 in Rearick, Flute Solos from the Paris Conservatory and Cavally, 15 Concert Pieces Lemoine In Cavally, 24 Short Concert Pieces In Rearick, Flute Solos from the Paris Conservatory In Contemporary French Recital Pieces, Vol. 1 (International) In Contemporary French Recital Pieces, Vol. 1 (International); Billaudot NFA Level E ABRSM Grade 5 I: RCM Grade 6 II: ABRSM Grade 8 ABRSM Grade 4 NFA Level D 2:00 I. 4:30 II. 3:15 TOTAL: 7:45 3:00 I: 3:20 II: 3:10 TOTAL: 6:30 2:20 II: RCM Grade 7 NFA Level F 3:00 NFA Level F ABRSM: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Syllabus, http://us.abrsm.org NFA: National Flute Association, http://www.nfaonline.org RCM: Royal Conservatory Music Development Program, http://www.musicdevelopmentprogram.org Gérard Meunier (b. Au Crépuscule 1928) Total Timing: 54:55 March of the Jolly Fellows Pan! (Pastorale No. 1) Deux morceaux, Op. 41 (1898) Johannes Donjon (1839-­‐1912) Victor Alphonse Duvernoy (1842-­‐
1907) Henri Gagnebin (1886-­‐1977) Jennifer Sturgeon (abrsm.org) Alain Marion, Rosanna Ter-­‐
Berg (abrsm.org), Ransom Wilson, Laurel Zucker Philippa Davies (abrsm.org; #2 only), Kenneth Smith none none Barbara Hopkins Atelier de la flute: French Intermediate Flute Repertoire Liner Notes by Leonard Garrison Copyright©2014 by Leonard Garrison Atelier is the French word for studio, and all of the music on this recording, beautiful in its own right, is suitable for intermediate-­‐level study. None of these pieces have been widely recorded, so this project provides performance models for younger flutists before they attempt the famous Paris Conservatory contest pieces, or morceaux de concours. Claude Arrieu (1903-­‐1990) studied composition and at the Paris Conservatory. She wrote prolifically, particularly vocal music but also film music, chamber music, and concertos. For many years, she developed original music for the French Radio Broadcasting Program Service. Her Sonatine for flute and piano was first performed to acclaim on French radio by Jean-­‐Pierre Rampal in 1944. The entire work is rarely performed and has not been recorded until now, but the charming first movement is widely played as an intermediate-­‐
level solo. The second and third movements are more difficult and demand true virtuosity from both flutist and pianist. French conductor, pianist, singer, critic, and composer Louis Aubert (1877-­‐1968) studied composition at the Paris Conservatory with Gabriel Fauré. Maurice Ravel wrote Valse nobles et sentimentales for him, and he gave the first performance. He was best known for his ballets, operas, and film music. His Lied, meaning “song” in German, is in the collection Contemporary French Recital Pieces, Vol. 1 published by the International Music Company. Armand Bournonville (1890-­‐1957), a little-­‐known composer, wrote a Nocturne for flute or violin and piano, a Fantasie-­‐Impromptu for clarinet and piano, and a book of sight-­‐singing exercises. He composed Danse pour Katia in 1929 and dedicated it to Marcel Moyse, an important French flutist and recording artist who was the flute professor at the Paris Conservatory and moved to the United States, where he influenced an entire generation of flutists through his classes in Vermont. Little is known about composer Georges Brun (1878-­‐1961), whose last name means “Brown.” He married Antoinette Laute-­‐Brun, a Parisian opera star, in 1907. He wrote a few songs and a symphony. His Romance, Op. 41 is dedicated to Georges Barrère, an important French flutist who immigrated to New York and taught many American flutists. Henri Büsser (1872-­‐1973) was a long-­‐lived French composer, organist, and conductor with important connections to the nineteenth century. He studied organ with César Franck, was friends with Jules Massenet, and was chosen by Claude Debussy to conduct numerous performances of the latter’s opera Pelléas et Mélisdande. His orchestration of Debussy’s Petite Suite is widely performed. For most of his career, he taught composition at the Paris Conservatory. He wrote many operas and much chamber music, fortunately including several delightful works for flute. Along with his well known Prélude et Scherzo, a 1908 morceau de concours, his flute works include another morceau de concours, Andalucia sur des thèmes Andalous, Op.86 (1933), and beautiful intermediate-­‐level pieces, the Deux 2 morceaux: Les Cygnes et Les Écureuils (“The Swans and the Squirrels”) and the Petite Suite, Op. 12 for flute and piano (not the same as Debussy’s Petite Suite). Büsser’s Petite Suite is also available in a version for piano four hands. Its subtitle is Divertissement Watteau, a “divertissement” being a lighter and less serious piece. The French painter Jean-­‐Antoine Watteau (1684-­‐1721) set scenes of Fêtes galantes or courtship parties; his paintings depict idyllic scenes of the nobility at play in the countryside. The Suite captures this charming atmosphere. Johannes Donjon (1839-­‐1912), whose name means the keep or tower of a castle in French, was principal flutist of the Paris Opera Orchestra and a student of Jean-­‐Louis Tulou (1786-­‐
1865), a long-­‐time professor at the Paris Conservatory in the days before the modern Boehm flute was adopted. He wrote eight Études de salon and many other flute works that are hardly known today, with the exception of the two on this recording. One can perform the Offertoire, Op. 12 by Johannes Donjon for a church offertory as its title suggests or a solo festival. The accompaniment is originally for harmonium, a small organ, but is usually played on piano. Much flute music portrays the Greek god and mythical flutist, Pan. The Pastorale No. 1 by Johannes Donjon is one of the most widely performed of these pieces. In ancient Greece, Pan represented rustic music, as opposed to Apollo, the God of cultivated beauty in the arts. Thus, this piece has an air of improvisation. The original score includes the following poem with no attribution (possibly an original poem by Donjon): Pan n’est pas mort! Au fond des bois Quand tout s’endort! Plus d’une fois Il souffle encore Un air sonore! Quand tout s’endort! Pan n’est pas mort! Pan is not dead! Deep in the woods When all are sleeping! More than once He plays again A sonorous air! When all are sleeping! Pan is not dead! [translated by Leonard Garrison] French pianist and composer Victor-­‐Alphonse Duvernoy (1842-­‐1907) taught piano at the Paris Conservatory. He wrote much piano music and also operas, a ballet, chamber music, 3 orchestral piece, choral music, and songs. His best-­‐known work for flute is the Concertino, Op. 45, a morceau de concours from 1899. His Deux morceaux or Two Pieces for flute and piano date from 1898. Organist and composer Henri Gagnebin (1886-­‐1977) spent most of his life in the French-­‐
speaking areas of Switzerland. He was director of the Conservatory of Geneva from 1925-­‐
1957 and wrote chamber music, symphonies, and many works for organ. His March of the Jolly Fellows appears in the collection, Contemporary French Recital Pieces, Vol. 1. Arthur Honegger (1903-­‐1990) was a Swiss composer who spent most of his life in Paris. He studied composition with Charles-­‐Marie Widor (1844-­‐1937) and Vincent d’Indy (1851-­‐
1931) at the Paris Conservatory. He was one of Les Six, a loosely affiliated group of French composers (the others were Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, and Germaine Tailleferre), although his works are generally more serious and complex than those of his confreres. He is most famous for Pacific 231, an orchestral work that imitates the sound of a train. His flute works include the Concerto da camera for flute, English horn, and strings (1948), a masterpiece of the first rank, and Danse de la chèvre for solo flute (1921), in the repertoire of every flutist. His Romance, written in 1952-­‐1953, is not as well known. French composer Charles-­‐Édouard Lefebvre (1843-­‐1917) studied with Charles Gounod and Ambroise Thomas at the Paris Conservatory. He won the coveted Prix de Rome in composition and wrote operas, chamber music, orchestral music, choral music, songs, and music for piano and organ. Flutists are familiar with his Suite, op. 57, a standard of the woodwind quintet literature. Lefebvre’s Deux morceaux or Two Pieces for flute and piano date from 1898. These pieces are similar in structure and style to the better-­‐known Conservatory morceaux de coucours of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A Barcarole is sung by Venetian gondoliers as they row through the city, and many famous composers, including Chopin, Mendelssohn, Offenbach, Poulenc, Rossini, Tchaikowsky, and Verdi, and Weber, have written Barcaroles. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians mentions that Mendelssohn was a major influence on Lefebvre, and Mendelssohn’s Scherzo from The Midsummer Night’s Dream has left its footprint on Lefebvre’s Scherzo. French teacher, pianist, and composer Gérard Meunier (b. 1928) was director of the Aubervilliers-­‐La Corneuve Conservatory, just northeast of Paris, for thirty years. He has written much solo piano music and works for various wind instruments, and many of his works are for younger musicians. Au crepuscule means “at dusk,” and this short work captures the peaceful atmosphere of that time of day. TOTAL EXPENSES
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Leonard Garrison is Associate Professor of Flute and Associate Director of the Lionel Hampton School of Music at University of Idaho, flutist in the Northwest Wind Quintet and the Scott/Garrison Duo, and Principal Flute of the Walla Walla Symphony. In summers, he teaches and performs at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan and the Red Lodge Music Festival in Montana, where he is Artistic Director. His solo CDs have received rave reviews. Flute Talk magazine called Superflute (2005) “astounding,” The Flute Network’s review of American Reflections (2008) stated that “Garrison’s playing combines great virtuosity, superb control of musical expression, and high energy with lyricism.” Fanfare Magazine wrote of East Meets West, “Flutist Leonard Garrison’s basic sound is extraordinary—
uncommonly rich, pure, and true.” The Flutist Quarterly’s review of Barn Dances stated, “Not only do I thoroughly enjoy listening to every piece, so lovingly played by Shannon Scott (clarinet) and Leonard Garrison (flute), but the performers leave me wanting more. This CD is a great little collection of flute and clarinet duos, and an equally great model of superb musicianship.” Garrison has played flute and piccolo in the Chicago Symphony (including a 2003 tour of Japan) and the Tulsa Philharmonic, performed on American Public Media’s "Performance Today," won the 2003 Byron Hester Competition, performed on both flute and piccolo at numerous National Flute Association and College Music Society conventions and as concerto soloist with many orchestras. He has taught at The University of Tulsa, Bowling Green State University, the University of Arkansas, and the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire. The Flutist Quarterly and Flute Talk have published his articles. He has served as President, Treasurer, and Secretary of The National Flute Association. In demand as a teacher, he applies the results of research in the psychology of teaching and learning in the specialized atmosphere of the music studio. His students have won national and regional competitions. He has adjudicated for the Crescendo Music Awards, the National Flute Association, MusicFest Northwest, Music Teachers National Association, Alaska All-­‐State Solo and Ensemble Festival and many regional competitions. Leonard holds a Doctor of Music degree from Northwestern University, where he studied with Walfrid Kujala and Richard Graef. He received Master of Music and Master of Arts degrees from The State University of New York at Stony Brook, studying with Samuel Baron. His Bachelor of Music is from The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where his teacher was Robert Willoughby. http://leonardgarrison.com/
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American pianist Roger McVey has performed as a soloist and collaborative pianist throughout the United States, in Europe, Asia, Cyprus, New Zealand, and Mexico. Dr. McVey is an Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Idaho, and has previously taught at the University of Kansas, Mercer University, and the University of Wisconsin-­‐River Falls. He holds degrees in piano performance from the University of Kansas, Indiana University, and East Carolina University. Additionally, he has studied at the Aspen Music Festival and the Chautauqua Institute. Dr. McVey has studied with internationally acclaimed pianists Menahem Pressler, Jack Winerock, Anton Nel, Herbert Stessin, and Henry Doskey, and has coached with artists such as Claude Frank, Janos Starker, William Warfield, Eric Rosenblith, and the Emerson Quartet. He was a top prizewinner in the International Beethoven Competition (U.S.A.), and was a Semi-­‐Finalist at the International Franz Liszt Competition in Poland, where critics praised his "passionate artistry and electrifying virtuosity." Recent performances have taken him to China, Korea, Spain, and Italy, as well as New York, Minneapolis, and Atlanta. In 2012 he released his third CD recording, entitled Perspectives. In addition to his solo concerts, Dr. McVey performs with his trio, the Trio St. Croix, and regularly collaborates as a chamber musician. An active clinician, Roger frequently gives masterclasses and presentations at universities, music schools, and for music teacher associations. He has presented at the College Music Society national conference, and for the Wisconsin Music Teachers Association. An avid listener of rock music, jazz, rap, and funk, Roger's other interests include cooking, playing chess, surfing, and skiing. He resides in Moscow, Idaho with his wife Giselle and their three children.