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Professional Flute Quartet ![]() ![]() ![]() Flûtée (2006): Mary Anderson, Pam Rowe, Tess Miller, and Kim J. Teal ![]() ![]()
Flûtée,
a professional flute quartet in mid-Michigan,
is
comprised
of flutists who individually perform in such professional ensembles as
the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra and the Midland Symphony Orchestra.
This
award-winning
ensemble was founded in 1987 by Mary Anderson and Kim J. Teal and has
performed throughout the United States.
They were a featured professional ensemble at Michigan
Flute Festivals in 1993 and 1994 and were winners of the National Flute
Association's
1994 Chamber Music Competition, becoming the
first Michigan ensemble and flute quartet to win. They were also
featured
performers
at NFA Conventions in Kansas City (1994), Chicago (1997), and Columbus,
OH (2000, where they gave the world premiere of Children of the
Wind.) Flûtée has also been named to the
Saginaw
News' annual
list of top ten artistic events in mid-Michigan several times. From
1991-2007
Flûtée was also a Professional
Artists in Residence Ensemble at Saginaw
Valley State University .
The quartet is known
for
its varied styles of musical performance, playing everything from
classical
to jazz on various combinations of piccolo, Eb soprano, C concert, Bb
flûte d'mour,
alto, and bass flutes, and has been featured on WCMU-FM (CMU),
WUCX-FM (Delta
College), and WFBE-FM radio and TV stations. Flûtée has
presented numerous master classes in flute ensemble performance at
schools
throughout mid-Michigan and also presents children's
programs such as The Snow Queen,
A Carnival of Animals,
and Flûtée:
In the News.
Flûtée is
also recognized for its continuing
efforts to expand the literature for flute quartet through its
commissioning
of new music and arrangements of existing music that
utilize all the members of the flute family. Some
of
Flûtée's
newly commissioned works include Floris,
A Gaelic
Offering, Legends From the
Greenwood, and Children of
the Wind
by Catherine
McMichael, Voices From Between
Worlds, The Snow Queen,
Chinese
Dragons, and That Picture
My Imagination Has Painted by Nancy
Faber, A
Flûtée Celebration by Ricky
Lombardo, Three Spirituals for
Soprano
and Flute Quartet by Ken
Bellen, Aviary Adventures
by James Hill, and Flourish,
Meditation and Dance by Jeff
Whitmill. Flûtée has also commissioned
numerous
jazz arrangements by Tony Rongo,
arrangements of show tunes by Kevin Cole, and has also composed and
arranged
numerous flute trios, quartets, and quintets themselves.![]() ![]() |
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Flûtée
Programs Available:
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Flûtée's Programs for Children: ![]() A Carnival of Animals: Creatures of
Fur, Feather, and Fin As Portrayed
in Words & Music
A
program
featuring popular children's poems
and music about animals.
The Snow QueenHans Christian Anderson's classic story, with original music by Nancy Faber, and story adaptation by Barbara Anderson. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Flûtée is also available to teach workshops or masterclasses in flute ensemble performance and to perform for formal and informal concerts, recitals, weddings, receptions, church services, and as guest soloists with orchestras, bands, and choirs. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For further information contact Flûtée member Kim J. Teal at: kjt at glis.net (In your email program, insert the @ sign where the word "at" occurs and delete the spaces between. Please be sure to include the words "Flute Quest" in the subject line.) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() Flûtée and All That Jazz! concert. Flûtée in 1991. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() Return to The Teal Flute Studio ![]() ![]() Updated April, 2008 by Kim Teal |