MCC Summer Flute Project – Full Week Pass

June 17 - 21, 2024

MCC Performing Arts Center

The MCC Summer Flute Project is a five-day flute camp/flute intensive experience that brings renowned guest artists and local artist faculty together with flutist participants in a stimulating and supportive environment. Week-long attendees will enjoy a different warm-up class each day, coached chamber ensemble rehearsals, and the SFP Flute Choir in the mornings followed after the lunch break with multiple offerings of recitals, master classes, topic classes, focused workshops, and interactive offerings presented by the guest artists and the artist faculty including reading sessions, AMEA Regional Etudes, managing performance anxiety, tone development, phrasing, and much more. Register early to be included as a performer in master classes. Priority will be given to week-long participants with limited space for single-afternoon attendees.  

The week-long program is available to all high school, college, and adult flutists.    

The daily schedule is 9:00am – 4:00pm

SFP Ensembles Concert Friday (June 21) 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Free to the Public

The discounted fee is $250 if registered prior to June 1st.

The full tuition is $300 after that date. Single afternoon tickets are available separately and are open to all with a $40 fee.     

Complete the registration form after purchasing your ticket  

Registration form https://forms.gle/TTD3BxQK8YdUNeYa9

Guest artists:  

Elizabeth Buck (June 18), Professor of Flute at Arizona State University, former Principal Flute with The Phoenix Symphony, international soloist and chamber musician. 

https://search.asu.edu/profile/301275                                                                                     

Sponsored by Burkart Flutes & Piccolos

Brian Gordon (June 19), Associate Principal Flutist and Piccolo with The Phoenix Symphony.

https://www.phoenixsymphony.org/musician/brian-gordon/  

Viviana Guzman (June 20 & 21), renowned international soloist, award-winning, and Grammy nominated flutist. https://viviana.org/biography/                              

Sponsored by Altus Flutes 

Artist Faculty:  

Christina Steffen - flute professional, NFA Convention soloist, Artistic Director of Desert Echoes Flute Project; Flute Instructor at MCC, Director of the 2022 Competitive NFA High School Flute Choir, Director of the Closing Ceremony Flute Choir at the 2024 International Low Flute Festival, Director for the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Convention Competitive High School Flute Choir. 

http://azflute.com/christinasteffenbio.html  

Abby Coffey - flute professional, winner of the 2019 NFA Piccolo Orchestral and Masterclass Competition, performs frequently as a substitute musician with The Phoenix Symphony, is Flute2/Piccolo for Symphony of the Southwest, and has played with Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, DEFproject, Adjunct Faculty at Arizona Christian University, and is the Executive Director of the AZ Philharmonic

https://azphil.org/about/our-team/  

Rhonda Bowen - flute professional, clinician, adjudicator, and educator, has been a member of the Capital City Symphony in Washington D.C. and Symphony of the Southwest and Gilbert Symphony in Arizona, plays with Desert Echoes Flute Project and CAFÉ, NFA Convention soloist, and taught at the NAU Curry Summer Music Camp and the MCC Music Camp

https://www.musicinmesa.com/portfolio/rhonda-bowen/

Andrea TenBarge - flute professional, clinician,and adjudicator, directed a youth flute choir performing with Aralee Dorough of the Houston Symphony at Phoenix Symphony Hall for the 2023 Gala concert at the National Flute Association Convention, and has performed with an authentic Tango group, Che Tango

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063252759034  

Michelle Stolper - Principal Flute of the West Valley Symphony, performs as a substitute musician with The Phoenix Symphony, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and Symphony of the Southwest, soloist for the NFA Convention, directed a youth flute choir performing with Aralee Dorough of the Houston Symphony at Phoenix Symphony Hall for the 2023 Gala concert at the NFA Convention

https://michellestolper.com    

Sponsored by Milano Music in Mesa