News
Upcoming
* New Project: 'What IF...' Call for Scores. (click to learn more)
Submissions due: August 31st, 11:59pm EST
* Jackson Symphony Orchestra Concert, August 26th, 7 PM
https://www.jacksonsymphony.org/summer-pops-heroes-and-heroines/
* Conference Presentation:
College Music Society National Conference, Long Beach, CA
Lecture: “See me for who I am”: An Investigation of Undergraduate Music Major Belonging
Co-Presenter with Dr. Liza Calisesi-Maidens and Dr. Erika J. Knapp
* Conference Workshop:
International Double Reed Society Conference, Boulder, CO
Lecture-recital: Expanding Performance Practice Through Interdisciplinary Audience Engagement
Co-Presenting as Floboe Productions Studio with Alli Gessner
* Conference Presentation:
International Society for Music Education World Conference, Virtual
Lecture: “See me for who I am”: An Investigation of Undergraduate Music Major Belonging
Co-Presenter with Dr. Liza Calisesi-Maidens and Dr. Erika J. Knapp
Recent
* Completed Doctor of Music Arts degree and received Michigan State University's Dissertation Completion Fellowship for my research on the listener's connection with music called "Articulating Musical Connection: Examining Listeners' Creativity and Musical Experiences Through Visual Representation"
* Commission & Premiere: a moment that has happened before for solo flute by Connor Johnson was commissioned as a part of his Unaccompanied Solo Series. It is inspired by a painting of mine and will be premiered in January 2022.
* Conference Lecture-Recital: Society for American Music: Painting with Sound: An Intermedia Analysis of Elena Specht’s Brush Strokes (2020) for Unaccompanied Flute
* Conference Lecture-Recital: College Music Society Great Lakes Conference: Painting with Sound: An Intermedia Analysis of Elena Specht’s Brush Strokes (2020) for Unaccompanied Flute.
* Commission & Premiere: Brush Strokes for solo flute by Elena Specht is a suite of nine short movements based on my nine paintings of dancers in nature, performed May 2021. Purchase on her website!
http://www.elenaspecht.com/chamber.html
* Presented online workshop through the National Flute Association. Intentional Fluting: Practicing Versus Playing in December 2021.