On Saturday, December 12 from 4:30-6:30PM at Charmers Cafe / Dagel and Beli Shop:
Rogers Park flutists Stephanie Pedretti and Scott Dankert will perform a mix of classical and holiday music, including selections from Stephanie Pedretti’s new CD, Parisian Reflections, available for purchase.
More about Stephanie:
Rogers Park flutist Stephanie Pedretti recorded her debut CD, Parisian Reflections, in the summer of 2009. The pieces included in Parisian Reflections span approximately 100 years of classical French flute music from the Romantic era to the contemporary, highlighting several works that are seldom recorded. The CD includes pieces for solo flute, for flute and piano, and for flute and guitar. Composers featured on the CD are Lili Boulanger, Cécile Chaminade, Yvonne Desportes, Pierre-Octave Ferroud, Philippe Gaubert, Jacques Ibert, Paul Taffanel and Germaine Tailleferre. Stephanie Pedretti is joined by pianist Sarah LaFleur and guitarist Laura Knight on this recording. This project is supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
Stephanie Pedretti performs frequently in the Chicago area and has also performed throughout the U.S. and in Canada, Austria, Italy and Japan. She was a winner of the Allen Keller Memorial Young Artist Competition and the DePauw Concerto Competition and has performed as a featured soloist with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, the DePauw Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Talent Education Institute (Japan). She has also performed with the Orchestra Sinfonico del NewOperafestival di Roma and in the Chautauqua Music Festival. She is currently a flute instructor at the DePaul University Community Music Division, the Music Academy of Rockford College, and the Music Institute of Chicago.
Ms. Pedretti holds a Master of Music in Flute Performance from Michigan State University, where she studied with Richard Sherman, and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from DePauw University, where she studied with Anne Reynolds. She also received a Graduate Diploma in Suzuki Pedagogy at the Talent Education Research Institute in Matsumoto, Japan, where she studied with Toshio Takahashi.
Contact Information:
Stephanie Pedretti
Phone: 773-947-4039
E-mail: stephpedretti@yahoo.com
Website: www.stephaniepedretti.com
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