JESSICA WARREN, FLUTE
Assisted by Seth Davis, Piano
11. 05. 2004 - 7:30 p.m.
Jessica Warren is an avid soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral flutist who embodies what the South Florida Sun-Sentinel calls "superior flute playing". She gave her New York Recital debut in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in January of 1998. She has concertized on three continents and appeared as a soloist and teacher at numerous international festivals such as Academie du Nice Summer Festival Recital Series in Nice, France, Temporada Flautística in Lima, Perú, Festival en la Mitad del Mundo in Quito, Ecuador, and the National Flute Association Conventions in Chicago, Illinois and Atlanta, Georgia where she performed in the Gala Concert with William Bennett. She has toured Latin America as an artistic ambassador to the United States Embassy soloing with orchestras and giving recitals to rave reviews and has also appeared on several radio broadcasts including Karl Haas' syndicated program Adventures in Good Music.
Ms. Warren was a member of the New World Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas from 2001 to 2004 where she worked with many illustrious conductors and soloists such as Paavo Jarvi, Lukas Foss, Paula Robison, Thomas Hampson, Garrick Ohlssohn, Lynn Harrell, and numerous others. She has also been affiliated with the Chicago Civic Orchestra and the City Symphony of Chicago.
Ms. Warren began studying the flute at the age of ten. She is currently pursuing a D.M.A. at the Manhattan School of Music and holds degrees from Southern Methodist University and Purchase College and Conservatory of Music. Her teachers include Carol Wincenc, Linda Chesis, Jean Weger Larson and Mathieu Dufour. In addition, she has participated in masterclasses with Emmanuel Pahud and Raymond Guiot in Quebec, Canada, Peter-Lukas Graf and Rien de Reeder in Amsterdam, William Bennett in London, and with Maxence Larrieu, Marzio Conti and Phillippe Bernold in Nice, France.
She has been named a winner in the Artists International Competition, the International Music Competition "Citta di Padova" 2004, the New York Flute Club Competition, the Chicago Flute Club Competition, the Purchase Symphony Concerto Competition, the Meadows Symphony Concerto Competition, the Overland Park Orchestra Concerto Competition, and the Kansas City Flute Association Young Artists Competition.