Summer Flute Project 2024

When: June 17-21, 2024

Purchase Tickets Here for the discounted tuition rate of $250 by June 1st. The full tuition is $300 after June 1st. Link available on June 1st

Where: Mesa Community College

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, enjoyable, and supportive environment. Enjoy the camaraderie of other flutists and grow as a musician and performer. 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, managing performance anxiety, tone development, phrasing, technical development, AMEA Regional Etudes, beatbox flute, 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 available for single-afternoon attendees.

The week-long program is available to high school, college,, and adult flutists. Single Afternoons and concert-only options are open to everyone.

Guest Artists:

• Elizabeth Buck, 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 (Tuesday, June 18, 2024).

• Brian Gordon, Associate Principal Flute and Piccolo with The Phoenix Symphony. Tuesday, June 20 and Thursday, June 22, 2023 https://www.phoenixsymphony.org/musician/brian-gordon/ (Wednesday, June 19, 2024)

• Viviana Guzman, Viviana Guzman (Thursday and Friday, June 20 & 21, 2024).
  TEDxBerkeley Speaker :: NBC-TV Interview
  “An imaginative artist.” The New York Times
  2014 GRAMMY Nominated CD “Traveling Sonata”
  2018 Global Music Award Gold Winner “Song of the Whale” CD
  Flute Faculty University of California, Santa Cruz
  The Flute View Magazine, Co-Founder/Editor
  Flutes by the Sea Masterclass, Director

Elizabeth Buck sponsored by Burkart Flutes & Piccolos

Brian Gordon

Viviana Guzman sponsored by Altus Flutes

Artist Faculty:

• Christina Steffen (Artistic Director of Desert Echoes Flute Project; Flute Instructor, MCC) http://azflute.com/christinasteffenbio.html

• Abby Coffey (flute professional, winner of the 2019 NFA Piccolo Orchestral and Masterclass Competition, frequent performer with The Phoenix Symphony, Symphony of the Southwest, Colorado Music Festival, 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, educator, Gilbert Symphony Orchestra, DEFproject, CAFE) https://www.musicinmesa.com/portfolio/rhonda-bowen/

• Andrea TenBarge (flute professional, clinician, adjudicator) https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063252759034

• Michelle Stolper (Principal Flute of the West Valley Symphony, frequent perfromer with The Phoenix Symphony, DEFproject) https://michellestolper.com

clockwise from upper left: Rhonda Bowen, Andrea TenBarge, Michelle Stolper, Abby Coffey, Christina Steffen

Registration and Tickets:

Complete the registration form online

Download and print the release packet to bring with you or Email MCCSummerFluteProject@gmail.com

Week Long Registration | Single Day Registration available soon| MCC Release Packet

After completing the Registration form, purchase tickets below. The MCC Release packet may be completed and forms signed to bring with you on the 1st day or emailed. Email with questions or to send Release packet forms.

Purchase Tickets Here by June 1

After June 1st use the link HERE

• Week-long registration
  $250 before June 1st
  $300 after June 1st

• Monday – Friday 9am-4pm in the MCC Performing Arts Center, 1520 S. Longmore, Mesa, AZ 85202

• SFP Ensembles Concert Friday, June 21st 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Single afternoon tickets AVAILABLE SOON: $40 Tuesday – Friday 12:30pm-4:00pm (free admission to master class available for non-flutist family members of participants performing in the master class).

Tuesday - Elizabeth Buck + recital Purchase Tuesday Afternoon

Wednesday - Brian Gordon + Artist Faculty Recital Purchase Wednesday Afternoon

Thursday - Viviana Guzman Purchase Thursday Afternoon

Friday - Viviana Guzman + recital Purchase Friday Afternoon

Engaging flute classes on a variety of topics and master classes with the guest artists and artist faculty. 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, managing performance anxiety, tone development, phrasing, expression, technical development, AMEA Regional Etudes, beatbox flute, the "other fingerings", and much more. Other topics may include breathing, articulation/tonguing, orchestral excerpts, pedagogy, extended techniques, low flutes, intonation, vibrato, acoustics of the flute. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday feature 12:30 recitals followed by the afternoon offerings.

Lunch-time Concert Only: $10 Tickets available soon on Purplepass

Tuesday, June 19 - Elizabeth Buck

Wednesday, June 20 - Artist Faculty TBD

Friday, June 21 - Viviana Guzman