Mesa Community College Music & Dance Department Presents:

Summer Flute Project Lunch Time Concert Series

Tuesday, June 16 - 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm 

Featuring Abby Coffey and Pianist Wan-Ting Yu

“A Recital of “Stolen” Music”   

Sonata for Oboe and Piano - F. Poulenc

Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 - R. Schumann, arr. for alto saxophone by Jacques Larocque Nocture in D minor, Op. 19, No. 4 - P. Tchaikovsky, arr. for flute and piano by Mark Sparks  Trio for Piano, Oboe and French Horn, Op. 188 - C. Reinecke, arr. for piano, piccolo and flute/alto flute by Josh Coffey 

Sonata for Oboe and Piano - Francis Poulenc  

Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 - Robert  Schumann, arr. for alto saxophone by Jacques Larocque  

Nocture in D minor, Op. 19, No. 4 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. for flute and piano by Mark Sparks 

Trio for Piano, Oboe and French Horn, Op. 188 - Carl Reinecke, arr. for piano, piccolo and flute/alto flute by Josh Coffey     

Abby Coffey is a versatile flutist, piccoloist, educator and arts administrator in St. Paul, Minnesota. Abby is the Director of Finance and Operations at Lundstrum Center for the Performing Arts. An avid performer, Abby held the position of Flute 2/Piccolo in the Symphony of the Southwest for seven seasons, in addition to performing frequently as a substitute musician with The Phoenix Symphony. She has also appeared with the Mankato Symphony Orchestra, West Valley Symphony, Arizona Opera, Arizona MusicFest, Colorado Music Festival, and the Nashville Ballet. Abby won first prize in the 2019 National Flute Association’s Piccolo Orchestral Audition and Masterclass Competition.

Abby graduated Summa Cum Laude from Belmont University with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education where she studied under Dr. Carolyn Totaro, and holds a Master of Music in Flute Performance from Arizona State University, studying with Dr. Elizabeth Buck. Abby completed a certification in Arts Administration Management through the University Massachusetts-Amherst.

When she isn’t obsessing over tuning exercises, balancing a nonprofit budget, or offering grant writing coaching, Abby enjoys perfecting homemade pasta recipes, and spending time with her husband and their toddler, two dogs and cat.