Flute Master Class with Linda Chatterton
Tue, October 26th, 2010
4:15 pm
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The recent winner of a $25,000 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Performing Musicians, Linda Chatterton is one of those flutists who melds technical prowess with a wondrous musical and communicative gift. A flutist with an equal flair for the dramatic, lyrical, powerful, or playful, her range of repertoire perfectly reflects the varied facets of her solo, chamber music, or concerto performances.
A Yamaha Performing Artist, Ms. Chatterton has toured throughout much of the country as well as in Germany and the United Kingdom. She has performed in New York at Carnegie and Alice Tully Hall, was a featured recitalist on the prestigious Dame Myra Hess series in Chicago, and has been heard on Minnesota and National Public Radio. Ms. Chatterton has performed with numerous groups including the Minnesota Orchestra and the Dale Warland Singers, and tours regularly as a duo performer with both harp and guitar. As a concerto soloist, a recent highlight has been a performance of the Lukas Foss Renaissance Concerto with the Evanston (IL) Symphony Orchestra.
Recent appearances include over two dozen concerts crisscrossing the country with Milwaukee Symphony harpist Ann Lobotzke; a showcase of flute works by Chinese and Chinese-American composers, featuring premieres of Jean Sze and Pei Lu; and concerts as a member of Trio Callisto (with harpist Min Kim and cellist Sally Gibson Dorer), selections of which have been broadcast on National Public Radio’s Performance Today.
The only flutist to win two McKnight fellowships, Ms. Chatterton also has garnered prizes and awards from the Jerome Foundation and the American Composers Forum. An $8,000 Artist Fellowship from the Minnesota State Arts Board gave rise to a solo flute commission by composer Edie Hill, and the development of a contemporary flute and piano recital program.
In addition to her concert schedule, Ms. Chatterton retains an active studio where she teaches a wide range of students including those who request professional coaching. She also is highly regarded for her insightful master classes at the college level, and she serves as a mentor to music students at the University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts.
Ms. Chatterton received her Master of Music degree from the University of Minnesota and her Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music as a scholarship student of Bonita Boyd. Ms. Chatterton has played a Yamaha 881H flute since 1986, which can be heard on the recording, The Romance of Flute and Harp, with Min Kim. Ms. Chatterton has commercially released four CD recordings; upcoming releases include a CD of contemporary American music for flute and piano.