Flutist PATRICIA SPENCER appeared recently with the Avalon String Quartet as guest artist in Mario Davidovsky’s stunning Quartetto and other works, for the Washington Square Contemporary Music Society. Other highlights in her wide-ranging career have included a performance of the Boulez Sonatine for the Bard Music Festival; a performance of Joan Tower’s Flute Concerto for the National Flute Association Convention in Nashville, which drew a standing ovation; a highly acclaimed premiere of Shulamit Ran’s flute concerto, Voices. Recent NY Times reviews have cited her “passionate, warm-blooded performance” of the Berio Sequenza (June 2008) and noted that she “negotiated swirling figures and multiphonics deftly” in Tania León’s Alma (September 2008).

An exciting repertoire of pieces has been written for Spencer, including title works of her solo CD, Thea Musgrave’s Narcissus and Judith Shatin’s Kairos (Neuma Records). An earlier CD with pianist Linda Hall, features Boulez’s Sonatine, along with works by Carter, Perle, Korde, Talma, Martirano, Kreiger, and Jaffe. Both CDs have been greeted with rave reviews from Fanfare and The American Record Guide. Ms. Spencer has received awards from The National Endowment for the Arts, the Mary Flagler Cary Trust, and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, for her solo recordings and commissioning projects. She teaches flute and chamber music at Bard College and Hofstra University.

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