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¾¨Ó㴫ý Senior Music Education Major to Give Flute Recital

Posted on Monday, September 27, 2004

Michelle Long, a senior music education major at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, will give a flute recital Sunday, Oct. 10, at 3 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.

 Long's program includes Sonata VI, BWV 1035, in E major by J.S. Bach, Nocturne et Allegro scherzando by Philippe Gaubert, selections from Six Tango Etudes pour flute seule by Astor Piazzola, Sonatina for Flute and Piano by Eldin Burton, and Andante and Rondo for Two Flutes and Piano by Franz Doppler.  Kathryn Miller, adjunct professor of piano, and David Tessmer, professor of flute, will accompany Long's performance.

 Long is a daughter of William and Margaret Long, Imperial, and a graduate of West Allegheny High School.  She is currently principal flutist in ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, and Symphonic Band, as well as flute section leader in the Marching Band.  She is also coordinator of ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Woodwind Quintet, and president of the Flute Choir.  She is a member and former secretary of ¾¨Ó㴫ý's chapter of Pennsylvania Collegiate Music Educators Association, and is also involved in Omicron Delta Kappa, an academic honor society, and Kappa Delta Pi, an educational honor society.

 Long has also participated in the pit orchestras of ¾¨Ó㴫ý's opera workshops and chapel dramas.  She has been featured soloist with ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Horn Choir and Concert Choir.  She has served as flutist for the past four years at mass on campus.  Long was selected to participate in the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band for the past two years, and was selected as one of 42 ¾¨Ó㴫ý students for induction into Who's Who Among Students at American Colleges and Universities.  She has been cantor and flutist at St. Columbkille Church in Imperial for the past eight years.  Long, through the Intern Teaching Program, gives private flute lessons at ¾¨Ó㴫ý and volunteers as a music instructor at the ¾¨Ó㴫ý preschool this semester.

 The event is free and open to the public.  For more information, contact the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Department of Music at 724) 946-7270.

Michelle Long