Faculty Recital
Wednesday I March 1, 2023 I 7:30 pm
Recital Hall
Wake Up! for Piccolo and Alarm Clock (2001)
Tilmann Dehnhard
(b. 1968)
Blowout for Solo Flute (2008)
The Highest Arm (2020)
Emergent for Flute and Electronics (2014)
Timothy Hagen
(b. 1981)
Michael Genese
(b. 1994)
George Lewis
(b. 1952)
Asphyxia for Solo Flute (2016)
Nicole Chamberlain
(b. 1977)
spilled wine and torn rose, for vocalizing flutist (2022)
Sam Zagnit
(b. 1995)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Johann Sebastian Bach (before 1708; 1993) (1685-1750)
arr. Salvatore Sciarrino
(b. 1947)
Prizewinning flutist Brittany Trotter leads a diverse career as an educator, soloist, and collaborator. She is the assistant professor of flute and woodwind program chair at the University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music in Stockton, California. Trotter previously served on the faculties of Dickinson College, West Virginia Wesleyan College, and Duquesne University. She is program chair of the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention, competition coordinator for the National Flute Association’s Junior Soloist Competition, and serves on the development committee of the Umoja Flute Institute, NFA’s career and artistic development committee, and publicity chair for the Flute New Music Consortium.
Trotter has been awarded first prize in numerous national and regional competitions including the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition in woodwinds in the states of West Virginia (2017, 2016), Wyoming (2015, 2014), and Mississippi (2009). She has also competed as a semifinalist in the 2017 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Trotter has performed in the flute sections of the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra, and Colour of Music Festival Orchestra, among others. Equally versed in post-classical contemporary and experimental music as well as electro-acoustic music and interdisciplinary works, she has performed and premiered new works for the flute.
Trotter regularly performs, teaches, and serves as a guest lecturer throughout the United States. Her recent appearances include those at Virginia Tech University, the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Southwestern Oklahoma University, and Missouri Southern State University. Trotter has performed and presented at numerous regional and national flute conventions such as the Kentucky Flute Fair, Florida Flute Association Convention, Rochester Flute Fair, Mid-Atlantic flute convention, and National Flute Association Convention where she was a featured soloist in the 2020 virtual summer series celebration concert series.
Recipient of the NFA’s 2020 Graduate Research Competition for her dissertation entitled Examining Music Hybridity and Cultural Influences in Valerie Coleman’s Wish Sonatine and Fanmi Imen, Trotter continues to actively study the merging of Western classical music, diverse culture, and modern popular music. She recently presented a lecture recital entitled “Flute and Hip Hop” as part of her artist residency with Unisound of Pittsburgh. Her passion for engaging with underrepresented communities through classical music has led her to collaborate with several local nonprofits. She has served as the program coordinator for the Guardian of Sound’s Hip Hop Orchestra Summer Music Camp and as a teaching artist for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Arts Education.
A native of Laurel, Mississippi, Trotter has received degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi (BM, BME), University of Wyoming (MM), and West Virginia University (DMA, Certificate of University Teaching). Her primary teachers include Danilo Mezzadri, Nicole Riner, and Nina Assimakopoulous.
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