Brittany Trotter, Faculty Flute Recital, 3/30/22

Tonal Troves Wednesday I March 30, 2022 Recital Hall

I 7:30 pm

Resident Artist Series Featuring Dr. Brittany Trotter, flute Prof. Pat Grimm, collaborative piano

57th Performance I 2021–22 Academic Year I Conservatory of Music I University of the Pacific

CONCERT PROGRAM I MARCH 30, 2022 I 7:30 PM Sonata in F Major

Anna Amalia Princess of Prussia

for flute and continuo (1771)

(1723 - 1787)

Brittany Trotter, flute; Pat Grimm, harpsicord Tounen for solo flute (2021)

Hendel Almétus (b. 1974)

Brittany Trotter, flute & alto flute - Brief Pause Amazonia for flute and piano (2020)

Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)

Brittany Trotter, flute; Pat Grimm, piano Grande Polonaise in D Major, op. 16 (1831)

Theobald Böehm (1794 - 1881)

Brittany Trotter, flute; Pat Grimm, piano

PERFORMER BIOS Prize-winning flutist Dr. Brittany Trotter leads a diverse career as an educator, soloist, and collaborator. She is the Assistant Professor of Practice in Flute at the University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music in Stockton, CA. Trotter has been awarded top prizes in numerous national and regional competitions including competing as a semi-finalist in the 2017 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and 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.

She regularly performs, teaches, and guest lectures throughout the United States. She has performed and presented at numerous music festivals including the National Flute Association Convention where she was a featured soloist in the 2020 virtual summer series celebration concert series. Equally versed in both post-classical contemporary and traditional repertoire, Trotter has performed in the flute sections of the Colour of Music Festival, Stockton Symphony Orchestra, Johnstown Symphony Orchestra and Westmoreland Symphony.

Trotter is currently the program chair of the Mid-Atlantic Flute convention and the National Flute Association’s Junior Soloist Competition coordinator. She also serves on the development committee of the Umoja Flute Institute, NFA’s career and artistic development committee, and is the publicity chair for the Flute New Music Consortium.

Patricia Grimm holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Sacred Music with organ concentration from Duquesne University, a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from Kent State University, and a Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano from the Hartt School of Music. She also studied piano with Jonathan Feldman at the Juilliard School.

As a collaborative pianist, Ms. Grimm has performed at the Edinburgh International Music Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland; the Trinity Wall Street Music Series in New York City; and chamber music concerts at the Musica no Museu Festival of Winds, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, and Universidade Federal Do Estado Do Rio De Janeiro – Unirio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

She regularly performs throughout the United States as a collaborative pianist and chamber musician.

Prior to moving to Sacramento in 2013, she was a freelance collaborative pianist in the New York City metropolitan area and staff accompanist at Central Connecticut State University, in addition to maintaining an active private teaching studio.

Ms. Grimm currently serves as organist at Fremont Presbyterian Church in Sacramento. At University of the Pacific, she teaches sight singing, collaborative piano, and serves as a collaborative pianist with students, faculty, and guest artists.

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