IN RESIDENCE FEBRUARY 11 - 13
Julliard-trained flutist, dancer, and teacher ZARA LAWLER (also known as “The Flute on Its Feet”) will visit UW for a three-day residency February 11 - 13, 2024.
All events (listed below) are free and open to the public, and this residency is generously sponsored by the Wyoming Excellence Fund.
Contact Dr. Nicole Riner, nriner@uwyo.edu, for more information.
meet zara!
Ground-breaking flutist Zara Lawler, “an engaging, fluent, mellifluous soloist,” (Houston Chronicle) made her concerto debut with the Houston Symphony and her recital debut at New York’s Merkin Concert Hall. Highlights include the US premiere of Il Cerchio Tagliato dei Suoni, Salvatore Sciarrino’s work for 104 flutists, directed by Lawler at the Guggenheim Museum, a Flute Jamboree directed by Lawler at the Kennedy Center, and tours of Texas, Massachusetts, Michigan and Ohio with her flute and marimba duo Lawler + Fadoul.
Lawler + Fadoul returned to the Kennedy Center in 2016 and 2019 for performances of their family show Break it Down! Their theatrical concert Clickable, featuring music of persuasion, was incubated and premiered at nancy manocherian’s the cell theater in NYC in November 2016, and was released as an album on Parma Recordings in 2020. Their debut album, Prelude Cocktail, featured world premieres by Katherine Hoover and Roshanne Etezady.
Zara Lawler’s solo show, The Flute on its Feet, was featured at the Orlando Fringe Festival in May 2019. For many years, Lawler has integrated dance and theater into her performances, with the innovative ensemble Tales & Scales, in collaboration with choreographer C. Neil Parsons, and in large-scale choreographies for flutes including E Pluribus Flutum, Lawler’s work for sixty dancing flutists.
Lawler has given solo recitals in New York, Santa Barbara, Hong Kong, and has appeared as a soloist with the Atlanta, Utah, Indianapolis, and Oregon Symphonies, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and in venues including the Kennedy Center, the Kravis Center, and Lincoln Center. She has won many competitions including the Ima Hogg Young Artist Competition and Artists’ International, and studied at the Juilliard School with Carol Wincenc and Sam Baron. Her summer festival credits include Marlboro, Tanglewood, Banff (Canada), Bach Aria Festival, and Schleswig-Holstein (Germany). She teaches at Manhattan School of Music Precollege and Silver Music, and has a blog on practice techniques at www.thepracticenotebook.com.
OPEN REHEARSAL
Sunday, February 11, 5:00PM, BCPA Concert Hall
Join Zara as she acclimates to the space, practices choreography, and rehearses with accompanist Dr. Jiwon Han.
WORKSHOP #1: CREATIVE FUNDRAISING FOR MUSICIANS
Monday, February 12, 12:00PM, BCPA Lobby
Bring your lunch for this informative conversation with Zara on how innovative ways to cultivate donors, triangulate resources and develop savvy fundraising skills.
PUBLIC RECITAL
Monday, February 12, 7:30PM, BCPA Concert Hall
Zara will perform standard and modern flute and piano repertoire and choreographed versions of solo pieces for flute.
WORKSHOP #2: MOVEMENT FOR ALL MUSICIANS
Tuesday, February 13, 1:00PM, BCPA Concert Hall
This workshop explores how the visual can enhance our aural understanding of a performance, and provides a basic grounding in proprioception for musicians. Participants should bring their instrument and wear comfortable clothes!
