Acclaimed Flutist and Composer Nicole Chamberlain in UW Residency March 29-30

Internationally acclaimed flutist and composer Nicole Chamberlain joins the University of Wyoming Department of Music for an artist residency Sunday and Monday, March 29-30.

Chamberlain will offer a masterclass featuring UW flute students performing her compositions from 5-7 p.m. Sunday in Room 2003 of the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts.

Chamberlain, alongside UW students and faculty, will perform a concert of her music Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts recital hall.

Both events are free and open to the public.

Chamberlain is an Atlanta-based composer whose works often employ extended techniques -- a term describing any nontraditional sounds made on an instrument -- to create colorful, often playful textures that defy sonic expectations. Her catalog of works ranges from solo to mixed chamber ensembles; wind band pieces; opera; and several concerti featuring solo instruments backed by orchestral or band accompaniment. Chamberlain is the winner of numerous competitions and prestigious commissions.

For Chamberlain’s residency, UW flute students have been preparing some of her solo and ensemble works. These works include unaccompanied pieces for flute and piccolo and one of her flute choir compositions, “Jump-Yip!,” which depicts the unique, eponymous behavior of prairie dogs. Department of Music faculty members Nicole Riner (flute) and Jiwon Han (piano) will perform her multimovement work inspired by aviators’ slang language, “Three-Nine Line.” Riner also will join Chamberlain in a performance of the duet “Chatter,” and Chamberlain will perform her tour de force solo “Asphyxia.”

Chamberlain’s residency is made possible through the generosity of Associated Students of the University of Wyoming funding and is hosted by the Wyoming Flute Association, a recognized student organization advised by Riner and led by flute students Julia Griner, Madeline Elston, Karina Schoessler and Rylie Johnson. 

For more information, call Riner at (307) 721-2179 or email nriner@uwyo.edu.