As a continuation of our celebration of Chicago talent, Alyce Johnson, piccolo player with the Lyric Opera and the Chicago Philharmonic, will use a master class to discuss the Vivaldi C Major Piccolo Concerto, a piece each one of us plays at some point in our career.

The first few bars of the piccolo solo are below:



Three musicians will be chosen to play one movement of the concerto, and Alyce will discuss ornamentation and piccolo techniques for each movement. The following Sunday, Alyce will perform the Concerto with the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, when we can hear all of her research and excellent suggestions put to good use.

The Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra has agreed to offer concert tickets to CFC members as part of their "Families to the Philharmonic" program to see Alyce Johnson perform Vivaldi's Piccolo Concerto in C Major - F. VI, No 4, RV 443 with the orchestra. Students will receive free tickets, and non-full time students and adults will pay $10 each (regularly sold for up to $75 per ticket). These much-reduced tickets must be pre-ordered by calling the Chicago Philharmonic Office at 847-866-6888, and identifying yourself as a Chicago Flute Club member. The concert will take place at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston.

Alyce Johnson is the piccolo player with the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra and second flutist with the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra. Previously she served as the principal flutist in the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and was a member of the New World Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist she has performed with the Shanghai Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony, New World Symphony, Erato Chamber Orchestra, Bach Week Festival, Marlboro Symphony, New Eastman Symphony, Eastman Chamber Orchestra, and the UNC-Chapel Hill Symphony. Other orchestras she has performed with include the Chicago Symphony, the Boston Symphony and the St. Louis Symphony. Ms. Johnson was recently featured in recital at the National Flute Convention and has been a judge for their Young Artist, Piccolo and Orchestral Master class competitions.

Ms. Johnson received both her Masters Degree and a Performers Certificate from the Eastman School of Music and has participated in various summer festivals including the Tanglewood Music Festival, Music Academy of the West and the Aspen Music Festival.