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JenniFER GRIM

"The Versatile Flutist"

Masterclass


Sunday, October 4, 2020 (2:00 - 3:30 PM CST)


Join us via Zoom as we continue our virtual series, Fluting with the Stars with Jennifer Grim, nationally acclaimed performer and teacher. Dr. Grim is the Associate Professor of Flute at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. As you can read below, Jennifer has an extraordinary depth and breadth as a performer in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings and shares that experience and expertise with ease as an award-winning teacher and clinician. 


Dr. Grim invites flutists to apply to perform for the masterclass and encourages a wide range of styles and periods. From the Baroque Flute to extended techniques on Contemporary Music to traditional Mozart Concerti, stretch yourselves and let's create a masterclass that explores the versatility of flute playing under the guidance of a truly "Versatile Flutist!"


Congratulations to our three selected performers: 

Kathrine Eldridge - Kokopeli, Hoover

Alissa Mabini - Image, Bozza

Lucy Rubin - Mei, Fukushima


A big thank you to the other applicants! We are so impressed with the quality we are receiving for these auditions. Please continue to submit for future classes! 


Registration is closed.

Free to Chicago Flute Club Member

$5 for non-member




Hailed as "a deft, smooth flute soloist" by the New York Times, Jennifer Grim's remarkable depth and breadth as a performer of solo and chamber repertoire has gained broad national acclaim. She has performed with such renowned ensembles as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble and is the flutist of the award-winning Zéphyros Winds and the New York Chamber Soloists. She also serves as Principal Flute of the Mozart Orchestra of New York and the Santo Domingo Festival Orchestra and has given solo and chamber performances throughout the United States and in China, Colombia, Panama, Dominican Republic, Ukraine, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Ms. Grim has performed as a soloist with the Lviv Philharmonic, Boca Raton Symphonia, UNLV Symphony Orchestra, Henderson Symphony Orchestra, the Vermont Summer Music Festival, among others. As a guest artist, she has performed with the Boston Chamber Music Society, Alpenglow Chamber Music Festival, and the American String Quartet with harpist Nancy Allen. With Zéphyros Winds, Ms. Grim recently performed the American premiere of the Wolfgang Rihm Wind Quintet in New York City at the Music in Midtown Chamber Music Series. The ensemble has also held residencies at Stanford University, San Francisco State University, Brigham Young University, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Skidmore College, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Brandeis University.

Ms. Grim was recently honored with the 2017 Teacher of the Year Award from the UNLV College of Fine Arts. In demand as a clinician, she has given masterclasses across the country, specializing in both solo and chamber music. Among the institutions at which she has appeared are the Juilliard School, Yale University, Eastman School of Music, Brigham Young University, Stanford University, UCLA, San Francisco State University, Arizona State University, University of Iowa, University of Oregon, University of Arizona, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, University of the Pacific, and the Idyllwild Arts Academy.

A passionate advocate of diversity initiatives in the field of classical music, Ms. Grim has programmed a series of concerts featuring African American, Latin American, and Latino composers, leading to solo performances of works by Diego Vega, David Sanford, and Valerie Coleman, among others. She has also worked with the National Take a Stand Festival, which invites students from El Sistema inspired programs across the United States to perform in a national youth orchestra performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California.

A native of Berkeley, California, Ms. Grim holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and Masters and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Yale University. She is an Ambassador Clinician for Haynes Flutes and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Chamber Music America and the National Flute Association. For ten years, Ms. Grim has been on the faculty of University of Nevada Las Vegas as Associate Professor and was excited to join the faculty at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami as Associate Professor in the fall of 2019.

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