150 NW LARRY ST. APT. A, PULLMAN, WA 99163 PHONE (509) 991-4906 E- MAIL S OPHIAT@WSU.EDU WWW.SOPHIATEGART.COM SOPHIA NICOLLE TEGART YAMAHA PERFORMING ARTIST FLUTE& MUSIC HISTORY EDUCATION 2007-2011 University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri Doctor of Musical Arts in Flute Performance Flute studies with Dr. Mary Posses Doctoral projects: Lecture-Recital Madness in the Flute Repertoire, Arrangement of the Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor, Italian Flute Works Recital, Arrangement of Dvorak s Moravian Duos, Op. 32 for flute & clarinet 2004-2007 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Master of Music in Flute Performance Master of Arts in Music History Flute studies with Dr. Nancy Andrew Music history studies with Dr. Marian Smith Emphasis: Instrumentation practices in nineteenth-century Italian opera Thesis: The Instrumental Voice: The Use of the Flute in Lucia s Mad Scene -Winner of the Mu Phi Epsilon Musicological Research Award 1999-2004 Washington State University Pullman, Washington Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance Bachelor of Arts in History Flute studies with Ann Marie Yasinitsky Big Ten Award Visual and Performing Arts Medal Outstanding Graduating Senior Award School of Music Master class performances: Mary Karen Clardy, Louise Di Tullio, Michael Faust, Jan Gippo, Jeffrey Khaner, Nobutaka Shimizu, Gary Schocker, Alexa Still, Keith Underwood, Carol Wincenc, Mathias Ziegler TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2016-present Washington State University Pullman, WA Clinical Assistant Professor of Flute -Applied Flute: undergraduate & graduate -Flute Studio Class -Flute Choir -Woodwind techniques, flute unit -MUS 160: Survey in Music Literature -MUS 362: History of Jazz -Solstice Wind Quintet: faculty woodwind quintet -Administrative duties: recruitment, outreach 1
2011-2016 George Fox University Newberg, OR Adjunct Professor of Flute & Music History -Private lessons & studio class: music majors/minors/non-majors -Direct Fox Flutes, coach chamber ensembles, advise woodwind techniques -Music History: MUSI 311 & MUSI 312 (Medieval to Contemporary), MUSI 130: Music in World Cultures, MUSI 285: History of Rock and Roll -Mu Phi Epsilon Faculty Advisor -Fox Flute Fest: founder and chair; master classes, lectures, and concerts -Administrative duties: recruitment, outreach -Faculty Showcase Program Chair 2014-2016 Pacific University Forest Grove, OR Adjunct Instructor, applied flute - Private lessons for music majors/minors/non-majors - Music History 1585-1809: MUS 322 - Music History Survey II: MUS 221 2013-2016 Concordia University-Portland Portland, OR Applied Flute Instructor 2012 University of Idaho Moscow, ID Studio Instructor of Flute- sabbatical replacement for Leonard Garrison -Private lessons & studio class: undergraduate & graduate majors/minors -Coached chamber ensembles 2010-2011 University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO Academy Faculty, flute 2010-2011 Kansas City Young Audiences Kansas City, MO Faculty, flute 2000-present Private Studio Beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of all ages MUSIC CAMPS & CLINICS 2016-present Young Musicians and Artists (YMA), Faculty Salem, OR 2015-present Music in May Camp, Faculty Forest Grove, OR 2015 Music For All Summer Symposium, Faculty Muncie, IN 2014 Ingram Flute Camp, Clinician Lake Stevens, WA MASTER CLASSES & GUEST LECTURES 2016 College Music Society National Conference Santa Fe, NM Transforming Anne Sexton s Poetry Into Music: Intertextual and Transdisciplinary Relationships Among Poet, Composer, and Performer 2016 Pacific Lutheran University, Master Class Tacoma, WA 2
2015 University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Master Class Edinburg, TX 2014 Corban University, Master Class Salem, OR 2013 University of Northern Colorado, Master Class Greeley, CO 2012 Washington State University, Master Class Pullman, WA 2011 University of Kansas, Guest Lecture Lawrence, KS 2011 Pittsburg State University, Guest Lecture Pittsburg, KS 2011 University of Central Missouri, Master Class Warrensburg, MO ADJUDICATION 2014-present National Flute Association Newly Published Music Competition 2014 Washington State Lower Columbia River Solo and Ensemble Vancouver, WA 2013-present Oregon State Music Educators Association Solo Festival Portland, OR Portland School District, State Competition 2013 Washington State Music Teachers Association Lake Stevens, WA Ingram Solo Festival 2009 Kansas Music Educators Association Regional Band Auditions Baldwin, KS 2007 Spokane Youth Orchestra Flute Auditions Spokane, WA HOSTED EVENTS 2016 College Music Society Northwest Regional Conference Forest Grove, OR Conference host & programming committee Pacific University 2016 Guest Artist Lecture Recital: Icelandic Music for Flute & Piano Forest Grove, OR Dr. Jonathan Borja, flute & Dr. Kristín Jonína Taylor, piano Pacific University 2011-2016 Fox Flute Fest Newberg, OR Annual event at George Fox University Flute choir reading sessions, clinics, master classes, and recitals Guest Artists & Clinicians Dr. James Hall, University of Northern Colorado, 2013 DuoSolo & Dr. Mary Fukushima, Cortona Sessions for New Music, 2014 Dr. Krista Jobson, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2015 Dr. Jonathan Borja, University of Wisconsin La Crosse, 2016 Martha Long, Principal Flute Oregon Symphony, 2017 3
2011-2016 George Fox University Master Classes Newberg, OR Guests Clinicians Dr. Emily Gerace Stanek, Corban University Dr. Jonathan Borja, University of Wisconsin La Crosse Ann Yasinitsky, Washington State University PUBLICATIONS 2016 International Alliance of Women in Music Journal (Summer), CD Review 2016 Audible Intelligence Music Flute, Clarinet, and Piano Arrangements Moravian Duos, Op. 32 Antonín Dvořák 2015 Audible Intelligence Music Flute Quartet Arrangements Il bianco e dolce cigno Jacques Arcadelt Mille Regretz Josquin des Prèz Tant Que Vivray Claudin de Sermisy O magnum mysterium Tomás Luis de Victoria 2015 present Greater Portland Flute Society Newsletter President s Column, Convention Highlights, Interviews, Article of the Month 2011 The Triangle Mu Phi Epsilon Quarterly, Graduate Thesis Excerpt 2007 The Instrumental Voice: Use of the Flute in Lucia s Mad Scene Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oregon GRANTS 2016 Mu Phi Epsilon James and Lola Faust Chamber Music Grant Cherry Street CD Project commission a new work from Emily Doolittle for a CD of flute duos by women composers 2015 International Alliance of Women in Music Project Grant Recording project with Cherry Street Duo and Blue Box Ensemble 2015 Charles L. Cahill Award, UNC Wilmington Transdisciplinary Transformations: Fairy-Tale Vignettes from Anne Sexton s Poetry to Jessica Rudman s Music a research project in collaboration with Dr. Helena Spencer of UNC-Wilmington 2010 Mu Phi Epsilon Musicological Research Award, Graduate Thesis Division The Instrumental Voice: The Use of the Flute in Lucia s Mad Scene 2010 Mu Phi Epsilon Merle Montgomery Doctoral Grant Funded travel to Italy to study works by Ferneyhough and premiere new works 2010 Mu Phi Epsilon Grant-In-Aid Award Funded commission for flute and percussion by Jesse Benjamin Jones 4
2010 UMKC Women s Council Graduate Assistant Fund Award Funded participation in the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Cortona, Italy 2007 University of Oregon School of Music Research Award Funded a Northwest concert tour PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE CONCERTOS & GUEST APPEARANCES 2016 Washington-Idaho Symphony Concerto Soloist Moscow, ID Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, J.S. Bach 2016 University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC Transformations: Ekphrasis in the Music of Jessica Rudman 2015 Chehalem Symphony Orchestra Concerto Soloist Newberg, OR Concerto in E Minor, Saverio Mercadante 2015 Musica Camerata - Salem Public Library Concert Series Salem, OR 2015 Portland Percussion Group Spring Concert Portland, OR Percussion Quartet Guest Flutist, Jolivet Suite en Concert 2014 Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Eugene, OR The Grotesque Ryo Toyonaga s Awakening 2014 Music á la Carte Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 2014 Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Eugene, OR Kara Walker: Emancipating the Past 2013 Music á la Carte Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 2012 Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Eugene, OR Leslie Dill: Poetic Visions 2012 Idaho Bach Festival Moscow, ID Sonata in A Major, BWV 1032 2012 Greater Portland Flute Society Flute Fair Aloha, OR Performers Showcase 2011 Pittsburg State University Flute Day Pittsburg, KS Guest Artist Recital 2011 University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO Guest Artist on a Faculty Recital 2011 Kansas City Kansas Community College Kansas City, KS Guest Artist on a Faculty Recital 5
2010 Kansas City Civic Orchestra- Guest Piccolo Soloist Kansas City, MO Concerto in C Major RV 443, Antonio Vivaldi 2010 University of Missouri-Kansas City Musica Nova Kansas City, MO Missouri Premiere, Looking Back, Joseph Schwantner 2009 University of Missouri-Kansas City Orchestra Concerto Soloist Kansas City, MO World Premiere, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Ryan Jesperson 2003 Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) National Student Conference Miami, FL World Premiere, Portrait of the Artist, Ryan Jesperson 2003 Washington-Idaho Symphony Concerto Soloist Lewiston, ID Concerto in D Major K.314, W. A. Mozart 2002 Washington-Idaho Symphony Concerto Soloist Lewiston, ID Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, J. S. Bach 2001 Spokane Symphony Concerto Soloist Spokane, WA Serenade for Flute and Orchestra, Howard Hanson 1999 Gonzaga University Orchestra Spokane, WA Concerto in D Major, Carl Reinecke SOLO RECITALS 2017 Washington State University Faculty Recital Pullman, OR 2015 George Fox University Faculty Recital Newberg, OR 2015 George Fox University Faculty Recital Newberg, OR 2015 University of Texas-Pan American Guest Artist Recital Edinburg, TX 2014 George Fox University Faculty Recital Newberg, OR 2013 George Fox University Faculty Recital Newberg, OR 2013 University of Northern Colorado Guest Artist Recital Greeley, CO 2013 Concordia University-Portland Faculty Recital Portland, OR 2013 Oregon State University Guest Artist Recital Corvallis, OR 2012 George Fox University Faculty Recital Newberg, OR 2012 University of Idaho Faculty Recital Moscow, ID 2012 Washington State University Guest Artist Recital Pullman, WA 2010 Volker Duo Recital Kansas City, MO 6
FESTIVALS & MASTER CLASSES 2016 China-ASEAN Music Week Nanning, China 2015-present Colorado Mahlerfest, piccolo Boulder, CO 2014-2016 International Fellowship of Conductors, Composers, & Collaborators Eugene, OR Co-principal flute 2014 March Music Moderne Portland, OR 2011 Atlantic Music Festival Orchestra, flute fellow Waterville, ME 2010 The Cortona Sessions for New Music, flute fellow Cortona, Italy 2005 Julius Baker Master Class, performer Danbury, CT 2005 Mozart in Manito, principal flute Spokane, WA 2003 Northwest Bach Festival, second flute Spokane, WA CONFERENCE PERFORMANCES 2016 Florida Flute Association Convention Orlando, FL Cherry Street Duo in Recital 2015 National Flute Association Annual Convention Washington, D.C. Women of Note & Wind Chamber Music Concerts 2015 Northwest Percussion Festival, Portland Percussion Group Concert Ashland, OR Suite en Concert by André Jolivet 2015 International Alliance of Women in Music Congress, Recital Winston-Salem, NC Transformations: Woodwind Duos by Rudman, Musgrave, and Chen 2015 College Music Society Pacific Northwest Conference Tacoma, WA Musical Ecosystems: Phillip Parker s Beneath the Canopy Flute and Percussion Duo 2015 Florida Flute Association Convention Orlando, FL Twentieth and Twenty-First Masterworks for Flute Duo ORCHESTRA & LARGE ENSEMBLE 2016-present Tradewinds Wind Ensemble, second flute/piccolo Tampa, FL Carl Fischer Publications Recording Band 2016 Guangxi Symphony Orchestra, guest flute Nanning, China 2015-present Vancouver (WA) Symphony Orchestra, substitute flute/piccolo Vancouver, WA 2014 Orchestra Next, guest principal flute Eugene, OR 7
2013-present Chehalem Symphony, principal flute Newberg, OR 2013-present Portland Festival Symphony, principal flute Portland, OR 2011-2012 Des Moines Metro Opera, second flute & piccolo Indianola, IA 2009-2011 Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, guest principal flute Kansas City, MO 2009-2011 Kansas City Civic Opera, guest principal flute Kansas City, MO 2009 Il Divo, tour orchestra, principal flute Kansas City, MO 2008 Kansas City Lyric Opera, substitute flute Kansas City, MO 2008 National Flute Association Convention Orchestra, second flute Kansas City, MO 2008 Clarinetfest Convention Orchestra, second flute Kansas City, MO 2007-2011 Kansas City Symphony, substitute flute/piccolo/alto flute Kansas City, MO 2006-2008 Oregon Mozart Players, second flute and piccolo Eugene, OR 2004-2007 Eugene Symphony, substitute flute Eugene, OR 2003-2004 Walla Walla Symphony, second flute/acting principal Walla Walla, WA 2002-2007 Coeur D Alene Summer Theatre, flute and piccolo Coeur D Alene, ID 2000-2004 Washington-Idaho Symphony Pullman, WA Acting principal flute/second flute/piccolo Conductors: Yaacov Bergman, Robert Bode, Salvodore Brotons, Steven Byess, Glenn Cortese, Steve Davis, Ward Davis, Joseph Flummerfelt, Giancarlo Guerrero, Damon Gupton, Andrew Megill, David Neely, Robert Olson, Helmuth Rilling, Gunther Schuller, Michael Stern, Lajos Balogh CHAMBER MUSIC 2016-present 2016-present 2014-present Solstice Wind Quintet, WSU faculty woodwind quintet Pan-Pacific Ensemble, (woodwind quintet) Mission: to perform works by Asian composers Cherry Street (w/ Krista Jobson, flute) Performances - Florida Flute Association Convention, IFC3, IAWM Congress Recording project in process Flute Duos by Women Composers 2011-2016 Blue Box Ensemble (fl/ob/bsn/vlns/vlas/vc) Collaborative concerts with the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art exhibits Ryo Toyonaga s Awakening, Kara Walker Emancipating the Past, Leslie Dill Poetic Visions Performances - Musica Camerata in Salem, Western Oregon University 8
Concert Series, Willamette University Concert Series, IAWM Congress, March Music Moderne, Institute for Continued Learning-Salem, Music á la Carte-Oregon State University, National Flute Association Convention 2014 Salem Chamber Orchestra Outreach Trio Salem, OR Traveling Chamber Music- Outreach program to local schools 2010-2011 Graduate Fellowship Woodwind Quintet Kansas City, MO University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance 2009-2011 Beldsoe/Tegart Duo (Beau Bledsoe, guitar) Kansas City, MO 2009-2011 Volker Duo (Gabrielle Baffoni, clarinet) Kansas City, MO 2007-2011 Allura Ensemble (fl/vc/pno) Kansas City, MO 2005-2007 Tartrazine (Helena Kopchick-Spencer, bassoon) Eugene, OR 2004-2007 MugiArt (Kanae Komugi, flute) Eugene, OR COMPETITIONS 2011 Mu Phi Epsilon International Competition, Finalist Rochester, NY 2008 National Flute Association Young Artist Competition Kansas City, MO Quarter-finalist 2007 Ladies Music Club of Seattle Competition, Finalist Seattle, WA 2003 Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Salt Lake City, UT National Collegiate Artist Woodwind Competition, 2 nd Place 2003 Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Salt Lake City, UT National Collegiate Artist Chamber Music Competition, 3 rd place 2002 Washington-Idaho Symphony Concerto/Aria Winner Pullman, WA 2001 Musicfest Northwest Young Artist Competition Winner Spokane, WA 1999 Gonzaga University Concerto/Aria Competition Winner Spokane, WA NEW MUSIC 2016 China-ASEAN Music Week Nanning, China 2015 Cascadia Composers Alliance, performance Portland, OR 2009-2010 University of Missouri-Kansas City Musica Nova, flute/picc Kansas City, MO Missouri Premiere, Looking Back, Joseph Schwantner (2010) 2006-2007 New Frontiers Chamber Ensemble, principal flute Eugene, OR 9
Commissioned Works: Jesse Benjamin Jones, Night Music for flute and percussion; Christopher Biggs, Mindreaders for flute, clarinet, and Max/MSP; Richard Johnson, Windstorm and Respite for flute alone; Tomás Gueglio-Saccone, Sur la Flûte Traversière for solo flute; Ryan Jesperson, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Sketches in Soft Light for flute, cello, and piano; J.M. Gerraughty, Glisten for two amplified piccolos, Yellow No. 5 for flute and bassoon; Jessica Rudman, Transformations for flute and bassoon; Paul Hembree, Sirenehexen for flute, bassoon, and piano; Bryan Werry, The Serpant Awaits for solo piccolo; Transformations Suite No. 2 for flute and bassoon, Jessica Rudman; Duo for 2 flutes, Emily Doolittle RECORDINGS 2016 Cherry Street Flute Duos by Women Composers (In Progress) Chen, Doolittle, Higdon, Ran, Rudman, Szymanowska 2014 Launch 2014, IFC3 CD International Fellowship of Conductors, Composers, & Collaborators LEADERSHIP & SERVICE 2016-2019 Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation Board Director Denver, CO 2016-present Mu Phi Epsilon District Director, PNW1 Pullman, WA 2015-2016 Greater Portland Flute Society President Portland, OR 2015-2016 Mu Phi Epsilon Zeta Chi Chapter Faculty Advisor Newberg, OR 2014 Mu Phi Epsilon Portland Alumni Chapter Interim Secretary Portland, OR 2009-2011 Mu Phi Epsilon Alpha Kappa Chapter President Kansas City, MO 2006-2007 Dean s Student Advisory Council U of Oregon School of Music Eugene, OR 2006-2008 Mu Phi Epsilon Nu Chapter Vice-President Eugene, OR 2001-2004 Mu Phi Epsilon Mu Beta Chapter President Pullman, WA Chapter Leadership Award (2002) PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Federation of Musicians American Musicological Society College Music Society Florida Flute Association Greater Portland Flute Society International Alliance of Women in Music Mu Phi Epsilon Music Teachers National Association National Flute Association ADDITIONAL SKILLS 2005-2006 Orchestra Librarian Eugene, OR University of Oregon Symphony Orchestra 10
2000-2011 Music Library Information Specialist UMKC Miller Nichols Library, Music/Media Desk UO Knight Library, Music Desk and Binding Room WSU Kimbrough Music Library Kansas City, MO Eugene, OR Pullman, WA 1985-present French language Bordeaux Language School, École de Français French Study, Washington State University Third Year French Merit Award (2004) French immersion elementary schools Bordeaux, France Pullman, WA Nanaimo, BC & Bonnyville, AB 11
REFERENCES Dr. Mary Posses Associate Professor of Flute Conservatory of Music and Dance University of Missouri Kansas City Kansas, City, MO (816) 235-2908 possesm@umkc.edu Dr. James Hall Associate Professor of Flute University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO (970) 351-2529 james.hall@unco.edu Loren Wenz Department of Music & Performing Arts Chair, Associate Professor of Music George Fox University Newberg, OR (503) 554-2623 lwenz@georgefox.edu Michael Gordon Principal Flute Kansas City Symphony Kansas City, MO (713) 410-8988 mikesuperg@gmail.com Dr. Danielle Warner Assistant Professor of Music George Fox University Newberg, OR (503) 554-2627 dwarner@georgefox.edu Steve Davis Associate Professor, Director of Bands Conservatory of Music and Dance University of Missouri Kansas City Kansas City, MO (816) 235-2952 davisst@umkc.edu Dr. Christopher Kelts Assistant Professor, Director of Orchestras Missouri State University Springfield, MO (314) 255-6604 ChrisKelts@MissouriState.edu Dr. Steven Vacchi Professor of Bassoon University of Oregon Eugene, OR (541) 346-3748 vacchi@uoregon.edu Dr. Jonathan Borja Assistant Professor of Music University of Wisconsin La Crosse La Crosse, WI (314) 307-4067 jborja@uwlax.edu Dr. Greg Yasinitsky Director of the School of Music Regents Professor Washington State University Pullman, WA (509) 335-3898 yasinits@wsu.edu 12