Study with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's flute section . . .

Ervin Monroe
Sharon Sparrow
Philip Dikeman
Jeffery Zook

 

Orchestral Flute
Institute

A master class in orchestral performing

 

The Orchestral Flute Institute meets for one week in July. Email for exact dates. piper@little-piper.com O.F.I. classes typically meet from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Orchestral Playing
Classes primarily involve group playing of major orchestral works, as well as individual assignments and performance. Lectures and demonstrations include the art of ensemble orchestral playing, with emphasis on style, intonation, special fingerings, and proper execution of dynamics. This class looks at the individual works as a whole, not simply the famous solo passages.

Mock Auditions
Classes also cover the important art of auditioning for orchestral work. A mock audition (behind the screen) will be held on the final day of the Institute. All are encouraged, but not required, to participate in this mock audition.

 

Reasonable Housing & Food
All O.F.I. classes are held on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

Application
Applicants should present a short resume of advanced flute study and/or professional playing experience to be accepted. Please list teachers and current repertoire in the resume. Email to piper@little-piper.com or mail to OFI at P.O. Box 344, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303.



Please refer questions to Master Class.
Ervin Monroe is one of America's most distinguished orchestral flutists. The Principal Flutist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for over thirty years, he holds the longest tenure as a major symphony orchestra Principal Flutist among his generational peers. Sharon Sparrow is the Second Flutist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. She studied at the Julliard School and Mannes College with Julius Baker and Thomas Nyfenger.


Philip Dikeman is the Assistant Principal Flutist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he studied with Robert Willoughby, and the Yale School of Music where he studied with Thomas Nyfenger. Jeffery Zook has served as Flutist and Piccoloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra since 1992. Mr. Zook has taught at Oakland University and the University of Michigan.

 

 

These musicians are heard on the weekly national radio broadcasts of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and on the orchestra's recordings under Maestro Neemi Jarvi.

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