NEW MUSIC - EXTENDED TECHNIQUES - IMPROVISATION - ELECTRIC FLUTE
Wildacres Retreat, Little Switzerland, NC June
14 - 20, 2025
Come
join us for a masterclass with Robert Dick on contemporary flute
music in the beautiful Wildacres Retreat, North Carolina. The five
and a half day workshop will consist of morning workshops, afternoon
chamber music sessions, and evening masterclasses. In the morning
workshops Robert will explore and teach techniques used in contemporary
music. These include throat tuning (also incredibly important
in ALL flute playing), multiphonics, glissandi, quartertones, singing
and playing, percussion sounds, and (of course!) circular breathing.
Each session will conclude with a brief group improv using
the sounds and ideas discussed in the workshop.
Melissa Keeling will lead afternoon chamber music sessions using
these new sounds and musical approaches. Melissa will also
demonstrate the electric flute and the music that can be created
by amplifying and processing the flute sound — she’ll cover a range
of styles including Rock Flute! Participants get to try the
equipment out and see where their imaginations can fly to. Robert
teaches the evening masterclasses where individual performers explore
works from the new music repertoire. If you would like to
explore improvisation, Robert will be delighted to help.
Robert will also demonstrate his radical Glissando Headjoint®
and will have headjoints on hand for trial and purchase.
Melissa Keeling will be assisting, helping with learning new
expressions and techniques and offering instruction in electric
flute playing. To hear some of Melissa’s spectacular music,
please visit www.melissakeeling.com.
There is a place for all persuasions of flutists in this exciting
course. New music aficionados may attend as performers and play
in the evening masterclasses, receiving one-on-one instruction from
Robert Dick. Flutists who are not versed in extended techniques
will benefit from the morning workshops, where they can become familiar
with these new ways to play the flute. “Newbies” are welcome as
participants. Anyone who just wants to listen and learn but not
participate may register as an auditor.
Wildacres Retreat is a conference center offering its facilities
to non-profit groups conducting educational or cultural programs.
At an elevation of 3,300 feet, Wildacres is situated on 1,600 acres
atop Pompey’s Knob, a mountain near the Blue Ridge Parkway in Little
Switzerland, North Carolina. It offers double occupancy rooms with
private bath, a dining hall, a concert hall, an amphitheater, and
many teaching spaces.
Come
join us for a masterclass with Robert Dick on contemporary flute
music in the beautiful Wildacres Retreat, North Carolina. The five
and a half day workshop will consist of morning workshops, afternoon
chamber music sessions, and evening masterclasses. In the morning
workshops Robert will explore and teach techniques used in contemporary
music. These include throat tuning (also incredibly important
in ALL flute playing), multiphonics, glissandi, quartertones, singing
and playing, percussion sounds, and (of course!) circular breathing.
Each session will conclude with a brief group improv using
the sounds and ideas discussed in the workshop.