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Free Flute Recital, Master Class From Joanna Martin October 28

UT student performs as part of joint class between A&M-Kingsville, University of Texas

KINGSVILLE (October 21, 2009) — Joanna Martin, doctoral student of the flute studio of the University of Texas at Austin, comes to perform and teach at Texas A&M University-Kingsville Wednesday, Oct. 28

Martin will offer a master class at 12:30 p.m. in which students from the A&M-Kingsville flute studio will perform. This event is open to anyone who would like to attend and will take place in the Frank C. Smith Recital Hall of the Bellamah Music Building.

A recital featuring Martin and Christina Wright, doctoral piano student of the University of Texas, takes place at 6:30 p.m. in the same location.

The public is invited to attend both the class and the recital, free of charge.

The recital and master class are the first in a series from students and faculty of the UT flute studio, funded through a Texas A&M-Kingsville Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) grant to bring the UT and A&M-Kingsville flute programs together for cooperative master classes and performances.

The QEP supports faculty members that strive to give undergraduates a mastery of general education and knowledge of their major field; critical thinking and problem-solving skills; civic awareness; and ethical responsibility.

About Joanna Martin

Joanna Martin is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in flute performance at the University of Texas at Austin with Professor Marianne Gedigian. She received her bachelor’s degree in music performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she studied with Dr. Jonathan Keeble. 

Martin has performed solo recitals throughout the United States and has appeared as a concerto soloist with the University of Texas at Austin Symphony Orchestra, Bay Area Classical Harmonies Orchestra, Ashland City Band and the Baroque Artists of Urbana Champaign. She performs regularly with the Round Rock Symphony, the UT Symphony Orchestra and the UT Wind Ensemble. As principal flute of the University of Illinois Wind Ensemble, she performed in Carnegie Hall in New York City and Orchestra Hall in Chicago.

Martin is an active private teacher and Masterclass clinician in the Austin community and has taught for Anthropos Arts, the Birch Creek Music Festival in Wisconsin and Illinois Summer Youth Music Festival.

About Christina Wright

Christina Wright has performed as both a solo and collaborative pianist with many prominent young musicians in the U.S., France, Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Italy, Canada and Venezuela. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in collaborative piano at the University of Texas at Austin with Anne Epperson on full scholarship. Her major teachers include Steven Drury, Robin Wood, and Eva Solar Kinderman.

After completing her master’s degree at the New England Conservatory, Wright freelanced in the Boston area and has performed in many prestigious venues including the Harvard Fogg Art Museum, Jordan Hall and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Among her accomplishments, Wright won the Johann Strauss Scholarship for Advanced Study in Austria, which enabled her to study for a summer at the Franz-Schubert-Institut, Baden-bei-Wien. For six weeks in 2008, she was guest pianist in residence with the Orquesta Infantil de Acarigua-Araure in Portuguesa, Venezuela. Wright also was the winner of the BC Provincials for Collaborative Piano, worked as assistant rehearsal pianist for the Pacific Opera Victoria and has been music director for opera scenes in 2008 with the Boston Opera Collaborative.

At the University of Texas at Austin, Wright will be performing as part of the New Music Ensemble and is the pianist for the award-winning UT Chamber Singers. She also has been featured in the Wet Ink Composers’ Series which showcases works by upcoming composers, and looks forward to further new music projects in the Texas area.