Six members of the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey have been selected to participate in a flute master class under the direction of Bart Feller, principal flute of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, on Tuesday, March 11, from 7 to 9 p.m., at Community Middle School in Plainsboro. The young flute musicians include Angela Gao of West Windsor, a junior at High School South; Sophia Isnardi of Plainsboro, a sophomore at High School North; and Bethany Tsai of West Windsor, a senior at North. They have all been playing flute since fifth grade.
YOCJ’s mission is to provide opportunities for talented young musicians in Central Jersey to participate in musical performance at a level beyond that which is traditionally offered by school bands and orchestras. Conductors include WW-P teachers John Enz, Phillip Pugh, and Brian Woodward.
The enrollment expands every year, and YOCJ has invited professional musicians to perform solos and teach master classes for the past three years. The classes have been held on Tuesdays in place of regular rehearsals, and all students attend as well as encourage their peers from the audience. Sylvie Webb will be the accompanist.
Feller joined YOCJ in the performance of Carl Reinecke’s Flute Concerto in D major at Richardson Auditorium in January. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, he has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Jupiter Symphony, Westminster Community Orchestra, Manalapan-Battleground Symphony, and Princeton Symphony Orchestra. Feller is also a professor of flute at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts and teaches in Juilliard School’s pre-college division.
Flute Master Class, Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey, Community Middle School, 75 Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro. Tuesday, March 11, 7 p.m. Free. www.yocj.org.
