April 22, 2010, 8:00
PM
A
Classical Twirl
Rei
Hotoda, Conductor
Kara Kirkendoll Welch, flute
The
DSO's last Greenville performance of Ravel's interpretation of an Italian
folkdance, a forlane, and a French baroque dance, a rigaudon from his
Tombeau de Couperin. Then the DSO's own lyric flutist, Kara Kirkendoll
Welch, will star in Mozart's tuneful Flute Concerto No. 1. The concert
concludes with Schumann's Symphony No. 4.
A native of Illinois, Kara Kirkendoll Welch joined the Dallas Symphony
in 2000. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a bachelor's
degree in flute performance and continued her studies at Southern Methodist
University, where she earned a master's in flute performance in May 2000.
Kirkendoll is the recipient of many reputable awards in such competitions
as the International Flute Talk Competition (Chicago, 1999), the
Orchestral Masterclass Competition with Jeanne Baxtresser (Dallas, 1997)
and the National Flute Association Masterclass Performers Competition
(1996). She was a featured soloist at the 2001 National Flute Association
Convention in Dallas, and has been recognized in Flute Talk magazine.
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