Austin New Music Co-op Presents: NYC flutist Roberta Michel as part of the Willow Street House Concert Series

On Saturday February 28th New Music Co-op is pleased to present New York's Roberta Michel for an evening of new music for flute. In an intimate setting, Roberta will perform a program of late 20th and early 21st century works for solo flute, alto flute and piccolo. Featured composers on the program include Shulamit Ran, Aaron Alon, Sean Varah, Harold Meltzer, Helen Fisher, and Ian Clarke.

Roberta Michel, flute (New York, NY) Willow Street House Concert Series February 28th, 2009 - 8PM 1010 Willow St $5 suggested donation Seating is limited - please RSVP to travis@newmusiccoop.org

A native of Maine, flutist Roberta Michel now lives in New York City and is an active performer of solo, chamber, and orchestral music. Michel recently won the Artists International Special Presentation Award and was presented in her debut recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in March for which she was described in the New York Concert Review as a "solid craftsman" who "riveted with her performance, inspiring one to want a repeated hearing". Michel has performed with groups throughout North America including the Portland String Quartet, SEM Ensemble, Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, Cheyenne Symphony, and the Greeley Philharmonic.

An ardent advocate of new music and described for her "extreme adventurousness" (New York Concert Review), Michel has premiered numerous works. She is a founding member of The Cadillac Moon Ensemble, a quartet dedicated to commissioning and performing new works. For more information please see CadillacMoonEnsemble.com.

Michel holds a BM with highest honors from the University of Colorado at Boulder, an MM from SUNY-Purchase College, and is currently a doctoral candidate at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Her teachers include Robert Dick, Tara Helen O'Connor, and Alexa Still.