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Laurel
Ewell received her Doctor of Musical Arts
from West Virginia
University
and her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of
Music degrees from the University of Washington. She has served as
Assistant Principal Flute
of the Hong Kong Philharmonic and also as flute instructor for the Chinese University
of Hong Kong and
the Hong Kong Academy of
Performing Arts. Dr.
Ewell has performed
with the Seattle Symphony, West Virginia Symphony and Lyric Mountain
Music
Festival as well as recitals for the International Double Reed Society
and the
Eastern Conference of the Music Teachers National Association. She has
recorded
on the Hong Kong Records label. Her teachers include Sidney Zeitlin,
Felix
Skowronek, and Joyce Catalfano. Currently, Dr. Ewell lives in Baltimore,
Maryland
where she teaches flute and music theory at Towson University Music
Preparatory
Department.
EDUCATION
WEST
VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Doctor of Musical Arts (2004)
in Flute Performance
Research Project: A
Symbolist Melodrama: The Confluence of Poem and Music in
Debussy’s La Flûte de Pan
UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON
Bachelor of Music, Bachelor
of Arts (1979) Cum Laude
TEACHING
PRIVATE FLUTE
INSTRUCTOR (1979-present)
TOWSON
UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT (2000-present)
Faculty
(flute,
music theory)
TRINITY ARTS ACADEMY
(2002-2006)
Faculty
(flute)
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
(1999-2000)
Instructor
in aural theory for music majors.
WEST
VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
COMMUNITY MUSIC PROGRAM
(1990- 2000)
Artist
Faculty (flute, flute ensemble)
WEST
VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
MOUNTAINEER MUSIC CAMP
(1997-1999, 2001)
Faculty
(flute, chamber music, music theory)
MARROWSTONE
MUSIC FESTIVAL (1988)
Faculty
(flute and chamber music)
HONG KONG ACADEMY OF
PERFORMING ARTS (1979-1985)
Faculty
(flute)
CHINESE
UNIVERSITY
OF HONG KONG (1981)
Lecturer (flute)
PUBLICATIONS
Syrinx
Rhythmic Teaching
Edition by Kathryn Blocki and Laurel Ewell
See:
http://www.blockiflute.com/book-rythmic-teaching.php
PRESENTATIONS
Presentation
of “A
Symbolist Melodrama: The
Confluence of Poem and Music in Debussy’s La
Flûte de Pan” for the National Flute
Association Convention, Pittsburgh, PA
2006
"Syrinx
or La Flûte de Pan?
The original performance context for Debussy's work
for solo
flute" presented at the Mid-Atlantic conference for the College Music
Society, March, 1999
AWARDS
WINNER
OF THE
DMA/PHD DISSERTAION COMPETITION for the National Flute Association, 2006
WINNER YOUNG
ARTIST COMPETITION 3/99
Performed Renaissance Concerto by
Lukas Foss with West Virginia University
Symphony
ORCHESTRAL
PERFORMANCE
LYRIC
MOUNTAIN
MUSIC FESTIVAL Alternate Principal Flute 7/98
The Lyric
Mountain Music Festival presented a series of summer orchestra
concerts in the Laurel
Mountains
of Pennsylvania.
WEST
VIRGINIA SYMPHONY piccolo 6/95, 7/97
WEST
VIRGINIA PUBLIC THEATER flute, piccolo 1996, 1997, 1999
OPERA
THEATER
OF PITTSBURGH
Second Flute 4/94
Regional tour of Don Giovanni
MORGANTOWN
MUNICIPAL BAND
7/91-7/01
Piccolo
and flute in summer concert series.
HONG
KONG
PHILHARMONIC Assistant Principal Flute, 1980-1985
The Hong
Kong Philharmonic is a full-time professional orchestra, performing
about 100 concerts a year. Kenneth Schermerhorn, Music Director
CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE
SUNDAYS
AT CENTRAL CONCERT SERIES 10/03
Towson,
Maryland.
Performed the Beethoven Trio
(flute, bassoon, piano) with Reynaldo Reyas and Terry Ewell and Night Whispers (flute, bassoon).
CONGRESS
OF THE INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE REED SOCIETY
6/03
Greensboro,
North Carolina.
Chamber music recital
featuring music for flute and bassoon, including the world premiere of Night Whispers by Dr. Jonathan Leshnoff.
TOWSON
UNIVERSITY
FACULTY RECITAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC
Performed
Martinu Trio Sonata and Telemann Cantata with Dr. Donald Watts,
Dr. Christopher Dillon and Dr. Leneida Crawford 5/06
Performed
Ravel Chanson Madecasses with Dr. Leneida Crawford and Dr. Donald
Watts 11/06
Performed
the Musical Offering by
J. S. Bach with Dr. Donald Watts, Dr. David Yarbrough, and Dr. Eva
Mengelkoch
5/03
FROSTBURG
STATE UNIVERSITY
3/99
Music of the Twentieth Century
Chamber Music concert, flute
EASTERN
REGIONAL MUSIC TEACHERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE 3/98
Performance
of
Beethoven Trio (flute, bassoon, fortepiano) with Dr. Peter Amstutz and
Dr.
Terry Ewell
LAUREATE
WIND
QUINTET Substitute flute Recruitment Tours 1996-1998
This is the
resident wind quintet of West Virginia University.
PENN
ALPS SUMMER CONCERT
SERIES 1996
Grantsville,
Maryland.
Concert of flute and harp music with Christine Mazza.
CONCERTS
IN THE
PARK 1996, 1997, 1999
Morgantown,
West Virginia.
Chamber music concerts
featuring flute & harp, a trio of 2 flutes and bassoon and a
flute quartet.
RECORDINGS
NINGXIA DA DI VIDEO &
AUDIO PUBLISHING
HOUSE
He
Jianjun. Reminiscence. Ningxia Da
Di Video & Audio Publishing House.
2003.
Featured
in performance of Reminiscence for
solo flute.
HONG KONG RECORDS
Brahms,
Johannes. Hungarian Dances. Hong Kong Records. Kenneth Jean,
conductor.
Wagner,
Richard. American Centennial March, Polonica,
Rule
Britannia, Imperial
March.
Hong Kong Records
(6.220114). 20‑21 Jan. 1983.
Varujan, Kojian, conductor.
Chinese TV Themes. Varujan Kojian,
conductor.
Colorful
Clouds: The Hong Kong
Philharmonic Plays
Popular Chinese Classics. Hong
Kong
Records (6.240090). 19‑20 Jan. 1982. Kenneth Jean, conductor.
Kwan,
Michael. Michael Kwan Live in Concert.
Philips
(6642 048). 1982.
Mayazumi,
Toshiro. Sansara, Phonologie Symphonique,
Bacchanale.
Hong Kong
Records
(6.220297). Yoshikazu
Fukumura, conductor.
Under
the Silver Moon: The Hong Kong Philharmonic Plays Popular Chinese
Classics,
Vol. 2. Hong Kong
Records (6.240279). 7‑10 May
1984. Kenneth Jean, conductor.
ADMINISTRATION
TREASURER:
The Baltimore Flute Choir 2006-present
STATE
TREASURER: West
Virginia
Music Teachers Association 1999-2000
CO-FOUNDER
AND COORDINATOR
1996-1997
World
of
Wonder Arts and Humanities Series at West Virginia
University,
a program linking the College
of Creative Arts
and Monongalia
County
schools. Duties
involved the development,
administration, and performances of various programs within the College of Creative Arts
and throughout the Monongalia County
schools.
DIRECTOR,
MORGANTOWN
FLUTE ENSEMBLE
1995-1996
Morgantown,
West Virginia.
Conducted and coordinated
performances in several local concert series.
DIRECTOR,
STUDENT FLUTE ENSEMBLE
Coordinator
of student flute ensemble for the West Virginia Music Teachers
Association Pedals and Bows concerts. 1994,1996
