Flutists and Pianist Perform at Church
The Westminster Conservatory at Nassau series will continue with a recital of music for two flutes and piano on November 16 at 12:15 p.m. The performers are flutists Ellen Fisher Deerberg and Kevin Willois, and pianist Patricia Tupta Landy, all members of the teaching faculty of Westminster Conservatory of Music.
The recital will take place in the Niles Chapel of Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street. Admission is free. The program includes the Flower Duet from Delibes› opera, Lakme; Doppler Andante and Rondo, op. 25; selections from Flowers from Frösö Island by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger and the Sonata for Flute and Piano by Francis Poulenc.
Deerberg received a Bachelor of Music degree in performance from Temple University, where she studied with the late Murray Panitz, principal flutist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She has performed as principal flutist with the Kennett Symphony Orchestra, Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, and Delaware Children’s Opera, and is the principal flutist of the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra.
Willois graduated from the Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts with degrees in music performance and music education. He is an active performer in the New York/New Jersey area and has performed with the Garden State Symphonic Band, the Edison Symphony, Artemis Chamber Orchestra, and Actor’s Net, as well as with the chamber ensembles Trio@play and Vento Trio.
Landy performs as a soloist and chamber musician in the tri-state area. She served as an adjunct professor for graduate piano pedagogy internships at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, as a part-time staff accompanist for the Cleveland Institute of Music, and as a faculty member of the Cleveland Music School Settlement. She holds degrees in music from the Cleveland Institute of Music/Case Western Reserve University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Southern California.