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Skidmore Flute Institute
Faculty
 Jan Vinci, Director First-prize winner of England's International Music Performance Competition, Jan Vinci has performed at premiere venues such as Alice Tully, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, and Symphony Space, and at events such as the Blossom Festival (Ohio), the International Computer Music Conference in the Netherlands, the Electric Music Festival in England, Killington Music Festival (Vermont), the Chamber Music Conference of the East at Bennington College (Vermont), the New York Flute Club concert series and several National Flute Association conventions. She has also performed in Denmark and Ibiza, Spain, as well as at Stanford University, Ithaca College, Crane, University of West Florida, University of Central Oklahoma, and in return engagements at her alma maters. Vinci’s chamber music career, has spanned more than 20 years. She performs with Iridescence - Flute and Harp Duo, which has played venues such as Toledo Museum of Art, Troy Music Hall, Hyde Collection Museum, and The Juilliard School. For more than 10 years Vinci toured the U.S. with Tritonis, an ensemble with flute, guitar, and cello. Vinci commissioned over 20 works, and recorded Five Premieres: Chamber Works with Guitar for Albany Records. Percussia, an ensemble with percussion, received numerous grants from NYSCA, Queens Council on the Arts, and Chamber Music America for performance, educational, and recording projects. Vinci has performed on National Public Radio’s Performance Today and, as an orchestral musician she performed with the Albany Symphony, Cleveland Opera Theater and Heidelberg orchestras. Vinci is Senior Artist-in-Residence at Skidmore College and formerly served on the faculties of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College and Hofstra University. Since 1994, Vinci has directed and taught master classes at the Skidmore Flute Institute and has presented the Skidmore Flute Choir Festival. A former president of the New York Flute Club, Vinci holds a D.M.A. from The Juilliard School, an M.M. from Cleveland Institute of Music and a B.M. from Bowling Green State University. Her primary teachers include Julius Baker, Samuel Baron, Maurice Sharp, Judith Bentley and Martha Aarons.
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Canadian-born flutist Jeffrey Khaner has been Principal Flute of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1990. From 1982 to 1990, he was principal of the Cleveland Orchestra, and has also served as principal of the New York Mostly Mozart Festivals, and the Atlantic Symphony in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in addition to co-principal of the Pittsburgh Symphony. A noted soloist, Khaner has performed concerti with orchestras throughout the U.S, Canada, and Asia collaborating with conductors including Riccardo Chailly, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Claus-Peter Flor, Hans Werner Henze, Erich Leinsdorf, Kurt Masur, Yutaka Sado, Jose Serebrier, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Gerard Schwartz, Franz Welser-Most, and David Zinman. His concerto repertoire is extensive and he has premiered many works including the concerto by Ned Rorem, written for him in 2003. As a recitalist, Khaner has appeared with pianists Charles Abramovic, Christoph Eschenbach, Lowell Liebermann, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Hugh Sung, among others. He regularly incorporates into the programs the music of today’s composers, many of whom have written expressly for him. Khaner is a founding member of the Syrinx Trio (with fellow Philadelphia Orchestra principals Roberto Diaz, viola, and Elizabeth Hainen, harp), which made its Carnegie Hall debut in 2001 in the Weill Recital Hall. In 1995, he was selected by Sir Georg Solti to be Principal Flute of the World Orchestra for Peace, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. The orchestra regularly reconvenes, most recently in 2005 for a tour of Europe and Asia commemorating the end of World War II. Khaner’s editions of repertoire, including the Brahms sonatas, are published by Theodore Presser Company. A graduate of The Juilliard School, Khaner was named to the faculty as Flute Professor in 2004, holding the position formerly held by his mentor, the late Julius Baker. For more than two decades, he has been a faculty member at the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He has given master classes throughout North, South and Central America, Europe, and Asia. Khaner has also participated as a performer and teacher at many summer festivals and seminars including the Solti Orchestral Project at Carnegie Hall; The New World Symphony; the Pacific Music, the Hamamatsu, Sarasota, and Grand Teton festivals, and the Lake Placid and Skidmore Flute institutes. Jeffrey Khaner is a Yamaha performing artist and clinician. iflute.com Check out what is being said about Jeffrey Khaner.
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 Mark Vinci Saxophonist, flutist and composer Mark Vinci has toured as a soloist in Denmark, the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, the U.S., and Ibiza, Spain, where he has performed in venues such as One Step Down and The Nest in Washington, D.C., Catalina Bar and Grill in L.A., and Birdland in N.Y.C. He has performed, toured, and/or recorded with artists such as Joe Lovano, Stefon Harris, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Zoot Sims, Benny Carter, Tommy Flanagan, Clark Terry, Mel Lewis, Michael Feinstein, Gene Bertoncini, and Joe LaBarbera. Vinci is lead altoist with John Fedchock’s New York Big Band and is a veteran of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band conducted by Jon Faddis, Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, and Woody Herman and Gerry Mulligan big bands. He has performed at numerous festivals such as North Sea, Kool, Montreaux, Monterey, and Nice. Four-time Grammy nominee Vinci has recorded on Blue Note, Capital, Concord, Telarc, SONY, Enja, Albany Records, and Iris, among other labels. His CDs Grand Slam, As I Think About You, and Interplay present him as a leader and composer. With a full book of his original big band charts, he is frequently featured as soloist with big bands in the U.S. and Europe, performing arrangements of his tunes from As I Think About You, and other original compositions. Vinci has received numerous commissions including a piece for the Empire State Youth Orchestra’s “New Music for a New Generation” festival and a 200-piece concert band performance at the United Nations. His saxophone and flute duet, When I See You, was commissioned by Jan Vinci for Global FluteScape: Premieres and Rare Gems. Vinci is on the faculty of Skidmore College and has taught clinics and residencies at colleges and high schools throughout the U.S., Denmark, and Spain and with support from the U.S. Embassy-the Czech Republic. For 15 years at the Skidmore Summer Flute Institute Vinci has taught jazz master classes, jazz flute history classes, and circular breathing classes. He was a featured artist on the New York Flute Club concert series. www.markvinci.com
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Additional Faculty
Rachel Bergman
Rachel Bergman is a frequent recitalist performing in faculty and chamber music concerts at George Mason University. She has been a member of the Assisi Music Festival (Assisi, Italy) since July 2004, and has been on the faculty of the Skidmore Summer Flute Institute since its inception in 1994. Dr. Bergman has also held faculty positions at Skidmore College, Southern Connecticut State University, and the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven, CT. Bergman’s principal flute teachers include Judy Mendenhall, Jan Vinci, Paula Robison, and Ransom Wilson.
Dr. Bergman is assistant professor of music theory at George Mason University, where she is co-founder and coach of the Mason Modern Music Ensemble. She earned her Ph.D. in music theory from Yale University and completed her undergraduate degree in music and mathematics at Skidmore College, where she was the recipient of a Filene Music Scholarship. Bergman’s doctoral dissertation focuses on the works of Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944), a Jewish, Austro-Hungarian composer who was killed in the Holocaust, and she is currently working on a book on this topic for Toccata Press. Bergman has presented papers at numerous conferences both nationally and internationally.
Yvonne Chavez Hansbrough
Flutist Yvonne Chavez Hansbrough was recently appointed associate professor at the College of Saint Rose. She is also director of the Saint Rose Camerata and principal flutist with the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Hansbrough has performed with many orchestras including the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, the Albany Symphony, Glimmerglass Opera, and Appalachian Spring with the Martha Graham Dance Company. She has appeared as a soloist with many orchestras including the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra and the Nashville Symphony. Her performance of the Suite in B Minor by Bach last May with the Glens Falls Symphony received rave reviews:
"...flutist Yvonne Chavez Hansbrough brought a sense of style and correctness to the performance. Whether blending as a member of the ensemble or standing out as a soloist, Hansbrough's tone was fluid with effortless ornamentation. Lyrical melodic lines and virtuosic passages were performed with an ease of expression and execution..." (The Post Star, Glens Falls, NY, S. Leonard, May 2008).”
She has recorded with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, the Albany Symphony, and in 1997 released her solo CD American Flute Music: Leaving the Twentieth Century. This year she will appear as soloist with the Glens Falls Symphony, performing the Concerto for flute and orchestra by Ibert (May 2009). She received her doctorate in flute performance in 1991 from Florida State University, where she was a recipient of a University Fellowship. Prior to coming to The College of Saint Rose, she was associate professor of music at Middle Tennessee State University, where she taught for nine years. www.yvonnehansbrough.com
Diana Charos Reilly
Diana Charos Reilly is a freelance musician, conductor and music educator in New Jersey. Her debut recital was performed in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. Most recently she performed at Carnegie Hall and PNC Arts Center, and conducted at New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Reilly toured Romania, Austria and Hungry performing "Behind the Iron Curtain” and recorded numerous CD's including "Jack the Ripper," "Sleeping Beauty," and "Rapunzel." Reilly is a member of the RockOpera Orchestra and an 18-piece swing band that tours the New York Metropolitan area.
Reilly is on the faculty of Westminster Conservatory of Music at Westminster Choir College in Princeton and Rutgers Preparatory School. She is the conductor of the New Jersey Youth Symphony's Flute Choir and Forum and since 1994 has been on faculty at the Skidmore Flute Institute. A graduate of The Juilliard School pre-college division and awarded B.M. in performance from the Hartt School, Reilly studied with Brad Garner and John Wion. She further studied at Ithaca and Oberlin colleges, and did graduate work at Rutgers University.
Jill Sokol
Flutist Jill Sokol is a freelance musician and private instructor in the New York City region. Sokol holds positions with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra and Garden State Philharmonic. She has also performed with the New Haven Symphony, Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, and Albany Symphony, Westchester Philharmonic, and Westchester Chamber orchestras, and Wesleyan Ensemble of the Americas. A strong advocate of new music, Sokol appears as guest artist at the Mannes Institute for Contemporary Performance, as soloist for the Long Island Composers Alliance, and as a member of the SEM Ensemble. She has also performed with the New Music Collective of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Columbia Composers Ensemble, Argento New Music Project, and Wet Ink Ensemble. In May of 2004, she gave her solo debut at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall as winner of the Artist International Competition. Sokol completed her doctorate degree at Stony Brook University, under the tutelage of Carol Wincenc.
Born and raised in Minnesota and now living in New York City, Barbara Lee is a diverse pianist who has played in all major N.Y.C. concert halls as well as some of its night clubs. Her skills as a classical pianist and sensitive accompanist keep her much in demand in the flute world as well as with other instruments.
Lee has performed at flute festivals and master classes throughout the U.S. and abroad. At the flute convention in Kansas City last summer, she appeared with many fine flute players including Jan Vinci, Leslie Newman, Chris Potter, and Viviana Guzman. She has played concert recitals and/or accompanied master classes with Jeffrey Khaner, Keith Underwood, Julius Baker, Susan Hoeppner, Ronald Roseman, Eleanor Lawrence, Linda Chesis, Tadeo Coelho, and Susan Milan, and performed with students of Sandra Church, Renee Siebert, and Carol Wincenc.
Along with the flute, Lee has collaborated with other instrumentalists including most recently the great saxophone player George Young. She has performed with many top orchestral players, and at many major universities. Lee has recently been a featured artist at the annual Alec Wilder celebration, and with the Taos Chamber players.
Lee has served as musical director in a variety of settings from Off-Broadway to church, and played keyboards with the Big Apple Circus for several years. She plays in a jazz group and a top 40 group where she also sings backup. She was on the faculty of Wagner College in Staten Island for seven years. Lee organized, produced, and arranged the music for a Brazilian music festival that featured Nana Vasconcelos along with students and faculty of the music department. She now freelances full time.
Lee’s first piano teacher was Miriam Blair of Duluth, Minnesota. She studied at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, for her bachelor of music degree in piano performance and received her master's degree from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. When she's not practicing, Lee might be found tango dancing.
