Summer Promotion: Book One and Two!
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This book delves into the worlds of articulation, breathing, piccolo sound, vibrato, and much more. Discover what flying saucers, sausages and mouse trampolines have in common with your piccolo playing. Explore the effect that diverse languages and speech patterns have on articulation. Uncover the seven secrets to playing high notes softly on the piccolo. Investigate the vibrato types and sound shapes that create the most beautiful piccolo sound. Develop your finger and posture technique from Book One with additional in-depth daily exercises.
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WORKS BY
Desimpelaere • D’hoe • Henderickx • Lysight • Tas • Van der Roost
MUSICIANS
Peter Verhoyen – piccolo
Nele Tiebout – saxophone
Benoït Viratelle – bass clarinet
Pieterjan Vrankcx – seven African drums
Sylvie Erauw – marimba
Stefan De Schepper – piano
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About this video
Recently recorded Halvorsen’s Passacaglia on two piccolos with Anke Lauwers. See more of my videos on my YouTube channel!
Biography
As piccolo solo at the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Peter has built up an excellent reputation as a specialist on his instrument. Since 2006 he has developed various concert programs for piccolo and piano together with pianist Stefan De Schepper. With these projects he demonstrates that the piccolo earns a spot on the concert stage as a recital instrument. For a contemporary touch, Peter asked several Flemish composers to write new works for his instrument. The next step was the realization of a series of CDs (Piccolo Tunes, The Birds!, Piccolo Polkas, La Gazza Ladra, Ma Mère l’Oye, Mighty Metamorphoses) in which the piccolo is the central instrument. For his dedication to contemporary Flemish music, Peter has been awarded the Fuga Trofee from the Union of Belgian composers in 2017.
News
Royal Conservatoire Antwerp student Erica Vogel won first prize in the NFA Piccolo Orchestral Audition and Masterclass Competition 2023 (Phoenix)
Royal Conservatoire Antwerp students Bea Sánchez, Ana Mondéjar Amat and Maria Leiva Sepúlveda and Kunstuniversität Graz student Maïa Huet have been selected as semi-finalists for the Gazzelloni Piccolo Competition 2023 (Italy)
Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp student Elizabeth Salerno won second prize in the Tampere Flute Fest Piccolo Competition 2023.
Ester Esteban Solana, alumnus of Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp piccolo class, won the first prize at the Nordic Piccolo Artist Competition and won the second prize at the Gazzelloni Piccolo Artist Competition.
Four students of the piccolo master program @ KCA were selected as semi-finalist for the NFA Piccolo Artist Competition 2022 (Chicago) Three of them went to the finals.
Prize winners were Ester Esteban Solana (first prize) Sarah Miller (second prize) Erica Vogel (third prize) Maria Leiva Sepúlveda showed wat a terrific piccolo player she is during the semi-finals.
Mar Sala Romagosa, alumnus of the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp piccolo class, has been appointed as piccolo solo at the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland)
Erica Vogel, student of the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp piccolo class, has been appointed as the new piccolo player at the Koninklijke Marinierskapel (The Netherlands)
Flavia Valente, student of the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp piccolo class, has been appointed as the new solo piccolo player at the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Germany)
Sarah Miller, student of the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp piccolo class, has been appointed as the new second flute and piccolo player at the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra (Belgium)
Upcoming Events
June 03, 2024
Piccolo Day
Masterclasses, workshop, art installation, concert
Stedelijk Conservatorium & Joseph Ryelandtzaal, Bruges (Belgium)
Info & tickets: annemieverhoyen@me.com
June 12, 2024
Piccolo Masterclasses
Royal Academy of Music, London (UK)
Info & tickets: www.ram.ac.uk
June 24-29, 2024
Piccolo Festival Mexico
Piccolo masterclasses
Piccolo concerto (Levente Gyöngyösi)
Cultural Center Jaime Torres Bodet, Zacatenco (Mexico)
With the support of the Flemish Government, department culture, youth and media
July 9-14, 2024
International Flute Seminar Bruges
Masterclasses, individual lessons, workshops, audition training, Alexander technique, flute and piccolo intensive course, concerts
Sint-Lodewijkscollege, Bruges (Belgium)
Info & tickets: www.ifsb.be
July 15-21, 2024
FIM Valencia
Piccolo masterclasses
Conservatorio Superior de Música Joaquín Rodrigo, Valencia (Spain)
Info & tickets: www.fimvalencia.com/en/fimvalencia-24
July 23-26, 2024
International Flute and Piano Forum
Masterclasses (flute, piccolo, piano) and concerts
Diekirch (Luxembourg)
Info & tickets: www.forumflutepiano.com
August 01-04, 2024
NFA Flute Convention
Flauta Mundi: Global Voices of the Flute
Concerts, masterclasses, workshops, lectures, competitions …
World Première Piccolo Quartet (Maarten Desplenter)
Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, San Antonio (USA)
Info & tickets: www.nfaonline.org/convention/HomePage
August 23-25, 2024
Académie d’Eté de Musique de Vence
Masterclasses flute, piccolo, chamber music, flute orchestra
Conservatoire de musique, Vence (France)
Info & tickets: www.atraverslaflute.fr
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