Flute-Piano Duo to Perform

The EMU music faculty artist series is presenting Wayla Chambo, flute, with Linda Blondel, piano accompanist, at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 in Martin Chapel of the seminary building.

The duo will explore light and dark in a program on the theme, "Rising from the Ashes."

They will perform "Le Merle Noir" (The Blackbird) by Olivier Messiaen’ "Sonata for flute and piano" by Edison Denisov; "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" by CW Gluck; "Elysian Fields" by Robert Maggio; "Sonata in b minor" by JS Bach; "Supernova" by Terry Winter Owens and "Rising from the Ashes" by Tarek Younis.

Wayla Chambo, an adjunct flute teacher at EMU
Wayla Chambo, an adjunct flute teacher at EMU

Wayla Chambo, a freelance performer and teacher based in Charlottesville, is an adjunct flute teacher at EMU and also teaches flute in the Preparatory Music program. She holds a master of fine arts degree from the California Institute of the Arts.

She has appeared recently with the Virginia Consort, the Oratorio Society of Charlottesville-Albemarle, the UVA New Music Ensemble, Noise in the System and Du Ciel flute and harp duo. In October, 2008. she will premiere Steven Kemper’s "At the Crossing of Five Paths" at the "pixilerations" festival in Providence, RI.

Linda Blondel is a collaborative pianist in Charlottesville, teaches piano privately and regularly performs both instrumental and vocal chamber music. She is pianist for the Charlottesville-University Symphony Orchestra and the pianist for Cove Presbyterian Church.

Admission to the program is free; donations are welcomed for the EMU music department student scholarship fund.