Synergy 78
Carol Lynn Shansky, flute, alto flute
Michelle Kiec, clarinet, bass clarinet
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Program
"The Birds and the Bees"
birds of paradise (2019) – Christopher Lee (b. 1977)
commission by Synergy 78
Swarm (2011) – Aleksander Sternfeld-Dunn (b. 1980)
Swarm I: Hive Mentality
Swarm II: The Queen's Lament
Swarm III: Swarm
Timing: 20 minutes
Artist Bio
Synergy 78, flute and clarinet duo, has performed at regional and national conferences of the CMS, NACWPI, and others. Dr. Carol Shansky is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at New Jersey City University where she teaches Applied Flute. She earned the D.M.A. (Music Education) and M.M. (Performance) from Boston University and B.M. in Music Education from Ithaca College. Dr. Shansky has appeared as soloist in the U.S. and Europe including Weill Recital Hall and the Palais de l’Athénée (Geneva, Switzerland) and is a frequent recitalist and orchestral performer in the NYC area. She has been published in the Journal of Research in Musicology, Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, and RIME (USA, online). Dr. Shansky is the author of Musical Tapestries: A Thematic Approach to Music Appreciation (pub. Kendall-Hunt) and The Hebrew Orphan Asylum Band: Community, Culture and Opportunity (pub. Cambridge Scholars). Dr. Michelle Kiec, Dean in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Kutztown University, balances a career as a clarinetist and administrator. She has performed with the Harrisburg Symphony, West Virginia Symphony, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Opera Lancaster, Aspen Music Festival, and Breckenridge Music Festival. Dr. Kiec is a frequent conference presenter in the areas of curriculum development, enrollment management, program building, student success, and assessment. She earned master’s and doctoral degrees in clarinet performance at Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns Hopkins University. She holds bachelor's degrees in saxophone performance and German from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Carol Lynn Shansky, flute, alto flute
Michelle Kiec, clarinet, bass clarinet
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Program
"The Birds and the Bees"
birds of paradise (2019) – Christopher Lee (b. 1977)
commission by Synergy 78
Swarm (2011) – Aleksander Sternfeld-Dunn (b. 1980)
Swarm I: Hive Mentality
Swarm II: The Queen's Lament
Swarm III: Swarm
Timing: 20 minutes
Artist Bio
Synergy 78, flute and clarinet duo, has performed at regional and national conferences of the CMS, NACWPI, and others. Dr. Carol Shansky is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at New Jersey City University where she teaches Applied Flute. She earned the D.M.A. (Music Education) and M.M. (Performance) from Boston University and B.M. in Music Education from Ithaca College. Dr. Shansky has appeared as soloist in the U.S. and Europe including Weill Recital Hall and the Palais de l’Athénée (Geneva, Switzerland) and is a frequent recitalist and orchestral performer in the NYC area. She has been published in the Journal of Research in Musicology, Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, and RIME (USA, online). Dr. Shansky is the author of Musical Tapestries: A Thematic Approach to Music Appreciation (pub. Kendall-Hunt) and The Hebrew Orphan Asylum Band: Community, Culture and Opportunity (pub. Cambridge Scholars). Dr. Michelle Kiec, Dean in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Kutztown University, balances a career as a clarinetist and administrator. She has performed with the Harrisburg Symphony, West Virginia Symphony, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Opera Lancaster, Aspen Music Festival, and Breckenridge Music Festival. Dr. Kiec is a frequent conference presenter in the areas of curriculum development, enrollment management, program building, student success, and assessment. She earned master’s and doctoral degrees in clarinet performance at Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns Hopkins University. She holds bachelor's degrees in saxophone performance and German from the State University of New York at Buffalo.