Copland, Diamond, Barber and Hanson are the lyrical 20th century composers to be enjoyed Sat, Nov 19, at the SSO's performance. There are 2 soloists: singer Melanie Russell (see earlier SptBlog post) and, in the Hanson Serenade for Solo Flute, Sally Horak Hundemer.
Sally has been principal flutist of the Shreveport Symphony since 1989. Her last appearance as a soloist with the orchestra was in 2004 as the Pied Piper in John Corigliano’s The Pied Piper Fantasy. An active performer in the Shreveport area, Ms. Horak Hundemer is principal flutist of the Longview and Marshall Symphonies, and a member of the Shreveport Symphony Woodwind Quintet, the Baroque Artists of Shreveport, the New Friends Chamber Players, the Shreveport Summer Music Festival and the Opera Longview orchestra.
She holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Flute Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her orchestral career has taken her to the San Francisco Bay area, Minneapolis (her hometown), Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. She has also participated in the Classical Music Seminar in Eisenstadt, Austria, the Superior String Alliance in upper Michigan, and the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, California.
Ms. Horak Hundemer is on the adjunct faculty of Centenary College and was the recipient of the Shreveport Regional Arts Council’s Artist Fellowship in Music for the year 2000. She is married to hornist/composer Tom Hundemer, and they have two children and two cats.
See more at Shreveportsymphony.com.
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