Hal Ott, flutist, and TTU's own Paul Thurmond, piano, will be in concert March 23, 24
Hal Ott, flutist, and the university’s own Paul Thurmond, pianist, will present a concert entitled “Modern Music: Passionate and Poetic” on Friday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Tennessee Tech University’s Wattenbarger Auditorium.Ott and Thurmond will perform original music by Maria Newman, along with a variety of other pieces representing various nationalities and time periods.
A Center Stage event, the show is free and open to the public.
On March 24, beginning at 9:30 a.m., Ott will present Flute Day workshops and classes on flute performance and teaching. This will culminate with a 3:00 p.m. concert by Ott and Thurmond.
A member of the faculty at Central Washington University, Ott teaches flute and music history. He is also currently principal flute with the Yakima Symphony.
He has been a member of the Peoria Symphony, the Peoria Civic Opera Orchestra and has served as a faculty member in the annual Columbia Flute Society Festival.
Ott has also performed on National Public Radio on numerous occasions, and he was a finalist in the Erwin Bodkey Competition sponsored by the Cambridge Society for Early Music.
For more information, call the TTU department of music and art at 931/372—3161.
