Laurel A. Ewell
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Laurel Ewell has gained a reputation in Maryland as an outstanding teacher of young flutists. Many of her students have placed in all-state orchestras and bands and performed as students with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
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Professional Profile
- Outstanding teacher of young flutists in Baltimore County.
- Experience professional flutist.
- Well-educated musician, with a Doctor of Musical Arts in peformance.
- Expertise preparing students for the Trinity School of Music examinations in flute and music theory.
Biography
Laurel Ewell received her Doctor of Musical Arts from West Virginia University and her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees from the University of Washington. She held the position of Assistant Principal and Second Flute of the Hong Kong Philharmonic. She also served as flute instructor for the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. Dr. Ewell has performed with the West Virginia Symphony, Mid-Atlantic Symphony, Lyric Mountain Music Festival, and the Laureate Wind Quintet, resident wind quintet of West Virginia University.
Her other chamber performances have included recitals for the International Double Reed Society, the Eastern Conference of the Music Teachers National Association, the Tuesday at Towson recital series at Towson University and the Sundays at Central concert series in Baltimore. In 2003 her performance of Reminiscence for solo flute by composer JianJun He was included on a recording by the Ningxia Da Di Video & Audio Publishing House.
Dr. Ewell’s dissertation titled “A Symbolist Melodrama: The Confluence of Poem and Music in Debussy’s La Flûte de Pan” won the DMA/PHD Dissertation competition for the National Flute Association in 2006.
Currently, Dr. Ewell lives in Baltimore, Maryland where she teaches flute and music theory for the Maryland Performing Arts Institute. She is also a founding member and performer with the Baltimore Flute Choir. Further information may be found at www.laurelewell.com.
中文 Biography
劳蕾尔.尤尔博士（Laurel Ewell）华盛顿大学文学、音乐双学士，西弗吉尼亚大学音乐艺术博士。她曾担任香港管弦乐团副首席和第二长笛的职位、香港中文大学及香港演艺学院的长笛导师。
尤尔博士曾参与西弗吉尼亚交响乐团、大西洋中部交响乐团、“Lyric Mountain音乐节”、Laureate木管五重奏、西弗吉尼亚大学当地木管五重奏的演出。
其他室内乐表演包括国际双簧协会、美国东部音乐教师协会举办的音乐会、陶森大学星期二系列音乐会及巴尔的摩周日系列音乐会。在2003年，
她表演了中国作曲家何建军的长笛独奏作品《回忆》，被收录于宁夏大地影音出版社录制的唱片集中。尤尔的博士论文题为“象征主义音乐剧：
德彪西的《牧神的午后》中音乐和诗的交汇”，在2006年国家长笛协会举办的博士论文比赛中获奖。目前，尤尔博士住在马里兰州巴尔的摩，
任教于马里兰演艺学院长笛和音乐理论专业；另外，她还是巴尔的摩长笛合唱团的表演及创始成员。有关尤尔博士的进一步资料，可登陆www.laurelewell.com
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EDUCATION
Research Project: A Symbolist Melodrama: The Confluence of Poem and Music in Debussy’s La Flûte de Pan
TEACHING
PRIVATE FLUTE
INSTRUCTOR (1979-present)
TOWSON
UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT (2000-present)
Faculty (flute, music theory)
Faculty (flute)
Instructor in aural theory for music majors.
Artist Faculty (flute, flute ensemble)
Faculty (flute, chamber music, music theory)
MARROWSTONE
MUSIC FESTIVAL (1988)
Faculty (flute and chamber music)
Faculty (flute)
Lecturer (flute)
PUBLICATIONS
Syrinx Rhythmic Teaching Edition by Kathryn Blocki and Laurel Ewell
See: http://www.blockiflute.com/book-rythmic-teaching.php
Presentation
of “A
Symbolist Melodrama: The
Confluence of Poem and Music in Debussy’s La
Flûte de Pan” for the National Flute
Association Convention,
"Syrinx
or La Flûte de Pan?
The original performance context for Debussy's work
for solo
flute" presented at the Mid-Atlantic conference for the College Music
Society, March, 1999
AWARDS
WINNER OF THE DMA/PHD DISSERTAION COMPETITION for the National Flute Association, 2006
WINNER YOUNG
ARTIST COMPETITION 3/99
Performed Renaissance Concerto by
Lukas Foss with
ORCHESTRAL
PERFORMANCE
The Lyric
Mountain Music Festival presented a series of summer orchestra
concerts in the
WEST VIRGINIA SYMPHONY piccolo 6/95, 7/97
WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC THEATER flute, piccolo 1996, 1997, 1999
OPERA
THEATER
OF
Regional tour of Don Giovanni
Piccolo and flute in summer concert series.
The Hong Kong Philharmonic is a full-time professional orchestra, performing about 100 concerts a year. Kenneth Schermerhorn, Music Director
CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE
SUNDAYS
AT CENTRAL CONCERT SERIES 10/03
CONGRESS
OF THE INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE REED SOCIETY
6/03
Music of the Twentieth Century Chamber Music concert, flute
Performance of Beethoven Trio (flute, bassoon, fortepiano) with Dr. Peter Amstutz and Dr. Terry Ewell
LAUREATE WIND QUINTET Substitute flute Recruitment Tours 1996-1998
This is the
resident wind quintet of
PENN
RECORDINGS
NINGXIA DA DI VIDEO & AUDIO PUBLISHING HOUSE
Featured in performance of Reminiscence for solo flute.
March.
Records (6.220297). Yoshikazu Fukumura, conductor.
TREASURER: The Baltimore Flute Choir 2006-present
STATE
TREASURER:
World
of
Wonder Arts and Humanities Series at
Coordinator of student flute ensemble for the West Virginia Music Teachers Association Pedals and Bows concerts. 1994,1996