Please join John Graham, John Curran, Karen Toy, and Sara Boyd for a flutes and piano recital! John Graham, John Curran, and Karen Toy will be playing flutes, accompanied by pianist Sara Boyd.
Program:
Fantasy on Greensleeves R. Vaughn Williams
Variations on America Charles Ives
Csardas Vittorio Monti
Solas Scott Joplin
12th Street Rag Euday Boman
Thinking It Over Blues Dennis Armitage
Free Time Blues Dennis Armitage
Twilight H. Beeftink (Flute trio)
Bess You Is My Woman Now George Gershwin
Tico Tico Eduardo Suba
A Hard Day’s Night John Lennon / Paul McCartney
About the musicians:
Sara Boyd received her Bachelor of Music degree from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ in 2015. In addition she holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Piano from the University of California at Irvine. Throughout her degree she received merit based funding and monthly stipends to teach group piano and accompany undergraduate recitals at the University. Sara lives in Westerly where she teaches piano and collaborates with local musicians.
Karen Toy received a B.S. degree in Music Education from Rhode Island College in 1984. She has taught music in North Providence, Westerly, Westborough, MA and currently teaches in the South Kingstown Public Schools. Karen has performed with the American Band, Pipe Dream Flute Choir and periodically performs at area churches.
John Curran has performed with the RI Philharmonic Orchestra, the Eastern Ct. Symphony Orchestra as Principal Flutist and the Narragansett Bay Symphony.He performs
Recitals throughout RI . He teaches privately at his home in Cranston. His major flute teacher was James Pappoutsakis of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
John Graham, a Westerly native, graduated from WHS in 1966. He furthered his musical education at URI receiving a Bachelor's degree in Music Education in 1970. He taught music in the West Warwick Public Schools from 1970-2000. From 2000-2010 he taught 4th grade at St. Thomas School in Providence. John has performed with the RI Philharmonic, The Eastern Connecticut Symphony, the American Band and the Pipe Dream Flute Choir. His hobbies include attending WHS sporting events and cuddling with his Yorkie-poo, Sidney.
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