Wendy Herbener Mehne and friends will present a free recital featuring flute music on Sunday, September 25 at 4:00 p.m. in the Hockett Family Recital Hall.
Mehne is professor of music performance at the Ithaca College School of Music. The program will feature several pieces in collaboration with Mehne’s colleagues in the School of Music, including Diane Birr, piano and harpsichord; Pablo Cohen, guitar; Kelly Jepson Covert, flute; and the members of the Ariadne String Quartet, featuring violinists Susan Waterbury and Rebecca Ansel, violist Debra Moree, and cellist Elizabeth Simkin.
Among the works to be performed are “The Great Train Race” by Ian Clarke, “Distribuicao de Flores” by Villa-Lobos, and the “Brandenburg Concerto No. 4” by Johann Sebastian Bach. Music by Ibert, Feld, and Martin rounds out the program.
Wendy Herbener Mehne performs with the Ithaca Wind Quintet, and was a Ithaca College 1995-96 Dana Teaching Fellow and the 2004 London Sabbatical Scholar. She is a founding member of the new music group Ensemble X, and a member of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. Mehne has been a guest artist and given master classes throughout the United States and has performed at Alice Tully Hall; Carnegie Hall; Constitution Hall; national ACDA and SEAMUS conferences; the International Guitar Festival in Fort de France, Martinique; numerous National Flute Association conventions; and in broadcasts by affiliates of National Public Radio and Television.
