Ensembles

Metropolitan Flute Orchestra

In summer residence at New England Conservatory
Boston, MA

The New England Conservatory Summer Metropolitan Flute Orchestra, comprised of  highly trained flutists, presents a wide variety of music, crafting musical selections for each concert based upon the concert venue and audience.  From classical and sacred literature to jazz, folk songs and show tunes, the ensemble has been delighting audiences since 1998.  In additions to concerts presented in the local area of Boston, Massachusetts, the New England Conservatory Flute Orchestra has also presented concerts in Europe and prestigious events in the United States.  

Metropolitan flute orchestra 2007.
Summer Metropolitan Flute Orchestra 2007, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA. Click to enlarge.

Past performances, in addition to regular concert programs presented at the New England Conservatory, include appearances at the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Open House, the BSO’s Symphony Café, Boston’s Faneuil Hall and Boston’s French Library.  The Metropolitan Flute Orchestra commissioned the awarded winning composition The Academie of Dance by Catherine McMichael.  The Metropolitan Flute Orchestra was selected and performed at the 2000 and the 2006 National Flute Association Convention and presented a concert tour in France, July 2001 and in Ireland in 2008. 

While on tour in France, the Metropolitan Flute Orchestra visited the Conservatoire National de Region in Dijon, presenting joint concerts with the exceptional French ensemble, Flutes Ad Libitum, directed by Martine Charlot.  The majestic and beautiful Palais des Etats, where the States-General of Burgundy have met, was one of the concert venues while in Dijon.  The Metropolitan Flute Orchestra also presented a concert in the prestigious French Festival Musical des Grands Crus de Burgogne in the historic medieval village of Noyers-Sur-Serein.  Concerts in Paris and Roquebrune-Sur-Argens were also very well received. 

Metropolitan Flute Orchestra in concert at the Gothic Chapel of Kylemore Abbey

From 1998-2001, the New England Conservatory Metropolitan Flute Orchestra rehearsed and performed year round.  Since Paige’s move to Florida, the Metropolitan Flute Orchestra is now in summer residence at New England Conservatory, presenting annual concerts in renown Jordan Hall.  In addition, the Metropolitan Flute Orchestra does special projects, such as concert tours, and is currently preparing for a performance during the 2009 National Flute Association Convention in New York City in August.

The Metropolitan Flute Orchestra Irish Tour was a huge success, with concerts in Bantry Bay, Kinsale and Kylemore Abbey.  In Kinsale, the ensemble joined together with 10 flutists in the Cork area to present the final half of their performance at the historic St. Moltose Church dating back to the 11th century.  With a wide and varied concert program, the ensemble performed Lisa LeMay’s beautiful work Innes Glas Mor.  This piece, inspired by the composer’s trip to Ireland, consists of three movements.  The second movement, entitled Kylemore Abbey, musically describes the beautiful abbey located in Ireland’s rugged Connemara region.  Kylemore Abbey is the monastic home of the Benedictine Nuns.  Several of the nuns were present for our concert, as we performed LeMay’s Kylemore Abbey in the Neo-Gothic Chapel on the grounds of Kylemore Abbey.  Performing to a standing room only audience, it was an amazing musical experience for all to perform this work with the people, chapel and country that inspired the beautiful music.

Florida Flute Orchestra

Orlando, FL

Florida flute orchestra. The Florida Flute Orchestra is a select ensemble comprised of professional flutists from Florida.  In additions to concerts in Florida, the ensemble has performed at the 2006 National Flute Association Convention, annually during the Florida State Flute Conventions, as well as presented a concert tour in Provence, 2005, sponsored by AICLER, France.  While in France, they visited the Conservatoire National de Region in Dijon.  There they performed with one of France’s top flute ensembles, Flutes Ad Libitum, directed by Martine Charlot.  The Florida Flute Orchestra hosted Flutes Ad Libitum during their Florida concert tour in April of 2006.  The ensemble has been selected to perform during the 2009 National Flute Association Convention in New York City in August.

International Flute Orchestra 

Directed by Nancy Clew and Dr. John Bailey

Paige travels annually with the International Flute Orchestra, comprised of flute teachers throughout the United States.  Each May the orchestra visits a different region of the world, presenting concerts and doing exchanges with local  music schools and flutists.  Paige has traveled and performed with the orchestra while on tour in France, Germany, Austria, England, Wales, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Czeck Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Chile and is preparing to go to Poland in May, 2009.  The ensemble will present concerts in Krakow, Zakopane, Warsaw and Gdansk.