Summer Flute Project Intensive Concert 

FREE - June 21 at 5 pm 

MCC Performing Arts Center - Instrumental Room 

The Summer Flute Project features sought after artist who perform, present masterclasses and teach classes on a variety of topics.

Guest artists:  
Elizabeth Buck: Professor of Flute at Arizona State University, former Principal Flute with The Phoenix Symphony, international soloist and chamber musician.  https://search.asu.edu/profile/301275   

Sponsored by Burkart Flutes & Piccolos

Brian Gordon: Associate Principal Flutist and Piccolo with The Phoenix Symphony. https://www.phoenixsymphony.org/musician/brian-gordon/  

Viviana Guzman: renowned international soloist, award-winning, and Grammy nominated flutist. https://viviana.org/biography/                              

Sponsored by Altus Flutes 

Artist Faculty:  
Christina Steffen - flute professional, NFA Convention soloist, Artistic Director of Desert Echoes Flute Project; Flute Instructor at MCC, Director of the 2022 Competitive NFA High School Flute Choir, Director of the Closing Ceremony Flute Choir at the 2024 International Low Flute Festival, Director for the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Convention Competitive High School Flute Choir.  http://azflute.com/christinasteffenbio.html  

Abby Coffey - flute professional, winner of the 2019 NFA Piccolo Orchestral and Masterclass Competition, performs frequently as a substitute musician with The Phoenix Symphony, is Flute2/Piccolo for Symphony of the Southwest, and has played with Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, DEFproject, Adjunct Faculty at Arizona Christian University, and is the Executive Director of the AZ Philharmonic https://azphil.org/about/our-team/  

Rhonda Bowen - flute professional, clinician, adjudicator, and educator, has been a member of the Capital City Symphony in Washington D.C. and Symphony of the Southwest and Gilbert Symphony in Arizona, plays with Desert Echoes Flute Project and CAFÉ, NFA Convention soloist, and taught at the NAU Curry Summer Music Camp and the MCC Music Camp https://www.musicinmesa.com/portfolio/rhonda-bowen/

Andrea TenBarge - flute professional, clinician,and adjudicator, directed a youth flute choir performing with Aralee Dorough of the Houston Symphony at Phoenix Symphony Hall for the 2023 Gala concert at the National Flute Association Convention, and has performed with an authentic Tango group, Che Tango https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063252759034  

Michelle Stolper - Principal Flute of the West Valley Symphony, performs as a substitute musician with The Phoenix Symphony, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and Symphony of the Southwest, soloist for the NFA Convention, directed a youth flute choir performing with Aralee Dorough of the Houston Symphony at Phoenix Symphony Hall for the 2023 Gala concert at the NFA Convention https://michellestolper.com  

Sponsored by Milano Music in Mesa