Flutist Carol Wincenc To Perform At Parrish Salon Series May 13

Salon Series, the Parrish Art Museum’s classical music program, features world-renowned flutist Carol Wincenc on Friday, May 13, at 6 p.m. with harpist Parker Ramsay.

Ms. Wincenc and Mr. Ramsay, her Juilliard chamber music master’s student, will play solos and duets of works from Baroque and French Impressionist to 20th Century American music.

“Salon Series offers a casual environment to experience and enjoy classical and contemporary music by master musicians,” Parrish Director Terrie Sultan said. “In fitting with the museum’s mission to illuminate the creative process, Salon Series performers engage in a dialogue with the audience, talking about their approach to interpretation and program selection.”

A Grammy nominee, Ms. Wincenc has appeared as soloist with the Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and London Symphonies; and the BBC, Warsaw, Los Angeles, and Buffalo Philharmonics. The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra principal and solo flutist from 1972 to 1977, she has performed in numerous music festivals including Mostly Mozart, Aldeburgh, Budapest, Frankfurt, Santa Fe, Spoleto, Music at Menlo, Aspen and Banff. She has premiered works composed for her by Henryk Gorecki, Lukas Foss, Paul Schoenfeld, and Joan Tower, among others.

She won first prize at the Walter W. Naumburg Solo Flute Competition, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Flute Association and the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Music from the National Society of Arts and Letters. She is a member of the New York Woodwind Quintet and a founding member of the trio Les Amis, with New York Philharmonic principals Nancy Allen, harpist, and Cynthia Phelps, violinist. She is currently on the faculties of The Juilliard School and Stony Brook University.

Parker Ramsay, known worldwide as a soloist and accompanist, has performed in venues including the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; Washington National Cathedral; the National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing; and in festivals such as the Gergiev in Rotterdam, the Cambridge Summer Music Festival, and the 2012 American Guild of Organists National Convention. Ramsay served as Organ Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, before earning a master’s degree in historical performance at Oberlin Conservatory. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in harp performance at the Juilliard School.

Tickets, which include admission to the museum, are $20 each, or $10 for Parrish members. The Parrish Art Museum is located at 279 Montauk Hwy, Water Mill. Visit parrishart.org for more information.