Richmond Flute Fest 2014

With equally deep roots in classical music old and new and in free improvisation and new jazz, Robert Dick has established himself as an artist who has not only mastered the flute, but has redefined it andits music. Diverse global audiences have likened his uncanny solo performances to “the experience of hearing a full orchestra.” Dick’s sound can be thick chords one instant, then chromatic percussion, then delicate whispering filigrees, then a display of surprising power. His performances include flute (with his invention, the Glissando Headjoint®), piccolo, alto flute, and bass flutes in C and F and the giant, stand-up contrabass.Dick has had a major impact on flute playing because of his pedagogy, including countless masterclasses throughout the Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia, and the profound effect his seminal books The Other Flute, Tone Development through Extended Techniques and Circular Breathing for the Flutist plus two volumes of the etudes Flying Lessons have had on both composers and performers worldwide. Instructional CDs and DVDs --and his series of instructional videos on YouTube -- illuminate his ideas and music for students and Robert Dick’s multifaceted musical life includes work on redesigning the flute itself. He is the inventor of the “Glissando Headjoint®”, which does for the flute what the “whammy bar”does for the electric guitar. Robert’s primary flute teachers were Henry Zlotnik, James Pappoutsakis, Julius Baker and Thomas Nyfenger. He studied composition and electronic music with Robert Morris and Bulant Arel. He holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees from Yale. Dick lives in New York City and is on the faculty of New York University and the City Universityof New York (CUNY) Graduate Center For complete info: http://www.robertdick.net