Review: Mt. SAC shows its Flute Factor
Vanessa Smith
Issue date: 10/21/08 Section: A & E
An upbeat piece by
Madeleine Dring fi lled the quiet
auditorium with its rhythmic
and moving music. The Mt.
SAC music department's "Flute
Factor," took place at the Mt.
SAC recital hall on Oct. 5 at 5
p.m.
The performance featured
fl utists Karin Katenwein and
Laurel Myers-McKenzie,
performing songs by Francis
Poulenc and many more. Flute
Factor began with a radiant tone
that kept the audience captivated.
"The feeling of running
through daises," is how audience
member Patricia Byle described
her portrayal of the fi rst piece
by Dring. The trio included
Myers-McKenzie on fl ute, Robin
Capalbo on oboe and Jamie Boyd
Caridi on piano.
A piece by Robert Beaser
focused on the tension between
light and shadow in his music.
Katenwein on fl ute, and James
Lent on piano created an uneasy
atmosphere with their mysterious
tone that made the already cold
auditorium feel lifeless.
"This made me feel like I
was in a horror fi lm: it was very
suspenseful," Byle said.
Later Myers-McKenzie on
fl ute, Lisa Santana on viola, and
Boyd Caridi on piano played a
sad melodrama inspired by the
works of Aurice Durufl e.
Katenwein played the only
solo of the night during a piece
called, "Charanga," by Michael
Colquhoun.
Colquhoun's salsa style music
made its name between the
1920s and 1970s.
The most gratifying part of
the evening was a fi ve-piece band
that played a song by Poulenc.
The songs were a mixture of
different tones and elements.
The last songs of the night,
which sounded like something
out of a Disney movie, were
pieces by Allan Blank, performed
by Katenwein on fl ute, Adrienne
Geffen on clarinet and Richard
Ramberg on bassoon. Mt. SAC's
members of the Performing Arts
community did an excellent job
of performing fl ute Factor
Madeleine Dring fi lled the quiet
auditorium with its rhythmic
and moving music. The Mt.
SAC music department's "Flute
Factor," took place at the Mt.
SAC recital hall on Oct. 5 at 5
p.m.
The performance featured
fl utists Karin Katenwein and
Laurel Myers-McKenzie,
performing songs by Francis
Poulenc and many more. Flute
Factor began with a radiant tone
that kept the audience captivated.
"The feeling of running
through daises," is how audience
member Patricia Byle described
her portrayal of the fi rst piece
by Dring. The trio included
Myers-McKenzie on fl ute, Robin
Capalbo on oboe and Jamie Boyd
Caridi on piano.
A piece by Robert Beaser
focused on the tension between
light and shadow in his music.
Katenwein on fl ute, and James
Lent on piano created an uneasy
atmosphere with their mysterious
tone that made the already cold
auditorium feel lifeless.
"This made me feel like I
was in a horror fi lm: it was very
suspenseful," Byle said.
Later Myers-McKenzie on
fl ute, Lisa Santana on viola, and
Boyd Caridi on piano played a
sad melodrama inspired by the
works of Aurice Durufl e.
Katenwein played the only
solo of the night during a piece
called, "Charanga," by Michael
Colquhoun.
Colquhoun's salsa style music
made its name between the
1920s and 1970s.
The most gratifying part of
the evening was a fi ve-piece band
that played a song by Poulenc.
The songs were a mixture of
different tones and elements.
The last songs of the night,
which sounded like something
out of a Disney movie, were
pieces by Allan Blank, performed
by Katenwein on fl ute, Adrienne
Geffen on clarinet and Richard
Ramberg on bassoon. Mt. SAC's
members of the Performing Arts
community did an excellent job
of performing fl ute Factor
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