Join HFS President, Lance Suzuki, for a FREE workshop, “Connect With Your Air.” This is a workshop for flutists of all ages and abilities. Topics explored will include:
Creating a Healthy Cycle of Breathing
Core Engagement and Breath Support
Connecting Air and Articulation
Shaping Your Air Artistically
Bring your flute and be sure to register below to receive a PDF of the class handout.
Praised for his “gorgeous flute tone” by the New York Times, Lance Suzuki has performed as a chamber musician and soloist at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Marlboro and Bard Festivals, and live on NPR’s Performance Today. As a digital content creator since 2020, his educational and performance videos have garnered more than 2.5 million views worldwide.
Mr. Suzuki has premiered numerous new works with the Metropolis and Argento ensembles, and in Carnegie Hall workshops led by Dawn Upshaw, John Harbison and Osvaldo Golijov. He appears regularly as Principal Flute of the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra and the Mark Morris Dance Group Ensemble and was Piccolo/Third Flute in the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra from 2015-18. In the 2019-20 season, he joined the Spring Wind Quintet and Chamber Music Hawaii as a resident artist.
Lance Suzuki holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and University of Southern California where he studied with Linda Chesis, Michael Parloff, Nadine Asin, Gary Woodward and in masterclasses with Paula Robison. He is also a graduate of the Punahou School. Committed to educating the next generation of young musicians, he serves as President of the Hawai`i Flute Society and has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Hawai`i Music Teachers Association.
Register
*Registration is not required to attend. However, it guarantees that you will receive a copy of the PDF class handout.