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Meerenai Shim

About Me

Blithe Duo performing Kuhlau:
Flutist Meerenai Shim is an active performer and teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. She enjoys teaching many excellent private flute students at the Meerenai Shim Flute School in Sunnyvale and Mountain View.
Meerenai stays busy with many chamber music performances as a founding member of the Blithe Duo and the Ibert Trio. She also presents frequent recitals in the Bay Area. During the 2007-2008 season, Meerenai performed the Reinecke Flute Concerto with the Saratoga Symphony.
Meerenai's book, Scale Studies for Beginner and Intermediate Flutists, was originally written for her private flute students. Since it was published in 2007, it has received praise from flute pedagogues worldwide. The Flute Network described her book as "…well-thought-out and handsomely produced…" in its July/August 2008 issue. Due to the success of her first book, Meerenai has officially launched Meerenai Shim Publishing in order to continue to publish educational books for musicians.
Meerenai's flute teachers include Linda Lukas (San Francisco Symphony) and Mary Stolper (Grant Park Symphony). She has performed in master classes of Liisa Ruoho, Trevor Wye, Robert Stallman, Donald Peck and Michel Debost. She also studied orchestral conducting at the Aspen Music Festival and Eastern Music Festival. Her conducting teachers include Paul Vermel, Murry Sidlin, and Sheldon Morgenstern. Meerenai received a Bachelor of Music degree in Flute Performance from DePaul University in Chicago and a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance from San Francisco State University. She is training to become a certified Andover Educator in order to teach the Body Mapping course, What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body.
ABOUT THE AUDIO TRACKS:
Sonata in C Major, K. 14, Allegro
by W.A. Mozart
Meerenai Shim, flute
Jiyun Chung, piano
Recorded March 2008
Sonata in G Major for flute and basso continuo
by CPE Bach
Meerenai Shim, flute
Stephen Damonte, harpsichord
Sara Spieth, cello
Recorded live, Knuth Hall, San Francisco State University, September 2004
Pacoca
by Celso Machado
Meerenai Shim, flute
Babak Falsafi, guitar
Recorded August 2007
Biera-Mar (Seashore)
by F. Aquino and R. Vasconcellos
Meerenai Shim, flute
Takashi Kawabata, piano
Recorded live at the Main Post Chapel, San Francisco, August 2006
Syrinx
by Debussy
Meerenai Shim, flute
Recorded March 2009
Sarabande from Partita in A minor
by J.S. Bach
Meerenai Shim, flute
Recorded March 2009


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/21/2006
Band Website: www.meerenai.com
Band Members:
Influences: All the great singers...any style.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Meerenai Shim Flute School Honors Recital

http://sfcv.org/event/meerenai-shim-flute-school-h... I hope you can make it to a very special recital given by two of my advanced students, Sarah Kang and Kenin Coloma. This is a benefit concert for...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 21:30:00 GMT

The Flute Network reviews my book

My book, Scale Studies for Beginner and Intermediate Flutists, has been reviewed in the July/August issue of The Flute Network. Jerrold Pritchard's review starts with: "This well-thought-out and ...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:39:00 GMT

I am one proud flute teacher!

I’m excited to announce that two of my students placed in the 2008 Flock of Flutes Young Artist Competition yesterday!  Congratulations to Stephanie Tu who placed 3rd in the Junior Division...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:10:00 GMT

NFA Convention

I will be at the National Flute Association convention in Albuquerque from August 6th-9th, 2008.  You can find me for a couple hours a day at the Andover Educators booth on the exhibits floor.&nb...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:16:00 GMT

My New Book is Available Now!

My new book is Scale Studies for Beginner and Intermediate Flutists.  It is a progressive collection of scale exercises which help flutists gain facility and familiarity with all the keys, major ...
Posted by on Fri, 25 May 2007 17:40:00 GMT