About Me
WELCOME! It is wonderful to meet musicians and music lovers from around the world who share my love of REAL MUSIC (watch my video below). For more performance, teaching, and vlog videos check me out at:
www.REALFLUTEproject.com
and tell me what you think!!
Ten Flute Demonstation
Vlog on REAL FLUTE/REAL MUSIC
Video: Ibert piece pour flute seule
OKAY-- so let's talk about REAL FLUTE music.
What I mean by that is...why is it that on youtube and myspace there are so few professional classical musicians posting self-made videos? Perhaps it is because the cult of perfection that has been created through the use of sophisticated digital editing in audio recording has made us afraid to document and distribute our performances in a format which is unedited and...REAL. Professional musicians are expected to, and expect themselves, to sound perfect in any recorded media. Digital editing has set the standard far above what is achieved in live performance settings. Even so-called "live" recordings are edited (after the concert, any problem spots are corrected in the studio). So why post videos that may show us as imperfect?Because music making is still an art and it doesn't have to be digitally perfect to be moving and inspiring. We can take the magic of the live performance and share it through recorded media with the ease of the internet. So call me crazy, but I am starting an experiment to video record myself as often as possible and post on you tube and myspace. Some videos will be taken from concerts, some from rehearsals, some from practice sessions, and some from "video jam sessions." I am starting with video jam sessions of me attacking some of the Telemann Fantasies and I'll go from there. Tell me what you think about my REAL music. The only video editing I am capable of is simple cuts between movements. The rest is all me.Please share your REAL videos with me!-Nina
WHO AM I...
Nina Perlove has performed as a flutist throughout the United States and Europe, including appearances in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Austria. She holds degrees in music from the University of Michigan, where she studied with Keith Bryan and Leone Buyse, and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she studied with Bradley Garner and Jack Wellbaum. As the recipient of a Fulbright Grant, she spent two years in Paris where she studied with Sophie Cherrier and the late Alain Marion. Her doctoral thesis on the late flute works of Aaron Copland won the 2004 National Flute Association Dissertation Prize for outstanding contribution to flute scholarship.Perlove has extensive performance experience in both traditional and contemporary chamber music and has held orchestra positions with the Spoleto USA and Graz Festival Orchestras, and the Jackson and Lansing Michigan Symphony Orchestras. As a soloist, she has won prizes in numerous national and international contests, including the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition, the Laurence Beauregard Competition, the Cincinnati Flute Symposium Performer’s Competition, and the Richardson Young Artist Competition.A teacher and clinician for over fifteen years, Perlove has given masterclasses in the United States and Italy and is currently on the faculty of Northern Kentucky University. She has adjudicated competitions including those sponsored by the City of Paris, the Midsouth Flute Society, and the Overture Awards.In addition to her performance and teaching schedule, Perlove’s articles have appeared in publications including Perspectives of New Music, American Music, Windplayer Magazine, Flute Talk Magazine, and The Flutist Quarterly. As Executive Director of the Starling Project Foundation, she won numerous awards for the teaching website Violinmasterclass.com; created a summer music school in Beijing, China; commissioned pieces based on diverse folktales; and created and performed in chamber music concerts for economically disadvantaged school children.
Video: Telemann Fantasie in A Major
