NEWS!!!! Carol organized and performed at a sold out benefit concert for Christopher Rodriguez and his family which was held at Yoshi’s World Class Jazz Club in Oakland, California on March 24th, 2008. Christopher is a ten year old boy who was recently shot while taking a piano lesson and is now paralyzed from the waist down. You can check out myspace.com/benefitconcertinfo for more information about the event. Featured performers were Matt Herskowitz, Kai Eckhardt, Narada Michael Walden, John Santos, Frank Martin, Jose Neto, Anton Schwartz, George Brooks, Keith Terry, Alvenson Moore, Tina Glenn, the Baguette Quartette, the Oakland Jazz Choir, the Fluteville Flute Choir, Carol Alban, Nancy Tyler, Antonia David and other members of the Bay Area Chamber Symphony, 10 year old sensation Gabby Wilson and other guest performers. The event was emceed by KCSM 91.1FM DJ Jesse "Chuy" Varela._____________________________________________________ ____________ The Jazz Benefit for the Birds that Carol organized on Jan. 1st was a tremendous success. Much needed money was raised for the International Bird Rescue and Research Center www.ibbrc.org They rescued and rehabilitated many of the birds impacted by the devastating Cosco Busan oil spill in the San Francisco Bay. The cast of performers included Grammy-nominated pianist Matt Herskowitz, Carol Alban and other members of the Bay Area Chamber Symphony, Kenny Washington, Laurie Antonioli, the San Francisco Flute Quartet, and many others. ____________________________________________________________ ___ Carol was a featured flutist at the 2007 WORLD FLUTE FEST. Other featured performers were Ravichandra Kulur (internationally-acclaimed bansuri player from India who recently toured with Ravi Shankhar and Anoushka Shankhar), Skip Healy (Irish wooden flute and fife player), Philip Gelb (shakuhachi) with Pauline Oliveros (award-winning avant-garde composer and accordionist), Kai Eckhardt (world renowned bassist (John McLaughlin Trio, Summit, Garaj Mahal), Roger Glenn (Jazz Legend- plays flute, sax, clarinet and vibes), Stephen Schultz (renowned Baroque flute player with Philharmoni Baroque Orchestra, and Professor at Carnegie Mellon University), the San Francisco Flute Quartet, the Fluteville Flute Choir, Nancy Tyler, Antonia David, Ann Licater and others. Featured flutists also performed with the Bay Area Chamber Symphony. See festival website: www.worldflutefest.com For more info:
[email protected]______________________________________ __________________________ Benefit Concert for the Animals - Thurs., August 2nd, 2007 Classical Benefit Concert (and raffle) for the Animals, with all proceeds going to support IDA’s campaigns. This special performance featured flutist and composer Carol Alban and other members of the Bay Area Chamber Symphony, as well as a rare appearance by internationally-acclaimed pianist Sandro Russo from Italy. The concert was held at the Chapel of the Chimes, a beautiful building filled with skylights, stone-carved archways and stained-glass windows in Oakland’s Piedmont neighborhood. IDA president Elliot M. Katz, DVM will also give a brief talk about IDA’s latest efforts to help animals as an introduction to the concert. The program included music by Chopin, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff, as well as new works by Demetrius Spaneas (with tango dancers!) and the premiere of "Volcanic" for piano, two organs and orchestra composed by Carol Alban. This concert is one of a series that Carol Alban has organized for IDA’s benefit. Each one has brought great pleasure to audiences and attention to IDA’s campaigns. __________JAMES GALWAY MASTER CLASS NEWS!! I was on the Advisory Board for the recent James Galway Master Class in Napa, California. What a great day! Sir James was very entertaining and shared many helpful tips with us. I had fun performing with flutist Nancy Tyler in the Atrium concert. I also had the pleasure of assisting Lady Galway in the Teen Event. At the last minute I was enlisted as the page turner for accompanist Miles Graber. He was a joy to turn pages for! For more info visit: www.flutebayarea.com ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____March, 28 2007 at 8pm Renee Weiler Concert Hall 46 Barrow Street, NYC, New York 10014 Virtuoso violinist Mary Rowell (Ethel String Quartet) and the amazing pianist Geoff Burleson performed music by the following composers: Carol Alban, Eve Beglarian, Alexandra du Bois, Amy Kohn, Shulamit Ran, Barbara White, and Julia Wolfe. Call (212) 242-4770 or visit http://www.gharts.org/ for more info. ____________________________________________________________ _____April 1st Benefit Concert for I.D.A. (In Defense of Animals) Carol organized another benefit concert for I.D.A. with the Bay Area Chamber Symphony. Special guests Gerry Litton (pianist), Bryn Jimenez (mezzo), Jennifer Lien (soprano) and singer/songwriter Jeff Suits and pianist/singer-songwriter Mary Fineman . Program included music by Alban, Bach, Bizet, Delibes, Beethoven and world premieres of orchestral pieces by Demetrius Spanaes and Michael Land who were both in attendance. It was a wonderful concert that garnered two standing ovations!!__________________________________________________ ______________Carol had the pleasure of being in the packed house at the Flea Theater in New York City as her compostion "Elegy" was played at the 2006 Tribeca New Music Festival. It was stunningly performed by violinist Mary Rowell. See more info about the event including New York Times Review here: http://www.nyae.org/Pages/page4.html ________ Also in May, 2006 Carol performed at the infamous CBGBs with troubador Hans York. See photo in slideshow! ____________________________________________________________ ____Check out IDA! They do wonderful work for our animal friends! ________www.idausa.org _________________________________________________________REQ UEST- Carol is always happy if someone wants to add her music to their page. All she asks is that you let her know so she can thank you. ____________________________________________ [|__C______||__o_o_0_0_0_.._o_0v0v0_||_|=_0_0_|Carol Alban bio- Flutist,Composer, Singer-Songwriter. Carol Alban is an active teacher and performer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Carol has performed at such notable venues at the prestigious Berkeley Piano Club, the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, Yoshi’s Jazz Club in Oakland and the notorious CBGBs in New York City. She often talks about herself in the third person! ; ) Music runs in her family and her musical ancestry includes the Norwegian virtuoso violinist and composer, Ole Bull. He was often known as the "Nordic Paganini". He played an instrumental role in the career of Grieg and was an exponent of Norwegian folk music. Carol performs with various small ensembles including the Oakland New Music Ensemble and serves as the Principal Flutist of the Bay Area Chamber Symphony. Carol Alban recently founded the San Francisco Flute Quartet. She was a featured performer at the 2006 Bay Area Flute Fest and the 2007 World Flute Fest. Carol also composes concert and film music. Recently her music was used in the documentary about the parrot trade, "Wild Beauty Betrayed" and in the short film "Annie’s Secret" which was recently submitted to film festivals. The song, "Down in the Delta" which she co-wrote with lyricist/vocalist Alvenson Moore was used in the film "Character is Destiny" (Dreamweaver Films) and Carol composed the soundtrack for "Goodbye, My Love". The title track was co-written with lyricist/vocalist Alvenson Moore. Alvenson and Carol are currently writing a musical and recording solo albums. ____________________________________________[|__C______||__o _o_0_0_0_.._o_0v0v0_||_|=_0_0_|~Some Past Performances~----------------- September 12th, 2005 Concerned about the plight of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, Carol contacted the Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco about holding a benefit concert to raise money for them. Cantor Roslyn Barak graciously organized the star-studded concert which included performances by San Francisco Symphony Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, Frederica von Stade, Wesla Whitfield and Mike Greensill, flautist Carol Alban, grammy award-winning cellist Emil Miland, members of the San Francisco Symphony and DAVKA, featuring violinist Daniel Hoffman. Over $16,000 was raised for hurricane relief efforts. Carol Alban’s latest composition for solo flute, "Elegy" (which she dedicated to the hurricane victims) had its premiere performance at the Sept. 12th benefit concert and was very well received. "That was beautiful!" said Michael Tilson Thomas (after hearing Carol perform it at the concert). On October 15th, 2005 another Katrina benefit was held at the Julian Morgan Center for the Arts. Carol Alban was asked to perform at this event that included all kinds of entertainers including the hilarious Will Durst and the poignant Anne Galjour. Much fun was had and much needed money was raised! She has organized and performed in numerous concerts at the majestic Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland including the Tsunami Relief Concert which featured performances by Carol Alban with Miles Graber (piano), Patti Weiss (violin) , Daniel Hoffman with Klez-x, Dylan Snodgrass (piano), Nancy Tyler (flute), soprano Katya Roemer, Francis Lockwood (piano), Philip Gelb (shakuhachi) and Katrina (Katie") Wreede (violist and former member of the Turtle Island Quartet). Other past performances include Petchitecture, a very special fundraising event for PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support) at the Gift Center in San Francisco, many gallery receptions including the Martin Lawrence Gallery Receptions for Chagall’s Circus Suite and the Ali Golkar Show, Chochmat HaLev in Berkeley, the Fort Mason "Photo SF" International Photography Exhibition (for the Stephen Cohen Gallery) etc. Carol Alban has performed at many music festivals including Bach & Beyond, the Berkeley Free Folk Festival, the Piedmont Jazz Festival and the Oakland New Music Festival.____________________________________________ [|__C______||__o_o_0_0_0_.._o_0v0v0_||_|=_0_0_|Carol Alban provides elegant live music for all kinds of events (weddings, parties, receptions, special events etc.) and performs in several ensembles including the Alban Trio and Duo. Carol Alban has been a member of the National Flute Association and the New York Flute Club and is the founder/director of the Fluteville Flute Choir. She maintains an active teaching studio on the border of Piedmont and Oakland. See http://www.hometown.aol.com/flutesolo for flute lesson info. ____________________________________________ [|__C______||__o_o_0_0_0_.._o_0v0v0_||_|=_0_0_| ***********@@@~~~~~Carol also likes asterisks and other mysterious symbols and often talks about herself in the third person. ; )
