16 February 2011
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Wincenc Celebrates Ruby Anniversary with Expanding
Contemporary Flute Repertoire 
Flutist Carol Wincenc of Local 802 (New
York City) once played Mozart’s G Major
Flute Concerto No. 1 on top of Mount Eo-
lus, in Colorado. A violinist at four years old
and ballerina at seven, she eventually chose
the flute because she had her mind set on
Two exciting Institutes playing in the concert band at her Williams-
ville, New York, public school.
for orchestral conductors
“I thought, not only was it a very beautiful
with Neil Varon instrument, but that it meant I could play in
the [concert] band,” Wincenc says. “I wound
Orchestral Conducting Fundamentals up being very talented right away. I already
JULY 13-15
had a good musical background.”
A strong set of fundamentals Wincenc grew up in a musical environment.
and musical values upon which She is the daughter of pianist Margaret Miller
the young conductor can build. Wincenc and Joseph Wincenc, a violinist
No audition required. for Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra who
became concertmaster, and later, conductor
during the early 1960s. The family spent
Summer Conducting Institute summers attending music festivals, like the
JULY 16-21 Brevard Music Festival in North Carolina.
An exciting collaboration between At 14 years old, Wincenc debuted as a concert
the Eastman School of Music
player performing Jacques Ibert’s challenging
and the Rochester Philharmonic Flute Concerto with Buffalo Philharmonic.
Orchestra
She played the piece again at Carnegie Hall’s
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rehearsal techniques
An advocate of expanding contemporary
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as advocate and artistic leader sioned numerous works over the past four
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enhance the orchestra’s artistic Concert, which “has an energy and presence
mission that’s very healing for the audience” and Lu-
Wincenc studied with flute
masters, including Severino
Gazzelloni, during a year-long
stay in Italy, after graduating
from high school one year ear-
ly. She performed and studied
at Accademia Musicale Chi-
giana in Siena, in the summer,
and at the Accademia Nazion-
ale di Santa Cecilia of Rome,
in the winter. The following
year, she attended Manhattan
School of Music, then trans-
ferred to The Juilliard School
where she worked with Arthur
Lora and collaborated with ac-
claimed musicians, including
cellist Yo-Yo Ma of Local 802,
Photo: Christian Steiner
who performed in Wincenc’s
graduation recital.
She has passed the knowledge
forward to students at Juilliard
since 1988 and Stony Brook
University’s Music Depart-
ment since 1998. “I’ve played
Renowned Flutist Carol Wincenc of Local 802 (New York
in some really awesome situ- City) celebrated 40 years of concert hall performances
ations, but some of the most during the 2009-2010 season. 
awesome moments are right
in my studio when I’m teaching,” union. [The Federation] was born out of the
Wincenc says. “When you’re standing with a need for support and unity.” 
student and helping them understand some- During the 2009-2010 concert season,
thing or finesse something, it amazes me what Wincenc celebrated her 40th anniversary of
comes to my mind in terms of something to performing with the Carol Wincenc Ruby
say that will help them. It’s so inspirational Anniversary Series. The three-concert series
to work with young people.”  took place at Merkin Concert Hall, The Mor-
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by March 15, 2011.
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kas Foss’s Renaissance Concerto for flute and
orchestra. “It’s an absolute honor and thrill
because each piece is amazing,” Wincenc
says of commissioning a new piece. “When
you receive a new piece it’s wrapped up in
a box, you take the ribbon off, you take the
top of the box off, and all of the sudden, oh
my gosh, there’s a new piece. [It’s] very, very
exciting.”  orchestras in Chicago, Houston, Pittsburgh, numerous works written for her and dreams
A prolific recording artist, Wincenc received
a Grammy nomination for Passover Offering
by Yehudi Wyner in 2005. The piece is part
of the Milken Archive, the largest anthology
of recorded Jewish music. She also made an
all-American music recording with pianist
Samuel Sanders and composers David Del
Tredici, and Lukas Foss.   wonderful fatherly, motherly family like the is a vocalist with the rock band Neutra.
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An active musician, Wincenc is a frequent gan Library & Museum, and The Juilliard
soloist, as well as a member of Juilliard’s School in New York City. It featured the
teaching and performing group, the New premieres of six newly-commissioned works
by composers Joan Tower, Jake Heggie, Thea
York Woodwind Quintet. She’s also part of
Musgrave, Chen Shih-Hui, Andrea Clearfield,
Les Amies, a trio with Nancy Allen (harp)
and Jonathan Berger.
and Cynthia Phelps (viola), both members of
Local 802. Wincenc has also performed with Professionally, Wincenc is thankful for the
Amsterdam, and London. about a flute competition in her name, which
would embody the “colorful, musical, rhyth-
She joined the AFM in 1998. “I think the mically exciting” flute playing that she loves.
beauty of the union is that it’s really a sup- However, according to Wincenc, her greatest
port system,” Wincenc says. “The musicians’ personal achievement is her 17-year-old son
union is a family. Since music is the interna- Nicola who has a deep appreciation for music.
tional language, when you have a family that He has studied piano, plays the French horn,
speaks the same language, you have a big, was accepted to Berklee College of Music, and