STEFANI
STARIN
stefanistarin@gmail.com
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Flutist Stefani Starin has performed internationally as a soloist and
chamber musician including at Carnegie Hall, New York Philharmonic Horizons
New Virtuosity Series, World Music Days in Norway, US Arts Festival in
Germany, the Barbicon, Bang-On-A-Can, Sonic boom
and New Music America. She has recorded for Musical Heritage Society,
Opus One, Mode, Lovely, I Virtuosi, Point, Innova,
and Aurora records. As a soloist she has received awards from The
Martha Baird Rockefeller Foundation, The Alice Ditson
Fund, and Affiliate Artists. Starin is a
specialist in contemporary music and is a leader in the development of
microtonal possibilities for flute. She performs primarily on a Eva Kingma quarter-tone flute
built by Brannon Brothers. Many composers have written especially for
her and she has performed many world premiers. As a champion of new and
experimental music, she co-founded the prominent new music ensemble, Newband, in 1977, currently Ensemble-in-Residence at
Montclair State University, New Jersey, and has served as Co-director
since. Stefani is a certified Suzuki and Orff instructor.
She continues to perform in a wide range of musical styles in the
metropolitan New York area. She is currently on the faculties of the
Department of Music at Montclair State University, the Masters school, The
Music Conservatory of Westchester, and has an ever growing studio at her home
in Nyack.
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