Teaching, Performing, and Inspiring
Teaching, Performing, and Inspiring
Colleen McCracken is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Music Performance degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, under Dr. Erika Boysen. She has performed in masterclasses instructed by Bonita Boyd, Jill Felber, Walfrid Kujala, Demarre McGill, Amy Porter, and Göran Marcusson. Colleen has performed in ensembles that include the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra, and the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. She has attended several summer institutes including Credo Flute, WildAcres Flute Retreat, Rocky Ridge College Intensive, the Texas Summer Flute Symposium, and the Sewanee Summer Music Festival. In 2022, Colleen won 1st Prize in the Flute Society of St. Louis Collegiate Young Artist Competition. Recently, she earned an Honorable Mention in the Lamont Concerto Competition, and won first prize in the 2023 Central Ohio Flute Association Collegiate Competition. Colleen spent the fall of 2022 studying in Lyon, France, where she had the pleasure of learning the French language and enjoying the music of the area. Colleen earned a Bachelor of Music in Performance, graduating Summa Cum Laude with distinction, in 2024, from the University of Denver - Lamont School of Music. Her former teachers include Dr. Shelly Monier, Michel Lavignolle, and Julie Thornton.
Program:
Orange Dawn by Ian Clarke
Piece pour flute solo by Raphaele Biston
Pantomimes by Jean-Michel Damase
Quintet for Winds by John Harbison
Program:
Suite paysanne hongroise by Bela Bartok
Fanmi Imen by Valerie Coleman
Homeland by Allison Loggins-Hull
Flute Concerto by Carl Nielsen
Program:
Danza de la Mariposa by Valerie Coleman
Café 1930, Histoire du Tango by Astor Piazolla
Ballade for flute and piano by Alfred Perilhou
Sonata for flute and piano, mvmts 1, 3, 4 by Sergei Prokofiev
with Craig Winston, guitar
Colleen performed this for the student body of the Lamont School of Music as a runner up in the school's annual concerto competition. She had the pleasure of collaborating with pianist Chris Thompson.
Colleen performed in the Lamont Symphony Orchestra all four years of her undergraduate degree. This video features a collaboration between the orchestra and choirs.
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