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April Clayton to present BYU faculty flute recital March 19

March 07, 2005

Brigham Young University School of Music faculty member April Clayton will present a flute recital with pianist Scott Holden on Saturday, March 19, at 12:30 p.m. in the Museum of Art auditorium.

Admission is free and open to the public.

Clayton will perform a variety of pieces including "The Fog Is Lifting" by Carl Nielsen, "Encuentro" by Manuel Sosa and "Ballade" by Armand Perilhou.

Clayton received her Doctor of Music Arts degree from the Juilliard School. She has performed all over the world, including Italy's Palazzo dei Congressi, Leipzig's Gewandhaus, Moscow's Rachmaninoff Hall, the Holders' Season Festival in Barbados, as well as at venues in Brazil, Mexico, South Korea and across the United States.

Her debut solo album was recorded in June 2004 with Grammy-winner Max Wilcox. She received two "best performance" awards from the National Flute Association for her renditions of newly commissioned compositions.

She is a member of the BYU faculty Orpheus Wind Quintet.

For more information contact April Clayton at (801) 422-1177.

Writer: Rebekah Hanson

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