2020 USF Flute Day Artist
Our featured guest artist for 2020 is
Mary Stolper!
Ms. Stolper is currently Principal Flute of the Grant Park Symphony Festival Orchestra, and the Music of the Baroque Orchestra. She also acts as Principal Flute with the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra and The Joffrey Ballet.
For over a decade she acted as the principal sub in the flute section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. During that time she was awarded two sabbatical positions and accompanied the Orchestra over 17 European/Asian/South American tours with Maestros Solti, Barenboim and Boulez.
As a chamber musician, she is invited to perform throughout the city including numerous performances on “Live from Studio One” the live broadcast series on the classical radio station WFMT. Invited as flute soloist, she performed with the great Opera Soprano Renee Flemming at Orchestra Hall.
Ms. Stolper performed with the Chicago Sinfonietta Orchestra in Vienna, 1996, with a performance of Bernstein's Halil for solo flute and strings. Also with the Sinfonietta, 1997, she performed the United States Midwest premier of the Concerto for Flute by Joan Tower. While in Prague, 1998, soloing with the Czech National Symphony, (Maestro Paul Freeman), she recorded her second CD called American Flute Concertos, on the Chicago based Cedille label. Other recordings include Voices for Flautist and Orchestra by Shulamit Ran, (Maestro Cliff Colnot), and her third Cedille release called Chicago Flute Duos.
Ms. Stolper toured former East Germany, 1989, with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra and received excellent critical reviews for her performance of the Nielsen Flute Concerto. The Nielsen Concertowas recorded with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra on the Centar label, Maestro Dieter Kober conductor.
A current recording artist on Cedille Records, she has recorded 3 solo CD’s and performed on numerous orchestral and chamber music recordings.
Ms. Stolper's performance credits also include the following organizations: Chicago Chamber Musicians, Eighth Black Bird, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ravinia Recital Series, University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players, American and Joffrey Ballet Orchestras, Contemporary Chamber Concerts at Orchestra Hall hosted by composer Shulamit Ran, Da Camera Chamber series in Houston, Texas and the Old First Church Chamber Series in San Francisco. Her extensive skills of contemporary techniques and performing on a variety of flutes have been featured on numerous concerts with CUBE, and MusicNOW series at Symphony Center under Maestros Pierre Boulez and Clifford Colnot.
Dedicated to the performance of music composed by women, Ms. Stolper invited two Chicago Women Composers/Performers to perform with her at her Carnegie Hall recital debut. Several compositions have been written for her to show her outstanding versatility on the piccolo, flute, alto flute and bass flute. Ms. Stolper has been a frequent guest recitalist and lecturer on the subject of Women Composers. She produced and recorded the flute music of Shulamit Ran, former composer in residence for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera of Chicago for the Erato/Warner Classics label.
In the past, Ms. Stolper has been elected to several boards and in many capacities, including President for many of them. They include, New Music Chicago, Chicago Society of Composers, American Women Composers, Musicians Club of Women and the artistic review panel of the Illinois Arts Council. She was one of the founding members and a past president of the Chicago Flute Club and twice on the board of the National Flute Association. She has acted as the Club Historian for the Musicians Club of Women, founded 1875, and for the Chicago Flute Club.
As part of the flute and harp duo ESPREE, she and harpist Stephen Hartman toured the United States for five years. ESPREE was awarded the First Place prize of the National Flute Association Chamber Music Competition.
Ms. Stolper earned her Masters Degree in flute performance from Northwestern University, where she studied under Mr. Walfrid Kujala. She has also received instruction from Geoffrey Gilbert, Jean Berkenstock, Edwin Putnik and Donald Peck. Performance master classes with English Flutist, William Bennett, Ms. Stolper performed both in the United States and England. Performance and ornamentation lessons with the brilliant J.S.Bach scholar and flutist, Mr. Samuel Baron, of the Bach Aria Group in New York, she is forever grateful for these lessons. Formally on the faculty at DePaul University, Ms. Stolper was head of the Flute Department for over 25 years.
As a singer/actor/musician, Ms. Stolper appeared in the 1999 Pocket Opera Company production of Don Quixote, with the character role of Sancho Panza. Repeated again in 2000, and along with the production of “Golk” where her role was that of the President of the United States. An active Master Class teacher, Ms. Stolper currently enjoys lecturing on the topics of practicing, performing and being a good colleague.
Ms. Stolper performed with the Chicago Sinfonietta Orchestra in Vienna, 1996, with a performance of Bernstein's Halil for solo flute and strings. Also with the Sinfonietta, 1997, she performed the United States Midwest premier of the Concerto for Flute by Joan Tower. While in Prague, 1998, soloing with the Czech National Symphony, (Maestro Paul Freeman), she recorded her second CD called American Flute Concertos, on the Chicago based Cedille label. Other recordings include Voices for Flautist and Orchestra by Shulamit Ran, (Maestro Cliff Colnot), and her third Cedille release called Chicago Flute Duos.
Ms. Stolper toured former East Germany, 1989, with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra and received excellent critical reviews for her performance of the Nielsen Flute Concerto. The Nielsen Concertowas recorded with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra on the Centar label, Maestro Dieter Kober conductor.
A current recording artist on Cedille Records, she has recorded 3 solo CD’s and performed on numerous orchestral and chamber music recordings.
Ms. Stolper's performance credits also include the following organizations: Chicago Chamber Musicians, Eighth Black Bird, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ravinia Recital Series, University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players, American and Joffrey Ballet Orchestras, Contemporary Chamber Concerts at Orchestra Hall hosted by composer Shulamit Ran, Da Camera Chamber series in Houston, Texas and the Old First Church Chamber Series in San Francisco. Her extensive skills of contemporary techniques and performing on a variety of flutes have been featured on numerous concerts with CUBE, and MusicNOW series at Symphony Center under Maestros Pierre Boulez and Clifford Colnot.
Dedicated to the performance of music composed by women, Ms. Stolper invited two Chicago Women Composers/Performers to perform with her at her Carnegie Hall recital debut. Several compositions have been written for her to show her outstanding versatility on the piccolo, flute, alto flute and bass flute. Ms. Stolper has been a frequent guest recitalist and lecturer on the subject of Women Composers. She produced and recorded the flute music of Shulamit Ran, former composer in residence for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera of Chicago for the Erato/Warner Classics label.
In the past, Ms. Stolper has been elected to several boards and in many capacities, including President for many of them. They include, New Music Chicago, Chicago Society of Composers, American Women Composers, Musicians Club of Women and the artistic review panel of the Illinois Arts Council. She was one of the founding members and a past president of the Chicago Flute Club and twice on the board of the National Flute Association. She has acted as the Club Historian for the Musicians Club of Women, founded 1875, and for the Chicago Flute Club.
As part of the flute and harp duo ESPREE, she and harpist Stephen Hartman toured the United States for five years. ESPREE was awarded the First Place prize of the National Flute Association Chamber Music Competition.
Ms. Stolper earned her Masters Degree in flute performance from Northwestern University, where she studied under Mr. Walfrid Kujala. She has also received instruction from Geoffrey Gilbert, Jean Berkenstock, Edwin Putnik and Donald Peck. Performance master classes with English Flutist, William Bennett, Ms. Stolper performed both in the United States and England. Performance and ornamentation lessons with the brilliant J.S.Bach scholar and flutist, Mr. Samuel Baron, of the Bach Aria Group in New York, she is forever grateful for these lessons. Formally on the faculty at DePaul University, Ms. Stolper was head of the Flute Department for over 25 years.
As a singer/actor/musician, Ms. Stolper appeared in the 1999 Pocket Opera Company production of Don Quixote, with the character role of Sancho Panza. Repeated again in 2000, and along with the production of “Golk” where her role was that of the President of the United States. An active Master Class teacher, Ms. Stolper currently enjoys lecturing on the topics of practicing, performing and being a good colleague.
Many thanks to Burkart Flutes, The Tampa Flute Studio, and Beethoven & Company
for making Mary's appearance possible! 
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