Bonita Boyd, flute

Barry Snyder, piano
Barry Centanni, Jeffrey Irving, Tom Mulvaney, and Gregory Zuber, percussion

Come into my garden — John La Montaine (b. 1920)

Sonata in A Minor, Wq. 132 — C.P.E. Bach (1714‑1788)

Halil — Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Suite en Concert — André Jolivet (1905‑1974)

Suite Paysanne Hongroise — Béla Bartók (1881‑1945), arr. Paul Arma

Sunday, November 22, 2009, 5:30 p.m.
Yamaha Piano Salon, 689 Fifth Avenue
(entrance on 54th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues)
Admission: $10 at the door; free to NYFC members
Program subject to change

Bonita Boyd has been professor of flute at the Eastman School of Music since 1977. Her teachers included Maurice Sharp of the Cleveland Orchestra; Roger Stevens of the Los Angeles Philharmonic; and Joseph Mariano, principal flute of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and legendary pedagogue at the Eastman School. Boyd succeeded him in both posts, becoming the youngest woman to hold major academic and orchestral appointments, a fact noted by Glamour magazine in its "Outstanding Career Women" feature.

Boyd gave two New York recitals, in 1978 and 1980; three years later she made her critically acclaimed Los Angeles debut and also made her first solo tours of Europe and the Far East. Following tours of Latin America, she performed with orchestras and as recitalist throughout the world, including the National Gallery Orchestra (Washington, D.C.), National Symphony of the Dominican Republic, California Chamber Orchestra, Chautauqua Symphony, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, Denver Chamber Orchestra, Pusan Symphony (Korea), Western Australia Symphony, Queensland Symphony, Polish Radio Orchestra, Vilnius Chamber Orchestra, as well as numerous performances on National Public Radio, PBS, and radio recordings throughout Europe.

Ms. Boyd served as principal flute with the Rochester Philharmonic (1971-1984), Chautauqua Symphony (1971-1977), and Filarmonica de las Americas, Mexico City (1977). She was a faculty member of the Johannesen International School of the Arts (1987-1996). She is currently a member of the artist faculty of the Aspen and Aria International festivals, and is co-principal flutist of the Aspen Festival Orchestra.

Bonita Boyd has premiered numerous works, including Samuel Adler's Concerto (1977); Warren Benson's Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan (1978) and Concertino for Flute, Strings, and Percussion; the Sonata for solo flute by Miklos Rozsa (1983); and Eclipse Musings by Augusta Read Thomas (1998), Eric Sessler’s Hammerhead for flute and guitar (2006) and made the premiere recording of Roberto Sierra’s Concierto Caribe (1996). Her recording Flute Music of Les Six was named by Stereo Review as a 1983 Record of the Year. Her most recent recordings include Bernstein's Halil (Naxos) and a new release of the Paganini Caprices (Fleur de Son). She tours regularly with guitarist Nicholas Goluses; the pair has recorded and released the CD Chronicles of Discovery: American Music for Flute and Guitar (Albany).