March 30-31, 2024
TUCSON, AZ
ABOUT THE RETREAT
The American Flute Retreat is a weekend coaching event in which you will receive personal and chamber music coaching from flutists Laurel Zucker and Caleb Hathaway. In our second year, we are going to be in the beautiful southwest landscape of southern Arizona. Join us for a fun weekend of learning, making music and supporting the community!
YOUR INSTRUCTORS
LAUREL ZUCKER
"As polished and gratifying as Rampal and Galway. Zucker's interpretations are splendid all round. Her tone is airy and sweet, her virtuosity graceful." In 2004 Gramophone "strongly recommended" The Complete Telemann Fantasies for Flute and The Complete J.S. Bach Flute Sonatas on Cantilena Records describing her performances as "intelligent, naturally phrased and highly musical with a rich sound beyond reproach." In the 2003 book, Inspirational Stories from the World's Best Flute Players, Laurel Zucker is featured along with James Galway, Paula Robison, Herbie Mann, Ian Andersen, and Julius Baker. Fanfare Magazine refers to Ms. Zucker "as a forceful advocate for 20th century music," & when she was awarded the Aaron Copland Fund for Music from the American Music Center to record Take a Walk on the Wilder Side CD, Fanfare Magazine stated "this disc fills an important niche in American Music as well as flute literature." With 50 CD releases available on Cantilena Records, Ms. Zucker is heard regularly on classical radio worldwide. She has performed many times in Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, and Avery Fisher Hall.
CALEB HATHAWAY
Caleb Hathaway is an adventurous, versatile musician, equally comfortable as a performer, teacher, and sound engineer. A graduate of California State University: Sacramento under the mentorship of Laurel Zucker. Caleb is a student of Robert Dick and current honing his skills as a musician and sound artist while building a teaching studio, writing about the intersectional relationship between science, philosophy and music, and preparing for graduate school.
Passionate and dedicated to pushing the limits of his craft, Caleb has performed, improvised, arranged and collaborated in Jazz, Persian Folk Music, Reggae, R&B, Gospel, Hip-Hop, & Classical music from the Baroque to the Post-Modern Era.
Since 2009, Caleb has been developing his skill as a teacher. This has included instructing musicians of all ages and backgrounds. Focusing a foundation in the mechanical relationship between physical space, the body and the mechanism of the instrument, Caleb encourages and inspires his students to reach their fullest potential. Acting as a teaching assistant to Tatiana Scott at California State University, Caleb has brought a thorough understanding of harmony, acoustics, perception, counterpoint, rhythm, analysis, and the relationship between composition, interpretation and expression to all of his students.
About The Location
Situated in the Tucson community of Marana, the Retreat is just minutes away from the stunning vistas of Picture Rocks and multiple hiking trails.
Heading back towards town, lodging, shopping, and multiple dining options are a short five minute drive away!
Lodging
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Tucson North - Marana
