Rob Turner
Rob Turner has performed on recorder
and baroque flute throughout North America and Europe—the Washington Post
has called his performances “ecstatic” and “delightful”. His commitment
to historic preservation has led to concerts in sites ranging from Monticello
(VA) and Mission San Juan Capistrano (CA) to the Pieta (“Vivaldi’s church”)
and San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Inigo Jones’ Banqueting House in London,
and Vienna’s Schloss Schönbrunn. He has several times been featured
as a soloist at the Library of Congress and at the annual convention of
the National Flute Association, and has appeared with orchestras and chamber
groups including the Alberti Ensemble, La Stravaganza, the Boston Camerata,
the Violins of Lafayette, the Washington Bach Consort, and the Indianapolis
Baroque Orchestra. Mr. Turner was principal flutist for the 2004 "Musica
nel Chiostro" opera festival in Tuscany. His broadcast performances include
appearances on television networks NBC, CBS, ABC, EWTN, PBS, HG-TV and
C-SPAN, as well as NPR, BBC and RAI (Italy) radio. His CDs "Music in the
Age of Jefferson" and "Mr. Madison's Crystal Flute" on the PDI label are
classical best-sellers. Mr. Turner has made flutes and recorders for many
years, based on his measurements of original instruments in museums and
private collections around the world. He has taught recorder and early
flute performance at the University of Virginia, the College of William
and Mary, and Indiana University. Essentially self-taught as a wind player,
he earned Performer Diplomas in both recorder and baroque flute from the
Early Music Institute of Indiana University’s School of Music, where his
teachers were Barbara Kallaur, Eva Legêne, and Stanley Ritchie.
PERFORMANCES
ALL PERFORMANCES ARE LIVE
AND UNEDITED
SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MUSIC FOR SOLO RECORDER
EIGHTEEN PRELUDES FROM BOISMORTIER op. 22
NOTES ON RECORDER TECHNIQUE
COMMENTS ON SLURRING