Laura Lentz Flute Studio

11/02/2024

Thank you again to William Grosvenor Neil for sharing Reimagined Syrinx with listeners and for having me talk a little about how it came to be, adding electronics by Sean William Calhoun. Also hear Rampal’s version right before mine!

And I’m excited to share Reimagined Syrinx again in a month at Momentum: music for flute and flute and electronics !
Plus there is a really exciting surprise coming for this concert that I will share shortly….! 🩷

My interview with flutist, Laura Lentz about her performance of Debussy’s Syrinx on her new album Prismatic/Plasmonic on my October 27th A New Sound program on WTJU Charlottesville 91.1 FM. The progr

10/30/2024

It’s been a busy busy period, but finally have a new blog post up at The Insightful Creative from the wonderful composer - clarinetist Jon Russell! 🩷

Are you creating space for thinking, for feeling? What’s your obvious?

10/27/2024

Listen in from 1-2PM EST to hear Syrinx (reimagined) with new gorgeous electronics by Sean William Calhoun (I appear after Rampal plays Syrinx, that’s not nerve wracking! 🤣)

The point of this reimagined version is to have Syrinx live on 🔥

And then Chloe Upshaw’s lovely Prismatic Wind 💨

Hope you can listen in! William Grosvenor Neil also kindly interviewed me briefly so I will also be talking about the two tracks.

Thank you again to William!

WTJU Charlottesville A New Sound Fresh from my tenure co-hosting Symphony Sunday on WDRT FM 91.9 in Viroqua, WI, I now co-host with composer, Brian Simalchik, A New Sound on WTJU Charlottesville 91.1 FM, WTJU.NET Sundays from 1 PM to 3 PM.   Over the past one hundred years, music and the arts have ...

10/24/2024

I'm starting a Zoom at 8:30PM EST for anyone interested in joining for the test drive of this talk I'm doing on Saturday at the RFA flute fair! Msg if you'd like to join an I'll share to Zoom link!

10/21/2024

Yay I’m a fiscally sponsored project! 🥳

This means I can accept tax deductible donations for my work/projects, and I am already grateful to lovely people who have contributed some love towards the “Serendipity” project!

Flute & string quartet music of Jacob ter Veldhuis, Marc Mellits, and Gabriela Ortiz, workshops, and an album!

(Concerts with Beo String Quartet🩷 and Thomas Nanni - tabla!- at Payton Violins and George Eastman Museum, then we record!)

Read more about it here!
Help us make a record!

THE SERENDIPITY PROJECTThis project seeks to foster a sense of openness and awareness to unexpected opportunities—serendipitous moments—in our lives. Featuring new and diverse works for flute and string quartet inspired by serendipity by JacobTV, Marc Mellits, and Gabriela Ortiz in affordable an...

10/21/2024

Friends! I'm excited about a talk I'm giving this Saturday at the Rochester Flute Fair!

I'm wondering if a few of you might be interested/available to hop on Zoom with me to do a test run of the talk? (You can let me know if you prefer to do 1-1 or in a small group).

Once I know who is interested then I'll set up a time on Zoom.

(For introverted types, 1-1 is totally welcome!)

Only thing is...I'm BEHIND and need to do this sometime in the next few days?

If you're interested can you message me like asap? :)
thank you!

10/20/2024

So excited! A new review of Prismatic/Plasmonic in the Flutist Quarterly of the The National Flute Association!!!

Music of Chloe Upshaw, Sean William Calhoun, Claude Debussy with new electronics by Sean.

Have a listen!

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0IzIGMcZqnfMDIauWgOgjl?si=_pwBJVnNQ5GdxFzceadDXg&nd=1&dlsi=5d97c0e323b044a8

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/laura-lentz/1671638729

Banecamp:
https://lauralentz.bandcamp.com/

And don't forget, tonight you can hear Plasmonic Mirror by Sean on Classical WSMR's Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline!
8-10PM EST

Look for Sean and I below in the photo!!! :)

10/20/2024

My latest newsletter! Ew, another email?
I send one a month, and it's always lovey and happy.
It includes new Insightful Creative posts!
Read all about empathy, redefining success and "being interested"

10/15/2024

I'm getting so excited to share this at the Rochester Flute Fair next week!

It's been a wonderful project of love to start my blog The Insightful Creative and to have amazing conversations with all kinds of incredible people about creativity, and many conversations and ideas have made it into this presentation - so thank you! (You know who you all are!)

I hope to create space for everyone attending to think about some questions for themselves around what is important to their creative selves, what's getting in the way, and how to go forward with all the risks involved in what we need to do because of the profound love we have for our creative work.

Saturday 10/26, 9:15-10:00AM!
Martha Brown MS in Fairport
For info about the flute fair:
https://www.rfaonline.org/

10/11/2024

Thank you to Jeff Dunn and Institute for Music Leadership (IML) at the Eastman School of Music for giving me the opportunity to talk about all the things I love!

“In this episode, flutist Laura Lentz discusses her blog, her time abroad in Italy, and framing concerts in a meaningful way for audience members. Laura created The Insightful Creative, with interviews, articles, and resources to support creatives in their work, connecting artists together through shared stories and ideas. She also speaks to her work as the artistic director of fivebyfive, an "award-winning, artist-led ensemble known for its impeccable musicianship and adventurous spirit" and her new book, Modal Flute Warmup. You'll also get to hear a clip of her new EP, Prismatic / Plasmonic, which debuted on September 6th.”

In this episode, flutist Laura Lentz discusses her blog, her time abroad in Italy, and framing concerts in a meaningful way for audience members. Laura created The Insightful Creative, with interview

10/10/2024

I'm really excited about this.

10/09/2024

Getting back on my feet and getting super excited for the next thing coming up - it's a big solo concert I'm planning, and I hope you can come to it!

Momentum: music for flute and flute and electronics will be with the good people at Payton Violins and will feature some pretty cool music (I'm super lucky and grateful to a bunch of awesome composers writing me stuff and/or sharing recent work of theirs to include on the program).

Two beautiful works for flute and electronics are by flutist-composers Tessa Brinckman and Chloe Upshaw who are trusting me with their lovely music, and there are some works recently written for me by the full of boundless energy and ideas Sean William Calhoun (a new beautiful work about quantum mechanics for alto and electronics called Duality Keys - see below) and the dear Kari Telstad Sundet who is writing me a new work at this moment that explores maelstorms in Norway! In addition to these pieces I am working on a few solo pieces that are fascinating for me to learn or to revisit, by Shulamit Ran and Anna Clyne.

And there will be an audience participation piece where we will improvise with fidget spinners and other toys with motion and create an original piece about momentum!

More to come, but could you mark your calendars for December 7 at Payton Violins in the meantime - thank you!

https://www.paytonviolins.com/event/momentum-music-for-flute-and-flute-electronics-36/register

10/04/2024

So excited for this weekend!!

featuring composer Roberto Sierra+ music by Clarice Assad, Miguel del Aguila, Gabriela Lena Frank, Angélica Negrón, and inti figgis-vizuetacelebrating Hispanic Heritage Monthwith Society for New Music & special guest poet Henry Padron!

10/03/2024

I want to plug the NFA's online series that starts this Sunday - these are FREE and open to anyone in the UNIVERSE!

Take advantage of some cool offerings (and I'll see you as part of this series in February!) :)

Taking place on Sundays at 2pm CT, these interactive Zoom events were crafted by the flute community for the flute community, designed to inspire and connect. NFA members have put together a diverse roster of experiences, drawing on their expertise, talent, and passion.

09/26/2024

Welcome to blog post #11 of The Insightful Creative.

Morgann Elyce Davis Parrish and I met for the first time in person last year at the Philadelphia Flute Fair in West Chester, PA, but we had known of each other for years, connected through our shared mentor, Stephanie Jutt, when we studied at UW-Madison—though at different times.

Being connected on social media, I noticed Morgann’s care and thoughtfulness with her students in various posts she shared. I began admiring her writing, her reflective questions about being a creative, and the creative process that invite a sense of deep self-knowing in what we do.

Morgann reflects: “What would happen if we could focus on both the quality of our work and the quality of our life based sheerly on our own perspective? What if we decided to focus on our interior lives? Could it make us better artists to prioritize feeling at home in ourselves?”

What work or life feels closest to your true self?

09/25/2024

Latest newsletter!

09/24/2024

New blog post on The Insightful Creative!

It’s been almost a month since starting this blog and 10 posts in, with 310 of you reading over this past month. That’s amazing. Thank you for being a part.

Some reflections since beginning a month ago:

We love creativity and are curious about it. Telling stories and sharing ideas around our creativity builds a sense of shared understanding, common ground, and empathy. There are moments of vulnerability that can provide a sense of validation to others experiencing similar struggles or breakthroughs. All of this can help create a bond, as those reading can see their own stories reflected in the experiences of others.

All of these stories and shared ideas - or insights - around creativity invite reflection, thought, and dialogue. When we see others sharing their personal stories and experiences about their creative process, it creates space for deeper conversations for ourselves and others. We can reflect on how our own creativity can be made more resilient, can grow, or can be shaped in our own lives.

It’s been almost a month since starting this blog and 10 posts in, with 310 of you reading over this past month. That’s amazing. Thank you for being a part. What are you paying attention to today? What are you astonished by?

09/23/2024

Proud teacher moment: Lilianna playing gorgeous solos in the Dvorak!

Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra

09/20/2024

What are you waiting for? You don't have your tickets yet?!
fivebyfive

World premiere of new work for fivebyfive by ROBERTO SIERRA and concert in collaboration with Society for New Music (Syracuse, NY)

09/20/2024

New blog post at ( #9) at The Insightful Creative!
Maria Brandt: Practicing Empathy

Maria Frances Brandt, a storyteller, teacher, and writer based in Rochester, NY, begins our conversation talking about her curiosity in understanding others and herself as part of her creative process as a fiction writer.

“Writing is how I practice empathy. If I could have a superpower, it would be invisibility,” she says. “So, I could spy on everyone all the time. I’m moved by everyone. I want desperately to understand the full range of human experience.”

How do you think empathy can help reveal something new about yourself or others?
Has empathy ever led you to see a situation or person differently?

How do you think empathy can help reveal something new about yourself or others? Has empathy ever led you to see a situation or person differently?

09/20/2024

Wind / brass teachers looking for an inexpensive and really fun way to talk with your students about air - I’ve been using these for years and they are fabulous!!

20 Pcs Floating Blow Balls Game Funny Blowing Ball Toys Balls Balance Blowing Toys Blowing Whistles Toys Classic Childhood Toys Party Favors Goodie Bag Stuffers

09/19/2024

Thank you City Magazine and Daniel Kushner for the review!

"immersive sound world"
"undeniably fun"
"ups the ante on the atmospherics"

Fivebyfive flutist Laura Lentz finds a fluid blend of acoustic and electronic sounds on her latest solo release.

09/18/2024

So excited to be on Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline, I totally missed it!

Prismatic Wind by Chloe Upshaw is making the rounds across the country this week! And later this month, Plasmonic Mirror will have its turn, by Sean William Calhoun!

Thank you Tyler!

On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Molly Joyce’s piece Unity explores the similarities and differences between the clarinet and saxophone across two movements. It was also written to incorporate sound descriptions for the purposes of accessibility and artistry of the music.

09/17/2024

I am OVER THE MOON excited about a successful grant from
Netherland America Foundation that gets things moving along more for The Serendipity Project!

It all started with Jacob ter Veldhuis's gorgeous piece "Serendipity" originally for violin, string quartet, and tabla...

and then Jacob made a new version for alto flute, string quartet and tabla ("Serendipity 2"), and it will be performed/recorded later this season, along with another new work by Marc Mellits...

with the wonderful wonderful Beo String Quartet and equally wonderful Thomas Nanni on tabla.

Many thanks to Netherland America Foundation for their support of this wonderful project!!!