Dr. Carlos Feller has performed extensively as a soloist, and chamber musician throughout the United States and abroad. His most recent appearances as a recitalist and clinician include venues in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Japan. Feller holds a b.m. from the Paraná State University in Brazil, an m.m. in flute performance from The University of Southern Mississippi and received his Doctor of Music degree from the Florida State University. He was a prizewinner in competitions such as the William T. Gower Concerto Competition, MTNA, and the Flute Society of Kentucky Young Artist competition. In 2016, Carlos Feller joined the International SuperFlutes Collective as a low flute specialist. The group is dedicated to the performance of music written and transcribed for small flute ensemble (piccolo to contrabass). He is also a founding member of the baroque ensemble Traverso Colore, and flutist of the woodwind quintet Ricercata Winds. An enthusiast of new music featuring the flute, he has performed at the International Computer Music Conference in New Orleans, at the International Michel Debost Composition Competition in Brazil, and at the XV Biennial Festival of New Music at Florida State University. His first commercial recording was released in 2014 as part of the album Pendulum distributed worldwide by NAXOS. Dr Feller is the director of the Hot Springs Flute Ensemble, teaches at the International Flute Workshop in Roccasecca-Italy and Harlaxton-England, and is on faculty at Ouachita Baptist University.
Dr. Mary Chung began playing piano in South Korea, continued with her studies and graduated from the National Conservatory of Music in the Dominican Republic. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from North Greenville University, a MM, and a DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Southern Mississippi. Chung is an active soloist and collaborative artist. She has performed both nationally and internationally, in Canada, France, Italy, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Honduras. Her solo awards include first place in the 11th Luis A. Ferré International Piano Competition (Puerto Rico), winner of the William T. Gower Concerto Competition at the University of Southern Mississippi, finalist in the Concerto Competition at the Brevard Music Festival, alternate winner in Mississippi’s MTNA Young Artist Auditions, as well as a recipient of the Music Teachers National Association’s Student Achievement Recognition Award.
She has collaborated in numerous recitals and masterclasses, as well as state, regional, and national competitions for both singers and instrumentalists. Chung has also served as a pianist for the Southern Opera and Music Theater Company, Hattiesburg Civic Light Opera, Meistersingers, Oratorio Chorus, and others.
Chung served as a full-time faculty at The University of Southern Mississippi, as well as Oklahoma Baptist University, as an adjunct professor at Belhaven College, piano instructor for Piano Institute at the William Carey University, “Appasionato” music camp in the Dominican Republic, and at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan. Dr. Chung has served as adjudicator for piano competitions in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. In the Fall of 2017, Dr. Chung joined the faculty at Ouachita Baptist University as coordinator of the piano department.
Links to recordings
J. Siqueira - Three Etudes for Flute and Piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YIXgYSdq6g
N. Paganini - La Campanella
Requirements
Piano (or Harpsichord depending on program selected)
- Fee
- $600 - $2,000 (Travel and lodging).
- Time Availability
- Year-round