John Bailey, Larson Distinguished College Professor of Music, will present a recital of flute music on Tuesday, January 24, 2017.  He will be joined by pianist Dimitra Kokkinopoulou in standard and colorful works in the flute repertoire:  Devienne’s Sonata in D Major, Op. 68, No. 1, Georges Hüe’s Fantasy, a classic in the Paris Conservatory repertoire, and Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu’s First Sonata.  Organist Christopher Marks will join Bailey in a multi-movement work by American organist and composer Gerald Near, and a work for solo flute by award-winning contemporary composer Katherine Hoover, Spirit Flight, with Native American flute inspiration, rounds out the program. 

Dr. John Bailey is the Richard H. Larson Distinguished Professor of Music and a member of the Moran Woodwind Quintet, the resident faculty quintet at the Glenn Korff School of Music. He is principal flutist with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, with which he has appeared as concerto soloist on numerous occasions, most recently in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. Since 2005 he has also served as the director of UNL’s annual summer Chamber Music Institute.