Amanda Markwick received both a double Bachelor’s degree (Modern Flute/French Language and Literature) and a Master’s degree (Early Music) from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. Her flute teachers included Kate Lukas, Thomas Robertello, and Barbara Kallaur. Awarded a Huygens scholarship by the Dutch Ministry for Education, Culture, and Science, to attend the Koninklijk Conservatorium in the Hague, the Netherlands, Amanda recently completed her studies in Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical flutes with Kate Clark, Wilbert Hazelzet, and Barthold Kuijken.
Performing solo and chamber recitals throughout Midwest America, Amanda first developed her professional career while at IU. She has also performed with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra; Ensemble Voltaire; the Barokorkest Collegium Musicum Groningen, the Netherlands; Het Barokorkest van de Dom Cantorij in Utrecht, the Netherlands; the Bach Orchestra of the Netherlands; and the Rheinische Kantorei and Das Kleine Konzert in Germany. She is an active member of Barcelona Barroc, most recently giving chamber music concerts with them in the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden. With Prima Prattica, a mixed consort focusing on Renaissance music, she has toured in England, Germany, and the Netherlands. With Ensemble Eloquentia and The Royal Windplayers, she performs chamber music of the Classical period. As a member of Il Sussurro, she explores the quiet and nuanced colors the early Classical flute in combination with clavichord.
Amanda has also participated in the Bloomington Early Music Festival, in Bloomington, Indiana, the U.S.A.; the International Harp Convention in Prague, the Czech Republic; the Corso Internazionale die Musica Antica in Urbino, Italy; the Casa de Mateus Festival in Vila Real, Portugal; the Festival Internacional de Musica de Cadaques in Cadaques, Spain; and the 3rd Festival Internacional de Música Clásica de Ribadeo, Spain.
CONTACT
EDUCATION
2006 – 2008 Master of Music, Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag, the Netherlands
* Specializied in Classical Flutes
2002 – 2006 Bachelor of Music, Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag, the Netherlands
* Specialized in Traverso and Renaissance flute
1999 – 2001 Master of Music in Early Music Performance Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
* Specialized in Traverso
1995 – 1999 Bachelor of Science in Music and an Outside Field, with High Distinction; Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
* Specialized in Modern Flute Performance and French
RECENT AWARDS
2008 Huygens Scholarship
* Awarded through the Dutch Ministry for Education, Culture, and Science
INSTRUCTORS
2006 – 2008 Kate Clark, Wilbert Hazelzet, Barthold Kuijken, Professors of Traverso, Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag, the Netherlands
2002 – 2006 Kate Clark, Professor of Traverso, Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag, the Netherlands
1997 – 2001 Barbara Kallaur, Professor of Baroque Flute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
1998 – 1999 Thomas Robertello, Professor of Flute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
1995 – 1998 Kathryn Lukas, Professor of Flute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2009 – current Ensemble Eloquentia, chamber music with fortepiano
2007 – current Il Sussurro, chamber music with clavichord
2007 – current Quartet Almaviva, classical wind quartet
2005 – current The Bach Orchestra of The Netherlands
2005 – current Prima Prattica, a mixed consort focusing on Renaissance music
2003 – current Barcelona Barroc, an early music ensemble specializing in chamber music
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE (SELECTIONS)
2009 Rheinische Kantorei and Das Kleine Konzert – Weihnachtsoratorium, Weingarten, Germany
2009 Ensemble Eloquentia – Utrecht Early Music Festival, Fringe concert
2008 Barcelona Barroc, Spanish tour – Girona, Ribadeo, and Vilallonga del Ter, Spain
2007 Ensemble Lyrique, at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2006 Prima Prattica, tours in the Netherlands, England, and Germany
2006 Orchestra for the Chimay Baroque Singing Competition, Chimay, Belgium
2006 Barcelona Barroc, XXXV Festival Internacional de Música da Cadequés, Spain
2005 – current The Bach Orchestra of the Netherlands, tours throughout the Netherlands
2005 Barcelona Barroc, Stockholm and Södertälje, Sweden
2005 Barokorkest Collegium Musicum Groningen, the Netherlands
2004 – 2006 Barokorkest van de Domcantorij, Domkerk, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2004 Barcelona Barroc, in Breda and Dordrecht, the Netherlands
2000 Ensemble Voltaire, Indianapolis, IN, USA
1999 – 2002 Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN, USA
1999 – 2002 Bloomington Early Music Festival, Bloomington, IN, USA
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006-2007 Quality Control for traverso builder Simon Polak
2006-current Private tutor for English as a Second Language (ESL)
2002 Bloomington Early Music Festival, Bloomington, IN, USA
* Executive Assistant
* Coordinated festival activities / Aided group selection for festival
* Developed festival database
* Supervised festival music sales
2001 – 2002 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
* Led a masterclass on French Baroque Music to traverso students
* Coached modern flutists on Baroque style
1998-current Private Flute Teacher
* Teaching modern flute and traverso to students of all levels
FESTIVALS AND COMPETITIONS
2009 Utrecht Early Music Festival, Fringe concert, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2008 3rd Festival Internacional de Música Clásica de Ribadeo, Spain
2007 Wettbewerb um den Gebrueder-Graun-Preis, Bad Liebenwerda, Germany
2006 Festival Internacional de Música da Cadequés, Spain
2005 Corso Internazionale di Musica Antica, Urbino, Italy
2000 Casa de Mateus Summer Music Festival, Vila Real, Portugal
1999-2002 Bloomington Early Music Festival, Bloomington, IN, USA
1999 The International Harp Convention, Prague, the Czech Republic
LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE
2007 Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and Teaching English as a Second or Other Languague (TESOL), from i-to-i (www.onlinetefl.com)
English: Native, Fluent Speaking/Reading/Writing
French: Advanced Speaking/Reading/Writing
Dutch: Intermediate Speaking/Reading/Writing
German: Beginning Speaking/Reading/Writing
REFERENCES
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