Jennifer Gallegos
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About
Born in Indianapolis, Jennifer Gallegos began playing flute in church with a group of lively musicians. She learned new music playing by ear and harmonizing and improvising over melodies. Her formal training began under Loretta Contino at Jordan School of the Arts at Butler University at age 11, and continued her studies with Alice Akins at the Center for Performing Arts in Indianapolis. Gallegos trained with Kyril Maag and later, Rebecca Maag, at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati in Flute Performance (1987-1990). She received her BA in Education from Belmont Abbey College, (Summa cum laude 1998), and earned her Graduate Certification in Kodály Music (Magna cum laude, New York University) in 2001.
Since 1990, Gallegos has maintained a busy career as a freelance performer and teacher throughout the United States and the Caribbean. Her versatility and playing style has led the way to play for Grammy Award Winner Nestor Torres, Gato Barbieri, Carol Wincenc, Michel Debost, and Amy Porter. Recent recordings of Gallegos can be heard on Echoes of Your Heart (2016), 500 Years (2010), Dance of the Brujas (2008), and El Viajero (2006). At the Moonlight Jazz Festival on St. John in the USVI, Gallegos opened for Nestor Torres and Gato Barbieri in 2005 and 2007, and she continues to perform chamber music, large concerts, and festivals throughout the United States and Caribbean.
In 2016, Gallegos founded Bon Temps, a duo featuring Impressionist music, Early American Jazz, and French café melodies composed through the turn of the 20th century. Bon Temps takes the most adored songs of this era, motifs inspired by tonalities and colors from the Far East, flavored with the new sound of Jazz, and weaves a tapestry of emotion, luminosity and textured soundscapes which warm the soul and transports the listener to another time and place,
Gallegos is a freelance artist, studio musician, and featured performer with Classical Music Indy, Desert Echoes Flute Project, and owns and operates Chica Fluta Studio. Gallegos serves as the Director of Orchestras at BASIS Peoria in Arizona, leading masterclasses, sectionals, and adjudicates regional and state festivals and competitions.
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING EXPERIENCE
Jazz Vespers (2002, 2004); St. John Moonlight Jazz Festival (2005, 2007); Sunset Jazz Festival (2006, 2008); Penrod Art Festival (2017); Indy Jazz Fest (2017). Opened for and performed with: Nestor Torres, Gato Barbieri, Dave Valentin, Hilario Durán, Jonathon Edwards, Elvis Pedro, Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights, Pressure, Afra, Steven Katz, David James, Kurt Schindler, and Mavis Staples. Featured performer with Classical Music Indy (2015 – 2018)
MUSIC THERAPY & COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Community Health Cancer Treatment Center; The Barrington of Carmel Senior Community; Eskenazi Hospital Music Program, Manor Care Assisted Living of Summer Trace; Meadow Brook Senior Living
CHAMBER & ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE
Desert Echoes Flute Project; Desert Echoes Chamber Ensemble; Arizona Wind Symphony; Freelance orchestral flutist; Candlelight Chamber Series, flute, viola, piano, US Virgin Islands; Charlotte Repertory Orchestra; Gardner-Webb University; Charlotte, NC; CCM Symphony Orchestra; Repertoire Quartet; Cincinnati, OH
WORLD PREMIERS & RECORDINGS
LOVE. In Revolution by Bon Temps (release date TBA 2020); Krummholz Variations by Oliver Caplan (2016); Sailing Away by Scott Pfitzinger (2012); Echoes of Your Heart (2016), 500 Years (2009), Dance of the Brujas (2008), El Viajero (2006)
CURRENT PROJECTS
BON TEMPS: melding music, art, and literature from 1870’s – 1940’s of cross-continental classical, jazz, café, and Latin music; original arrangements for flute, alto, piccolo, percussion, and piano. Performing concerts, festivals, and community programs locally, throughout the United States, and the Caribbean. ELECTRIC FLUTE: exploring and interpreting music of all genres through acoustic and electrified flute, using pedals and amplification
RECENT FEATURES & BROADCASTS
Art of the Matter: Featured Artists Bon Temps; NPR on WFYI; TBA May 2017
The Jazz Kitchen: Headline Act: Bon Temps; March 2017
Classical Music Indy: Highlighted Female Performer; March 2017
Indianapolis Recorder: Artist Spotlight Bon Temps; February 2017
Classical Revolution at the Chatterbox: Bon Temps; February, August 2017
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Federation of Musicians; National Flute Association; Greater Indianapolis Flute Club; National Federation of Music Clubs; National Association for Music Educators; Arizona Flute Society
EMPLOYMENT
Chica Fluta Studio, Owner
Lessons, Clinics, Coaching (2004 – present)
BASIS Peoria, Director of Orchestras
Grades 5-12, Strings, Music Theory, Choir (2020 - present)
Adjunct Flute Specialist & Adjudicator
Arizona Music Educators Association
Arizona Youth Orchestra
Greater Indianapolis Flute Club
Indiana Youth Symphony
Department Chair for the Visual & Performing Arts
The Good Hope School, St. Croix, USVI (2002 – 2003)
Gaston Day School, Gastonia, NC (1998 – 2002); authored and published Kodály music curriculum
EDUCATION
New York University, New York, NY
Kodály Music, Graduate Certificate, (1999 – 2001), Summa Cum Laude
Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC
Bachelor Arts in Education, (1995 – 1998), Summa Cum Laude
College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Flute Performance, (1987 – 1990)
CHICA FLUTA STUDIO
Thoughts On Private Lessons
Learning to play flute is not easy and learning to play it well as a beginning, developing, or advanced player can be a slow and arduous process. A good teacher makes a difference in how quickly you learn to play your instrument, and their instruction is key to developing good habits and techniques that will make you a better player.
Approach
Through individually-developed lessons, I work with each student using solo-based repertoire as the basis for instruction in all elements of music, including history, theory, interpretation, and technique. Scales and études are approached musically, and serve to underscore mastery of the repertoire. Duets are standard in every lesson; they are always fun to play and playing with a 2nd voice helps increase focus on intonation. My students get the benefit of a professional flutist, an active performer, a teaching specialist: modeling good practices, giving feedback and encouragement, sharing secret techniques, and mentoring their personal development as a musician.
Private Lessons Will Help You Play Better, Sooner
• Develop correct hand position, embouchure, breathing techniques;
gain insight and direction on phrasing and interpretation
• Ear training and theory are music-based & infused in each lesson
• Learn secret techniques to help make difficult passages- easier!
• Performance opportunities: studio recitals, competitions, and festivals
· Volunteer to play for Seniors in our Music Outreach Program
· Explore and play different styles of music: Classical, Baroque, Romantic, Renaissance, Jazz, Contemporary, Latin, and Pop
Join Chica Fluta Studio today!