Summer Concert: Flute, Viola and Harp Trio

Description

The faculty from the Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival present a program featuring works by Debussy, Prokofiev, Bach, and more, performed by flute, viola, and harp.


Violist Thomas Bandar maintains parallel careers as an arts executive, performer, and music educator. In recent seasons, he has served on the faculty of the Crested Butte Music Festival and has performed in recitals across the East Coast, including appearances with Curtis on Tour, the Curtis Institute of Music’s signature touring initiative. Harpist and composer Amy Nam’s compositions have been featured in Harp Column magazine and have received awards from Chamber Music America’s Classical Commissioning Program, the American Harp Society Grants Program, the BMI Foundation, the Eastman School of Music, and the Lyra Society. Her orchestral works have been performed by the Pacific Chamber Orchestra, the Tennessee Valley Music Festival Orchestra, and the American Composers Orchestra. In 2024, she won second prize at the Dutch Harp Festival World Harp Competition. Flutist Philip Snyder is an educator, composer, and arts administrator. He currently serves as Instructor of Flute at the University of Mississippi and as an Associate Producer at Spoleto Festival USA. He is a founding member of the North Carolina contemporary performance ensemble Earspace, one half of the experimental duo if. else, and a founding member of the flute quartet Eudaimonia.