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Sara Andon

Sara Andon, Artist Teacher of Flute

Contact: SaraAndon@aol.com
(909) 748-8700 (Phone)
(909) 335-5183 (Fax)
Watchorn Hall, Room 210
Personal Website

Artist Diploma, Yale School of Music
M.M., University of Southern California
B.A., California State University, San Bernardino

Flutist Sara Andon is an international soloist and recording artist known for her ravishing tone and deeply engaging musical interpretations. A versatile performer in many music genre including solo, chamber, symphonic, opera, ballet, jazz and Broadway, she has performed all over the world in major concerts venues and on many TV and radio broadcasts.

Ms. Andon has performed with several orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pasadena Symphony, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra, California Philharmonic, Pasadena Pops, New Haven Symphony, Orchestra New England, San Francisco Western Opera Theater, Miami City Ballet Touring Orchestra and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. She has worked with such world renown conductors as Kurt Masure, David Zinman, John Maucheri, Jorge Mester and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
 
Ms. Andon has performed with the orchestras for many Broadway musicals including "Les Miserables," Disney's "Beauty and Beast" and the critically acclaimed hit Broadway show "Wicked" currently playing at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood.
 
As a soloist and chamber musician, Ms. Andon has performed throughout the United States, Italy, France, England, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Greece and China including performances at Carnegie hall, Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall (NYC), St. Peter's Basilica in Rome,  "CBS Sunday Morning," Universal Amphitheater, Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles.
 
She is also the solo flutist with the string chamber ensemble Da Capo Players based in Orange County as well as Mirror Visions, a vocal chamber ensemble based in New York and Paris, France specializing in newly commissioned works as well as traditional repertoire.
 
She has been a featured soloist at numerous music festivals including the Ojai Music Festival (CA.), Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (CT.), Grand Teton Music Festival (WY.), Music at Penn's Woods (PA.), Sunriver Music Festival (OR.), the London Baroque Music Festival and the Los Angeles Bach Festival.   
 
Other solo performances include "Sundays LIVE at Six" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with simultaneous radio broadcasts formally on K-MZRT, FM 105.1, now broadcasts on KCSN, FM 88.5.  Ms. Andon was invited to perform with world renown flutist Ransom Wilson the Double Flute Concerto (1995) by Steven Stucky (formally composer-in-residence with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and currently their New Music Consultant) at Zipper Hall in downtown Los Angeles. She has also performed with Jeanne Baxtresser, former principal flutist with the New York Philharmonic and has made many other solo appearances performing various concerti by J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Griffes, Arnold with several Southland orchestras and chamber ensembles including the Redlands Symphony and Mozart Classical Orchestra of Orange County performing the Mozart Concerto in 'D' Major, K. 314 with her own original cadenzas.  In addition, she recently performed with the internationally renown contemporary music ensemble the CALIFORNIA E.A.R. UNIT at RED CAT THEATER at Walt Disney Hall to rave reviews.
 
Ms. Andon received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Flute Performance and Music Education from California State University studying with Candice Palmberg as well as the Master of Music degree in Flute Performance from the University of Southern California studying with Janet Ferguson and Roger Stevens, both former principal flutists with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
She also earned a postgraduate Artist Diploma from the Yale School for Music studying with Ransom Wilson, virtuoso soloist and solo flutist with the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society.

At Yale, she was awarded the prestigious Thomas Nyfenger Prize for "Outstanding Performer."    Additional studies and master classes have been with Jim Walker, Jeffery Khaner, Paula Robison, Sam Baron, Mindy Kaufmann, Judith Mendenhall, Mark Sparks, Marina Puccininni, Julia Bogorad, William Bennett, Julius Baker.   
 
Ms. Andon is the Principal/Solo Flutist with the Redlands Symphony Orchestra. In 1996 she was invited to join the esteemed faculty of the University of Redlands School of Music and the Idyllwild Arts Academy, an international high school of the performing arts. 
 
She is currently an active freelance musician in Los Angeles and has worked with various artists such as Earth, Wind and Fire, Kelly Clarkson, Il Divo, Annie Lennox, Scorpions, Peter Frampton, Jose Feliciano, Dariush, John Tesh, Moody Blues, Michael Crawford and Josh Groban. Ms. Andon can be heard on many recording and performance projects for film and television such as the blockbuster movie Rush Hour 3, The Promotion, Bedtime Stories and American Idol. On camera sidelining includes The TV show 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' and the new movie 'GET SMART.'

She is also a concerto soloist /recitalist in demand and recently completed various classical recordings that include the complete W.F. BACH SIX SONATAS FOR TWO FLUTES, the complete J.S. BACH TRIO SONATAS FOR TWO FLUTES, CELLO AND HARPSICHORD and the MOZART DUOS, op.75, 1-6 with internationally known flutist/recording artist Laurel Zucker on Cantilena Records as well as a solo /chamber CD, CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR WOMAN on the LifeScapes Label. In addition, she just recorded SCHOENBERG'S PIERROT LUNAIRE  (soon to be released) as part of a national music grant with the Artist Faculty of the University of Redlands School of Music.
   
To contact Sara Andon about recitals, recordings and teaching, please email her at SaraAndon@aol.com.  Also, please visit her web site for more information and current performance schedule at www.SaraAndon.com.

Applied Flute

Current Recordings
Current recordings that are available:
 

- THE COMPLETE W.F. BACH SIX SONATAS FOR TWO FLUTES
- THE COMPLETE J.S. BACH TRIO SONATAS FOR TWO FLUTES, CELLO and HARPSICHORD
- MOZART DUOS, op.75 1-6
 
To listen to excerpts:
CD Baby: Search results for “sara andon”
 
 
-  CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR WOMEN
 
To listen to excerpts: 
Lifescapes - Detail
 
 
-  THE PROMOTION - THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK:
 
To listen to excerpts:
Amazon.com : Music Sampler
 
Particularly cuts: 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 19, 20
 
 
-  DEBUSSY - SYRINX FOR SOLO FLUTE
 
To listen go to:
http://www.SaraAndon.com

Guest Artists:
 
A sample list of nationally recognized Guest Artists we have had giving master classes/lectures/performances:
 
 - Jeanne Baxtresser - Soloist / Former Principal Flutist - New York Philhamonic
 - Willimam Bennett - Soloist/Former Principal Flutist - London Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra,  Academy of Saint-Martin-in the Fields      
 - Paul Fried - Soloist / Former Principal Flutist of the Boston Pops
 - Jim Walker - Soloist / Flutist with Free Flight/ Former Principal Flutist - Los Angeles   Philharmonic
 - Janet Ferguson - Former Principal Flutist - Los Angeles Philharmonic
 - Mary Karen Clardy - Soloist, National Clinician
 - Emily Beynon - Principal Flutist Concertgebouw Orchestra
 - Maueen Hurd Hause - Soloist/National Clinician - Clarinet
-  Gene Pokorny - Principal Tuba, Chicago Symphony
 
 - COMING THIS YEAR 2008-2009 --- Saturday, April 11, 10:30am - 10:00pm: Walfried Kujala -  Soloist / International Clinician and Former Piccoloist with Chicago Symphony
 
We have also scheduled many field trips to concerts including: James Galway, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera, Jazz Bakery.