Abigail Sperling, instructor of flute at Linfield College, will present her first faculty recital at Linfield, featuring music from New Zealand, Germany, Italy and France. The recital will be held Thursday, April 5, at 7 p.m. in the Delkin Recital Hall at the Vivian A. Bull Music Center.
Sperling will play selections including “Te Tangi e te Matui,” “Quartet in d minor” by Ferdinand Ries, “Sonata for flute and piano” by Otar Taktakishvili and the famously challenging “Sequenza” of Luciano Berio. Sperling will be joined by Linfield colleagues Susan McDaniel and Victoria Gunn, as well as guest musicians Heather Mastel-Lipson and Hannah Hillebrand.
Sperling teaches flute at both Linfield and Chemeketa Community College. She received her doctorate from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. She is a well-known as a performer of contemporary music – particularly that by New Zealand composers – in addition to the classical repertoire canon. Sperling will be a featured presenter at the 2018 National Flute Association Convention and the Greater Portland Flute Society Flute Fair. She is secretary of the Greater Portland Flute Society and a reviewer for the National Flute Association journal, “The Flutist Quarterly.” This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.linfield.edu/arts or call 503-883-2275.
