DAHLIA FLUTE DUO

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Mary Matthews and Melissa Wertheimer formed The Dahlia Flute Duo at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. Recipients of a 2009-2010 Yamaha In-Residence Fellowship from the College Music Society, the duo strives to share theirlove of classical and contemporary flute music with the greater Baltimore/DC communities. The Dahlia Flute Duo presented a lecture-recital funded by this grant at the 2010 Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair in Reston, VA. The duo was also selected as recipients of a 2009 Peabody Career Development Grant. The Dahlia Flute Duo regularly performs at the Walters Art Museum, providing music for First Fridays and introductory music for the Adult Lecture Series. The duo has been featured twice on the Candlelight Concert Society's Community Outreach Series, as well as at the Baltimore Book Festival, the Sowebo Music and Arts Festival, and press events held by the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.

Pianist/conductor Joshua Horsch earned his M.M. in Orchestral Conducting from Penn State University, and graduated from Ithaca College with a B.M. in Piano Performance. Joshua is a frequent collaborator with the Dahlia Flute Duo throughout Baltimore, DC, and Delaware. At both IC and Penn State, Joshua served as a staff pianist, and collaborated extensively with a variety of vocalists and instrumentalists. Additionally, Joshua was a concerto soloist with the IC Wind Ensemble, a semi-finalist in the MTNA National Piano Competition, and a semi-finalist in the Oberlin International Youth Piano Competition. At PSU, Joshua served as Music Director/Conductor of the Sinfonietta, Assistant Conductor to the Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestras, and cover conductor for the Central PA Youth Orchestra. In Ithaca, Joshua was Assistant Conductor of the Ithaca Community Orchestra, Co-Music Director of the IC String Orchestra, and the co-founder and former music director of the Ithaca Opera Project. Other conducting work includes four concerts with the Lyatoshinksy Chamber Orchestra in Kiev, and performances with the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra as a participant in Helmuth Rilling’s Masterclass in Choral-Orchestral conducting.