Maria Vomlehn Flurry
Featured on New
Music Arizona Concert, June 8, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Maria Vomlehn Flurry is an
experienced orchestral percussionist, timpanist, and music
educator. She is principal percussionist for the Flagstaff
Symphony. She has performed with many orchestras around the
country, including Baltimore, Detroit, Baltimore Chamber,
Michigan Opera Theater, and the Phoenix Symphony. She was a
member of the Flint Symphony Orchestra for 15 years. Maria
Flurry has backed up such artists as Kenny Loggins, Ray
Charles, and Mannheim Steamroller. She received a standing
ovation for her performance of the
Water Concerto for
Water Percussion and Orchestra composed by Tan Dun.
Maria has launched a multi-year commissioning project to
create concert music that explores the bridge between world
music and classical orchestral music. For the 2007
Chaparral MusicFest
New Music Arizona
Concert, she will perform
Canto de Alba,
a concerto by Kenneth LaFave - the first of these
commissioned works.
Maria is a roster artist of the Arizona Commission on the
Arts.
