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by popular demand! Once again a flute choir class will be offered as one of
the afternoon options. Nora will cover many aspects of flute choirs, including
exploring repertoire for all size groups from the smallest trios and quartets,
to large flute choir music. We will exchange ideas on theme-based programs,
how to address different ability levels, repertoire that works for C-flutes
only, and any other concerns flute choir directors may have. While the
class will be geared more towards flute choir directors, anyone who loves flute
choir music may sign up. We will read as much music, both new and old
as possible and will perform on at least two of the afternoon recitals. Nora
will take requests for music that you would like to read, and given enough time,
will try to have it on hand. You may feel free to bring any music along
you would like to read! This is also a great time to hone your sightreading
skills in a relaxed atmosphere!
In past years we have taken a group to Little Switzerland on the Sunday morning of our week, to play at the quaint little Episcopal church there. It is only 10 minutes from Wildacres and has been a great way to give back to the Mountain residents. The church continues to welcome us enthusiastically, however space is limited in the church, so we probably won't be able to take everyone. If you are interested in taking part in that, you just let Nora know at least two weeks before the Wildacres Flute Retreat starts. Also, if you are a performer in the masterclasses, please let Anna Thibeault know so that she doesn't schedule your lesson on Sunday morning. It is also a great way for us to advertise the Wildacres closing concert, which is open to the public!
Nora will also be running the Flute World shop, which will be at the Wildacres Flute Retreat for the entire week. The repertoire and recital music will be for sale, as well as many other items of interest to flutists.
Biography
Nora Setliffe Kile, a Chattanooga native, earned her B.Mus.(1971) and M.Mus. (1978) degrees in flute performance from the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati, where she studied with George Hambrecht who was principal flute of the Cincinnati Symphony at that time. While at Cincinnati, she received her first flute choirs training while performing in the flute ensembles coached by Robert Cavally. She is flutist for the New Art Trio and retired in 2018 from the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Orchestra after 41 years. She also retired from the Cadek Conservatory of Music in 2020 after 46 years, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2014 after 38 years and Southern Adventist University in 2005 after 30 years. She still maintains a private studio of select students.
She is a nationally recognized expert on flute choirs and has conducted flute choir workshops in Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Texas, Minnesota, and North Carolina. She has been the conductor for the Chattanooga Area Flute Choir since 1983.
She is an active member of the National Flute Association, and served as the Exhibitor’s Showcase/Exhibitor’s Concert Coordinator from 2004-2008. She has served on panels for flute choir arranging and was a member of the 1989 NFA Professional Flute Choir, a group she was chosen to conduct at the 1999 convention. She has conducted several flute choir reading sessions at the conventions and served as coordinator of the reading sessions at the 1997 convention. She is a charter member of the National Flute Choir, which has recorded ten flute choir CDs. In 2006, she was also the guest conductor for the Carluke Primrose Orchestral Flutes, a flute band in Scotland with whom she took her Chattanooga Flute Choirs to perform in joint concerts in 2006 and 2009.
She has attended the Wildacres Flute Retreat in North Carolina every summer but two since 1983, and began assisting with the flute ensembles classes soon thereafter. She has several flute choir arrangements and chamber music arrangements published by ALRY Publications, Falls House Press, and Little Piper, as well as arrangements of flute with band/orchestra accompaniment with BRS Music.
Not ready for the rocking chair just yet, she went back to school in 2015 and in May of 2017 she earned her A.A.S. degree in Veterinary Technology from Chattanooga State Community College and her Veterinary Technician License in July 2017.
She and her husband Bill, to whom she has been married since 1973, enjoy boating, scuba diving, and bicycling in their spare time, and are currently owned by their two cats.
Nora can be contacted at: boatchick55@yahoo.com.
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