Sunday, April 6, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Idle Twittering: A Flock of Flutes
Ohio Regional Music Arts and Cultural Outreach (ORMACO) and the Wadsworth Public Library continue Live at the Library with Idle Twittering: A Flock of Flutes on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 2 pm at the Wadsworth Public Library, 132 Broad Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281.
French Flutist Louis Fleury (1878–1926) referred to music of the 19th century as “idle twittering.” What’s the antidote? A flock of flutes from Northeastern Ohio joins forces for a tuneful and tootful performance on flutes of all shapes and sizes with Jane Berkner, George Pope, Jenny Robinson, and Linda White.
The combined resumes of these flutists include performing with the Cleveland, Detroit, Akron, Canton, and Blue Water Orchestras. The quartet has performed for Cain Park, Heights Arts, Urban Troubadour and other regional venues, and they have also been invited to perform for both the National Flute Association and the International Low Flute Festival.
This program is free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. For more information, call 419-853-6016.
About the Musicians
Jane Berkner has been on the music faculties of the University of Akron, Ashland University, and The Cleveland Music Settlement. She has performed with the Akron, Ashland, Canton and Youngstown Symphonies, the Ohio Ballet Orchestra, O’Neil Chamber Players, the Chamber Music Society of Ohio, and for touring shows at Playhouse Square in Cleveland and EJ Thomas Hall in Akron. She is Director of the Flute Choir Camp at Interlochen College of Creative Arts. As Founder and Artistic Director of Urban Troubadour she creates concert events all around the Akron area, and is also currently working as Artistic and Operational Director for ORMACO.
George Pope is Professor Emeritus of Flute at The University of Akron, and a former Professor at Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music. He was Principal Flute of the Akron Symphony from 1978-2002, and has also performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Blossom Festival Orchestra and Blossom Festival Band, the Tulsa Philharmonic, the New Mexico Symphony, the Canton Symphony, Lyric Opera Cleveland, the Toledo Symphony, the Monteux Festival Orchestra, the Brevard Music Center Orchestra and at the Spoleto Festival. He is a founding member of the Solaris Wind Quintet and the Chamber Music Society of Ohio. He is a Past President of The National Flute Association, and current President of the Board of Akron’s Tuesday Musical Association.
Jenny Robinson serves as Principal Flute of the Canton Symphony Orchestra and holds the positions of 3rd Flute/Piccolo with both the Kalamazoo and Akron Symphony Orchestras. She has served as a substitute flute/piccolo for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Columbus Symphony, Chicago Lyric Opera, and the Ann Arbor Symphony, and previously held positions with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Alabama Symphony, Southwest Florida Symphony and Oakland Symphony. Jenny earned her BMus(Hons) degree at the Royal College of Music, London, where she received a full scholarship from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. She subsequently received a scholarship to attend San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she received her M.M. She attended Music Academy of the West for two summers where she was a winner in the MAW Concerto Competition. She received first place awards in the National Flute Association’s Orchestral Audition Competition and the Flute Society of Washington’s Piccolo Artist Competition. She was a prize winner in the Walfrid Kujala International Piccolo Competition, as well as at the National Flute Association High School and Piccolo Competitions. She also received awards from the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts and was named a Yamaha Young Performing Artist.
Linda White regularly performs with classical guitarist Robert Gruca as part of the Gruca White Ensemble. Comfortable with both written and improvised forms, this duo stretches the boundaries of the standard classical concert with their improvisations and arrangements of rock, funk and Latin tunes. She regularly collaborates with the composers of The Cleveland Composers Guild and has performed for the new music festival SHE SCORES since 2022. Linda is a founding member of the Blue Water Chamber Orchestra, and has also performed with The Cleveland Pops, The Cleveland Opera Orchestra, The Akron Symphony, The Canton Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, and The New World Symphony. An engaging teacher, Linda teaches at The Music Settlement, where she has students of all ages and abilities.