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Ben Carlee DMA Flute Recital

Ben Carlee, flute
Will Preston, piano
Zou Zou Robidoux, cello

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Program

Flute Sonata in D Major, Op. 1 No. 4     Anna Bon di Venezia (1738 – 1769?)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante
III. Allegro Assai

Sicilienne et Burlesque      Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)

Sonata for Flute and Piano     Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Scherzo
III. Aria
IV. Rondo-Finale

Intermission

Los Bailes de la Flauta (Flute Dances) – Miniatures for flute     Edna Alejandra-Longoria (b. 1988)
I. With excitement
II. Energetic
III. Longing for your loved one; as if recalling your last dance together
IV. Dancy

Aproximaciones al Son Huasteco     Horacio Uribe Duarte (b. 1970)
I. Preludio
II. Son

Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 23     Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961)
I. Lento con rubato
II. Presto energico

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A native of San Antonio, Texas, Ben Carlee is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Mead Witter School of Music as an Advanced Opportunity Fellow and previously served as Adjunct Professor of Flute at East Texas A&M University School of Music.

Ben has performed nationally as a guest artist and clinician at events such as the Wisconsin Flute Festival, Chicago Flute Festival, Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention, National Flute Association Convention, and the North American Conference on Video Game Music, where he premiered Thomas Yee’s arrangement of Rhapsody on Eight Themes of Octopath Traveler. At the 2024 National Flute Association Convention, he also premiered Sones para Flauta y Mariachi by Jorge Sosa, a work he commissioned, in collaboration with the University of Texas at San Antonio Mariachi Los Paisanos. He has also performed as a soloist with the UTSA Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to his work as a performer, Ben is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Madison Gamer Symphony Orchestra, a nascent organization dedicated to promoting video game music in Madison by bringing together musicians to perform symphonic arrangements of game soundtracks.

A passionate advocate for diversity in music, he serves as the Coordinator for the National Flute Association’s Lesson Scholarship Program and previously held the role of Managing Director for UW-Madison’s DEIB Festival. He has also served as a Counselor for the Overture Center’s ACES Program, which educates underrepresented youth in Madison about careers in the arts.

Ben holds degrees from the University of Texas at San Antonio School of Music and East Texas A&M University School of Music and is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studies under Dr. Conor Nelson.