SHERIDAN — Director of Arts Outreach and Educational Aid and an teacher of flute and songs concept Dr. Rachel Bergman has experienced a enthusiasm for taking part in the flute her complete existence. Now, she shares that enthusiasm with her college students at Sheridan College.
Bergman’s mother played the piano and sang, but when it came to her choosing an instrument, Bergman needed to perform a little something distinctive. So, she started out playing the recorder even though in elementary faculty, then promptly made the soar to the flute.
She took her interest in tunes from elementary university into greater training, and she double majored in mathematics and audio concept.
Bergman said that math and new music often get the job done hand in hand.
“With math, there is a very immediate relationship with the new music principle that I train,” Bergman claimed. “Music theory is all about how music is put together — that can be incredibly mathematical.”
She commenced to go after a master’s degree in flute performance, but veered absent from it. She wished to be in the classroom, just like her mother and father, and earned her doctorate in new music concept so she could train at the university level.
Currently, she serves as a flute instructor and teaches audio principle courses at Sheridan Higher education.
“While we are thrilled to have a musician of her caliber, Dr. Bergman’s intensive know-how of increased education has assisted our method achieve new heights,” said Dr. Erin Hanke, director of the SC Whitney Middle for the Arts. “She delivers this kind of tremendous passion for audio and doing work with students that she’s swiftly grow to be a important part of the arts application at Sheridan School.”
Bergman stated she enjoys the flute since it is what she calls a versatile instrument it can enjoy in quite a few combinations and genres of new music, such as jazz, classical and symphony. It can even be part of a marching band.
It is that flexibility in the flute that motivated her to launch a flute choir. The choir incorporates all those who enjoy orchestral flutes, piccolos, alto flutes and bass flute.
Staying a large-quality flute player can take tolerance, resolve and versatility, she said. Due to the fact it is 1 of the most common instruments, getting to be a expert flute participant can be specifically hard.
She’s hardly ever pursued the passion whole time, but continue to enjoys obtaining out on the phase. Last week, Bergman carried out in a school concert with other Sheridan University educators undertaking 20th and 21st century new music, the genre Bergman prefers.
“I am genuinely lucky that I have an tutorial place, so I am not relying on the flute to make my living the way a freelance musician would,” Bergman reported. “I can choose and decide on the projects that I can just take on.”
