Christina’s summer months will take her to a series of music festivals including: Strings in the Mountain, Rocky Ridge Music, Texas Music Festival, The Panoramic Flutist, and Ruby Mountain (WY).

Christina has recently signed with Newman Artists Management in Denver, Colorado.

2008 begins with a flurry of concerts and residencies. Starting with masterclasses and recitals in the Midwest, followed by Philadelphia concerts of the fiendishly difficult Le Marteau sans Maitre (Boulez), then off to Houston for a week with River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (Classical Symphony, conductor-less!), then to Iowa for a reunion with pianist Lura Johnson (check out her new website: www.lurajohnson.com). Early March in Spokane, Washington begins with another performance of the evocative Christopher Rouse Flute Concerto. Hope to see you on the road!

The Panoramic Flutist: A Residential Seminar is set for May 28-31, 2008 at the University of Colorado. Christina will be joined by Leone Buyse (Rice University) and many of her mentors and friends for four inspiring days devoted to the flute. This seminar will feature diverse masterclasses, performances, and lectures illuminating the panoramic view of flute playing today. www.colorado.edu/music/flutestudi/panoramicflute.htm

Christina will be a featured performer and presenter at the NFA’s convention this August in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She will present a masterclass, perform on the Friday night “Headliner Concert” (Chaminade’s Concertino) and other recitals. The Flutist Quarterly gave a glowing review of The Jennings-Johnson CD in the Spring issue: “Throughout this recording it is evident that Jennings and Johnson are truly a “duo,” a shared partnership of equal voices that are matched in musical understanding and approach to interpretation. Even when the flute is more prominently featured in the melodic line, the sensitive underpinning and comment by the piano accompaniment is sure and supportive…this recording, like Jennings’ previous release, Winter Spirits, reveals an emerging artist who has the technique, musical sensibility, and personality needed for a career as a soloist.” For complete schedule and review see www.nfaonline.org

“This is music worth finding. Both musicians are laureates of major compositions in recent years, with growing reputations in performance and teaching. I have been hearing about flutist Christina Jennings for years. Jennings is an extraordinary musician, with facile technique, a soaring tone, and a natural sense of phrasing that is often absent from flute playing. Pianist Lura Johnson-Lee is an equal partner. She plays with a rich, deep tone and impeccable technique.” CHAFFEE
American Record Guide January/February 2007

2007 concert calendar has been updated. Christina’s travels will take her to Philadelphia, Seattle, and Houston where she will perform with soprano, Lucy Shelton; violinist, Judith Ingolfsson, and cellist Greg Sauer. See the “Events” section for complete details…

…from the coasts of Maine to Oregon
Christina has been teaching at the Bowdoin Music Festival and the Jeanne
Baxtresser Masterclass, and performing at the Strings in the Mountain and
Cascade Head Festival where The Oregonion reviewed her June 8th performance:
“Christina Jennings, a Juilliard-trained flutist of fierce power, made a
big impression alongside San Francisco Symphony clarinetist Ben Freimuth in Gabriela Lena Frank’s high-expressionist work, ‘Canto de Harawi.’ Melodic shrieks and eruptions contrasted with a quiet ending, when Freimuth turned his back on the audience and played his clarinet directly into the Steinway grand piano’s interior, creating beautiful, ghostly echoes.”

The Jennings-Johnson Duo debut CD challenges the hierarchy of soloist and accompanist with transcriptions and newly-commissioned works of personal significance to the duo. Jeffrey Mumford’s evolving Romance is a transcription of his gracious accord: Romance for Violin and Piano, which was commissioned by Lura Johnson-Lee and her husband, Matthew, in celebration of their wedding in May 2005. The other world premiere recording on this release, A.J. McCaffrey’s Reflections on Beati quorum via, was commissioned by Betty Blume in memory of her late husband, Dr. Howard Blume, a celebrated neurosurgeon and devoted amateur flutist. For this disc, Ms. Jennings recorded the piece playing Dr. Blume’s custom-built Powell flute.

Drei Romanzen, Op. 94: Robert Schumann
Poem: Charles T. Griffes
Reflections on Beati quorum via: A.J. McCaffrey
Evolving Romance: Jeffrey Mumford
Sonata in A Major, Op. 13: Gabriel Fauré
Fantasie, Op. 79: Gabriel Fauré

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Christina has recently been appointed Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She will be replacing Alexa Still who developed a world-class flute program, and who is off to the Sydney Conservatorium.