The Department of Music presents a Faculty & Friends concert. Dr. Rebecca Johnson, flute, will join oboe professor Dr. Elizabeth Sullivan for a duo performance. This concert will feature pieces for flute, oboe, and electronics composed by Alex Shapiro, Thea Musgrave, Dana Kauffman, Elaine Fine, and Brad Decker, who will also join the duo to support the electronics on these pieces.
Elizabeth Sullivan currently serves as Assistant Professor of Oboe and Musicianship at UNC Charlotte. She is active as a recitalist, orchestral musician, and pedagogue with a strong commitment to engagement with local public schools and music educators. Dr. Sullivan works to highlight the music of underrepresented composers, written for uncommon chamber ensembles, by presenting lectures and recitals at national and international conferences such as NACWPI, College Music Society, National Flute Association and Music By Women conferences.
Rebecca Johnson is the Assistant Professor of Flute at Eastern Illinois University, where she has taught since 2007, and is 2nd flutist of the orchestra Sinfonia da Camera. Dr. Johnson enjoys national prominence as performer and teacher through her work on numerous guest artist recital series, master classes, festivals and orchestras. Internationally, she has regularly performed and taught at the Convención Internacionál de las Flautistas in Quito, Ecuador, since 2009, and was a featured artist at the 2018 Festival Internacional de Flautistas in São Paulo, Brazil. She also enjoys collaborative performances with friends and colleagues.