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Virtuoso Flute
V I R T U O S O     F L U T E
MUSIC  IS  WELL  SAID  TO  BE  THE  SPEECH OF ANGELS !                                                                                                                          - THOMAS CARLYLE
DAVID WALTERS is a consummate professional who has performed and taught privately throughout South Florida since 1983. David Walters studied flute with Parker Taylor (Fort Lauderdale, FL), Sarah Baird Fouse (UF), Jane Prince (FAU), Eugene Johnson (UM), Carol Wincenc (Johannessen School of the Arts, BC), Bernard Goldberg (former Principal Flute, Pittsburgh Symphony) and Albert Tipton (Aspen Music Festival). Mr. Walters presents flute recitals, masterclasses and chamber music performances; presents lectures on issues in the Music Industry; and performs as Principal Flute/Piccolo and Soloist with orchestral ensembles and wind symphonies. David has won First Prize in local, regional, national music competitions.
David Walters performed in one of the first high school Flute Choirs - South Broward High School (SBHS) Hollywood FL - to ever participate in the Florida Bandmasters Association (FBA) Solo-Ensemble Festival (1979, 1980). The SBHS Flute Choir performed Grade VI repertoire and received Superior ratings at FBA District and State Solo-Ensemble Festival.

                              -   FLUTE  PEDAGOGY   -

THE DAVID WALTERS FLUTE CONSERVATORY consists of gifted beginning, intermediate and advanced level students Grades 1-12; and college level. Mr. Walters offers instruction in flute, piccolo, flute ensembles and instrumental chamber music. Students' achievements include:
~  First Chair Flute/Piccolo  Honors Bands - Music Festivals - Music Camps
~  First Chair Flute/Piccolo  Middle School & High School Bands throughout South Florida
~  Consistent Superior Ratings  FBA District & State Solo-Ensemble Festival
~  Students voted "Musician of the Year"  by members of their school band
~  Consistent Superior Ratings and First Place Winners  FFMC District & State Junior Festival
~  Numerous students continue their Music study at the collegiate level
~  Many students have been awarded Music Scholarships for Music Camps and College Education  
    University of Miami -  Florida State University  - Columbia University
                          
                                       -  CAREER HIGHLIGHTS  -

Solo Recitalist - Orchestral Performance - Chamber Music Recitalist - Wind Symphony Performer - Individual Instruction: Flute, Piccolo, Ensembles - Flute Choir Performer & Instructor - Flute Masterclasses - Established Music Licensing Consultant: National Broadcast TV, Radio, Film Industry - Lecturer on issues in The Music Industry - Prominent Music Consultant: Broward County, FL Schools - Adjudicator, District/State Music Festivals - Published music reviews
               -  MY FAVORITE COMPOSERS  -
Bach Beethoven Bernstein Bizet Blavet Bloch Boehm Bolling Bozza Chopin Copland Corelli Debussy Demersseman Devienne Doppler Dutilleux Faure Feld Gaubert Handel Hindemith Holst Ibert Jolivet
Kuhlau Leibermann Mahler Mercadante Messiaen Mozart Muczynski Persichetti Piston Poulenc
Prokofiev Ravel Saint-Seans Schubert Shostakovich Sousa Taffanel Telemann
Tchaikowsky Vivaldi  HAROLD L. WALTERS (my father)  John Williams
PROFESSIONAL & HONORARY AFFILIATIONS
* Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Professional Music Fraternity       * Florida State Music Teachers Association
* Florida Federation of Music Clubs                                     * Alpha Lambda Delta Scholastic Honorary  
* National Flute Association                                                 * Florida Flute Association

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI..................CORAL GABLES  (MM)  Music and Entertainment Business    
Music Industry study: Dr. Alfred Reed        
Flute Study: Eugene Johnson  
  
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY..BOCA RATON   (BFA)  Applied Flute and Music Education
President, FAU Student Chapter FSMTA    
Flute study: Jane Prince          
* Dean's List

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.............GAINESVILLE  Studies in Music Education and Flute Performance    
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Professional Fraternity  - Eta Omega Chapter          
Alpha Lambda Delta Scholastic Honorary  
Flute Study, Sarah Baird Fouse
* Deans List  

PERFORMANCE - HONORS - AWARDS
Maintaining an award-winning flute studio of young, gifted musicians since 1983
First Prize, NFMC Student Auditions: Florida, Southeast Region, National Finalist  
Winner: FAU Student Concerto Competition, soloist w/ FAU Orchestra  
Principal Flute and Soloist, FAU Orchestra  
Aspen Music Festival Flute Study: Albert Tipton. Soloist w/ Chamber Orchestra, Member of Opera Orchestra & Festival Orchestra
Johannessen School of the Arts - Victoria International Music Festival, BC. Flute study: Carol Wincenc, Walfrid Kujala
Principal Flute, UM Symphony and Wind Ensemble
Adjudicator: Florida Federation of Music Clubs (FFMC) , Florida Flute Association
Principal Flute and Soloist, Hollywood Philharmonic Orchestra
Music Consultant:  License background music for TV, Radio & Film    
Gold Coast Trio (fl vla pno)   -  Walters-Pena Chamber Duo (flute-guitar)
Published music reviews, National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) Magazine  
Lecture-presentations on issues in the Music Industry  
Alto Flute, National Flute Association (NFA) Flute Orchestra  
Associate Producer, "TECHNOLOGY TODAY" national TV series. "Associate Producer of the Year"    
Flutist, Palm Beach Atlantic Symphony  
Music Consultant (Flute):  Broward County, Florida Schools
NFMC 4-Ribbon Chamber Music Award, Gold Coast Trio
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