Brendon Wilkins performs Black Mary by Shelley Washington on Baritone Saxophone

Celebrate the vernal equinox with vibrant chamber music that connects new sounds, the environment, and the community.

Vigorous Tenderness is an immersive outdoor concert series that amplifies marginalized voices in classical music and democratizes new / experimental music. This vernal equinox event resembles an art museum experience, with chamber music illuminating the landscape as the audience follows a path of listening and reflection.

Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture

Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1 - Benjamin Noyes, cello

Brahms Symphony No.2

— Principal Bassoon —

Blow Globe performs at the Jazz Education Network Conference.

BLOW GLOBE, winner of the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works Grant 2024, is a twelve-person ensemble that melds the sonorities of instrumental jazz and classical with the ethos of contemporary electronic and songwriter musics. Led by Juilliard-trained drummer and composer John Sturino, the band features a unique instrumentation that packs the breadth of an entire wind orchestra into a tight twelve-person unit.

Drums - John Sturino

Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute - Brendon Wilkins

Alto Sax - Nathan Reising

Tenor Sax - Boyce Griffith

Bari Sax - Garrett Wingfield

Trumpet - Summer Camargo

Trumpet - David Smith

French Horn - Justin Mullens

Trombone -  Nick Finzer

Piano - Adam M. Birnbaum

Bass - Dan Montgomery

Reed 3 - Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone

Ravel “Le Tombeau de Couperin”

Sibelius - Finlandia

Prokofiev Peter and Wolf - John Ervin, narrator

— Principal Bassoon —

Mozart Overture to “Don Giovanni”

Beethoven Violin concerto - Minju Kim, violin

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”

— Principal Bassoon —

Brendon Wilkins

Performing:

Piazzola - Tango Etude #3

Teleman - Fantasie #4

Honneger - Danse de la Chevre

Dameron - Lady Bird

Bozza - Image

Rafael Rodriguez

Lisandra Moreno

Festival Itinerante de Flauta - Universidad del Cauca

Festival Itinerante de Flauta - Universidad del Cauca

2025 National Flute Association Convention

Panel Discussion:

How do we foster artistic unity within a globally diverse flute studio? Guided by a philosophy of musical oneness, Mary Karen Clardy moderates an international panel of professors, orchestral flutists, and industry leaders sharing insights on building shared artistic vision through music’s universal language.

Panelists:

Gaspas Hoyos

Gabriela Gimenes

Daniel Pardo

Mary Karen Clardy

Suyeon Ko

Brendon Wilkins

Ashley Mendecke

53rd Annual National Flute Association Convention

A celebration of representation, diversity, and equity for BIPOC flutists and the NFA Convention Audience.

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone