Five outstanding young flutists will perform along with the Davis Youth

Flute Choir. The youngest performer will be Seunghyun Kim a sixth

grader at Patwin Elementary and a student of Virginia Thigpen. Marta

Drown, a seventh grader at Harper Jr. High School, and Hazel Jeong ,

senior at Davis High School, will represent the studio of Susan

Monticello. Priscilla Kim is a sophomore at Folsom High School and she

is a student of Alice Leneghan. Jane Seo is a sophomore at Davis High

School and she is a student of Maquette Kuper. The Davis Youth Flute

Choir will complete the evening concert under the direction of Maquette

Kuper.

Mihoko Watanabe is currently an assistant professor of flute at the

University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh and will begin teaching at Ball State

University in August 2008. She received her Doctorate of Musical Arts

from the University of Michigan, after earning a Master of Music from

the Eastman School of Music and a Bachelor of Music from Musashino

Academia Musicae in Japan. Her major teachers have included Bonita

Boyd, Leone Buyse, Ervin Monroe, Takao Kaeki and Fenwick Smith.

Dr. Watanabe is a recorded a performer of Duo Vivo, a flute duo she

formed with Dr. Alice Lenaghan when they were both students at the

University of Michigan. Duo Vivo has performed locally on the

Westminster Noon Concert and Crocker Art Museum concert series, and has

performed at several National Flute Association conventions. Dr.

Watanabe has been principal flutist of the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra

and a member of the Trio Piacere. As a researcher she specializes in

Japanese music and her article, "The Essence of Mei" is the cover

article of The Flutist Quarterly, Spring 2008.

The master class will help benefit the Davis Youth Flute Choir's trip to

Japan in June. Admission at the door is $10.00 adults, and $5.00

students. For further information call: (530) 756-4100.