Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
Flautist Tara Helen O'Connor leads an engaging master class with students from the Yale School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and The Juilliard School.
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Claude Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Yale School of Music: Amir Hoshang Farsi, flute; Rubina Lee, viola; Anna Ellsworth, harp -
Claude Debussy Premier trio in G for Piano, Flute, and Cello
Manhattan School of Music: William Woodard, piano; Eva Ding, flute; Emma Kato, cello -
Elliot Carter Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn
The Juilliard School: Soom Quintet (Ashley Cho, flute; Victoria Chung, oboe; Na Yoon Kim, clarinet; Kyle Olsen, bassoon; Cort Roberts, horn)
Recorded on April 17, 2019 in the Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio.
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Tara Helen O'Connor
Tara Helen O'Connor is a charismatic performer noted for her artistic depth, brilliant technique, and colorful tone spanning every musical era. Recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a two-time Grammy nominee, she was the first wind player to participate in CMS’s Bowers Program. She regularly appears at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Music@Menlo, Chamber Music Festival of the Bluegrass, Spoleto Festival USA, Chamber Music Northwest, Mainly Mozart Festival, Music from Angel Fire, the Banff Centre, Rockport Music, Bay Chamber Concerts, Manchester Music Festival, the Great Mountains Music Festival, Chesapeake Music Festival, and the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival. She is the newly appointed co-artistic director of the Music From Angel Fire Festival in New Mexico. She is a member of the woodwind quintet Windscape, the legendary Bach Aria Group, and is a founding member of the Naumburg Award-winning New Millennium Ensemble. She has premiered hundreds of new works and has collaborated with the Orion String Quartet, St. Lawrence Quartet, and Emerson Quartet. She has appeared on A&E's Breakfast for the Arts, Live from Lincoln Center and has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, EMI Classics, Koch International, CMS Studio Recordings with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and Bridge Records. A Wm. S. Haynes flute artist, she is an associate professor at Purchase College. Additionally, she is on the faculty of Bard College, Manhattan School of Music, and is a visiting artist at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Ontario.