Posted October 27, 2020 by & filed under Updates.

Mark your calendars! I am playing the ORIGINAL 1936 manuscript of Density 21.5 (very different from the piece you all know!) on a beautiful BURKART PLATINUM FLUTE for this FREE online performance/discussion on November 5 at 7:30pm Eastern Time! This original version of the piece has not been performed since Georges Barrère performed it over 70 years ago!

The Evolution of Edgard Varèse’s Density 21.5

A comparative analysis of the 1936 (original) and 1946 (now-standard) edition of Edgard Varèse’s Density 21.5. With flutist Molly Barth and Sacher Foundation scholar Felix Meyer. Moderated by Nancy Toff.

https://www.nyfluteclub.org/calendar/NY-Flute-Club/view/The-Evolution-of-Edgard-Varses-Density-21.5/2020-11-05%2019:30:00/

Posted September 5, 2020 by & filed under Updates.

Blair Flute Studio Performance on Pedestrian Bridge Blair's flute students will be doing a performance art event on the pedestrian bridge. We would love photos of our flutists in the wild!

Posted August 13, 2020 by & filed under Updates.

2020 will go down in the history books as a year like no other!

GO VANDERBILT!

Posted February 29, 2020 by & filed under Updates.

What a winter, and now spring is in the earth in Nashville! Tulips and daffodils are in bloom, and the sun feels warm.

Returning for a brief 3-month period to the post I held for a decade as the flutist with Eighth Blackbird is a joy. What fun new repertoire for me to perform, and with incredible musicians with whom I started working while we were Oberlin students 27 years ago!

And after each performance, I am always eager to return to the Blair School of Music. The students at Blair are some of the most creative, entrepreneurial, and collegial people in the world, and I have the incredible privilege of working with them!

Posted October 30, 2019 by & filed under Updates.

https://www.city.ac.uk/events/2019/november/molly-barth

The award-winning flautist brings a multifaceted programme of contemporary US and Latin American solo works to London, including several works written for and dedicated to her.

Programme:

Michael Fiday, Jim and John
Frederic Rzewski, Mollitude
Omar Acosta, Solo de Pajarillo
John Liberatore, Gilded Tree
John Fonville, Music for Sarah
Shulamit Ran, East Wind
Aaron Holloway Nahum, Forever Fleeing Earth’s Pull

Posted August 18, 2019 by & filed under Updates.

News from Eighth Blackbird:

Molly Barth, the group’s founding flutist, will perform for concerts in 2020, when Nathalie Joachim completes her tenure. Five of the sextet’s founding members, along with Zach Good on clarinet, will play Jennifer Higdon’s On a Wire in March at the Oregon Music Festival!

2019-20 Season: Welcomes Back and Farewell

Posted August 11, 2019 by & filed under Updates.

Live In Studio C: This Piece Of Music Had Her Name On It

By COLLEEN PHELPS

Flutist Molly Barth performs in Studio C

KARA MCLELAND / 91CLASSICAL

https://www.nashvillepublicradio.org/post/live-studio-c-piece-music-had-her-name-it

Live in Studio C: Molly Barth

It’s an auspicious honor to have a piece of music named after you. Flutist Molly Barth would know, and she’ll also tell you that the idea to include a name comes from the composer, not the title-character.

Set List:

CPE Bach: Flute Sonata in A Minor – Adagio, Allegro, Allegro
Luca Cori: Quodlibarth – Softly Dancing, Festivito, Ostinato, Eco
John Liberatore: Gilded Tree – Black Twig Tips

Posted June 13, 2019 by & filed under Updates.

This radio interview was SO FUN to make and to hear. THANK YOU, Simone!

Please listen!

https://radio2.nu/simone-molly-barth

Posted May 9, 2019 by & filed under Updates.

Blair Flute Studio Performance on Pedestrian Bridge Blair's flute students will be doing a performance art event on the pedestrian bridge. We would love photos of our flutists in the wild!