Program / Event Details

Les Amorces – Global Women’s Voices

We celebrate music composed by women around the world and across the ages. With a spotlight on the flute, voice, and piano, this program explores historical and living women’s voices from the Baroque Era to the Modern Era, including a few of their male contemporaries. From Cecil Chaminade’s French Romanticism to Amy Beach’s dense and dramatic lieder, topics include nature, nostalgia, lust, and love, full of contrasting characters, languages, and moods. Audiences will discover and enjoy rich poetry and musical soundscapes these composers illustrate within these musical works.

Performers

Dr. Ceylon Mitchell, flute
Amanda Densmoor, soprano
Dr. Yejin Lee, piano

Backline: Piano Needed

Fees are for daytime school programs in Maryland, Washington, DC, and northern Virginia only.

Evening, weekend, workshop, and non-school fees differ – please contact us.

Additional travel fees apply.

About Ceylon Mitchell

Flutist Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II leads the modern Cuban charanga ensemble Raíces Negras in an homage to the beloved Cuban music group Orquesta Aragón and its songwriter, Richard “La Flauta Mágica” Egües. The performance features danzón classics like “Almendra” and “Pare Cochero,” showcasing the fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms and European classical instruments. A celebration of traditional Cuban forms and Latin jazz, Mitchell and the award-winning musicians of Raíces Negras bring audiences of all ages to their feet.

Biography

The Woodwinds Department Chair with Levine Music, Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II serves the arts ecosystem as a multi-hyphenate arts leader: contemporary classical flutist, educator, and entrepreneur. On a mission to celebrate marginalized identities in music, especially Black and Latine voices, his diverse repertoire spans from Western European classical to living cultural traditions across the Americas, along with everything in between.

Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Dr. Mitchell earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Maryland School of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Sarah Frisof. He has performed in venues such as Boston’s Symphony Hall, the Music Center at Strathmore, the Arts Club of Washington, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with Robert Glasper.