Flutist Brittany Primavera is a solo performer, recording artist, chamber musician, and teacher who has presented recitals and taught in Asia, Europe, and North and South America. As an advocate of new music, Ms. Primavera has commissioned and premiered over a dozen new works for flute, many included on her debut recording Interactions (2014), described as “captivating… plenty of inspiration here.” The Flute View. Her performances have been broadcast on Czech Radio Ostrava (Czech Republic) and on the Teleantioquia program What's up? (Antioquia, Colombia) featuring a rooftop performance of J.S. Bach’s Sonata in E minor. Most recently, Ms. Primavera premiered Sam Melnick’s Double Concerto for flute, saxophone, and chamber orchestra in the University of North Texas Voertman Hall. Ms. Primavera has published articles in the Texas Flute Society Newsletter and The Flute View Magazine and presented numerous guest lectures on music entrepreneurship and contemporary chamber music.
Ms. Primavera routinely performs with a variety of chamber ensembles, including AVIDduo, which she co-founded with saxophonist Jeffery Kyle Hutchins. Dedicated to educating and promoting contemporary music to younger audiences, AVIDduo routinely curates educational programs including performances and presentations in schools, universities, and community centers. Highlights include serving on the faculty of the 2013 Jae Young Summer Camp (Seoul, South Korea), and in the 2015 season, presenting a tour of thirty presentations on contemporary music in Dallas public schools. They have lectured and taught at Northeastern State University, Luther College, Coe College, Millersville College, and Lafayette College.
Currently, Ms. Primavera is a fifer in the United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps. Previously, she maintained a large studio in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. Her students have auditioned into the 5A Texas All-State Band, All-Region Orchestra, Lone Star Youth Winds, Interlochen Arts Academy, and summer events at Baylor University, the University of North Texas, the Tanglewood Institute at Boston University (BUTI), and Interlochen Arts Camp. Competitively, Ms. Primavera's students have received first division ratings at the Texas U.I.L. Solo and Ensemble Competitions, "Outstanding/Honors Performance" at the Texas Flute Society Festival, and include prize winners in the Flute Society of Kentucky High School Soloist and Junior High Soloist Competitions.
Ms. Primavera holds degrees from the University of North Texas in performance with an emphasis in Chamber Music, Music Theory, and Spanish. Her primary teacher was Mary Karen Clardy. Ms. Primavera holds a certificate from the Janáčkova akademie múzických umění (Brno, Czech Republic) and was recently awarded a diploma from the Académie Internationale d'Eté de Nice (Nice, France), made possible through generous funding from the Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation.
(Last updated: May 23, 2017)
Ms. Primavera routinely performs with a variety of chamber ensembles, including AVIDduo, which she co-founded with saxophonist Jeffery Kyle Hutchins. Dedicated to educating and promoting contemporary music to younger audiences, AVIDduo routinely curates educational programs including performances and presentations in schools, universities, and community centers. Highlights include serving on the faculty of the 2013 Jae Young Summer Camp (Seoul, South Korea), and in the 2015 season, presenting a tour of thirty presentations on contemporary music in Dallas public schools. They have lectured and taught at Northeastern State University, Luther College, Coe College, Millersville College, and Lafayette College.
Currently, Ms. Primavera is a fifer in the United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps. Previously, she maintained a large studio in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. Her students have auditioned into the 5A Texas All-State Band, All-Region Orchestra, Lone Star Youth Winds, Interlochen Arts Academy, and summer events at Baylor University, the University of North Texas, the Tanglewood Institute at Boston University (BUTI), and Interlochen Arts Camp. Competitively, Ms. Primavera's students have received first division ratings at the Texas U.I.L. Solo and Ensemble Competitions, "Outstanding/Honors Performance" at the Texas Flute Society Festival, and include prize winners in the Flute Society of Kentucky High School Soloist and Junior High Soloist Competitions.
Ms. Primavera holds degrees from the University of North Texas in performance with an emphasis in Chamber Music, Music Theory, and Spanish. Her primary teacher was Mary Karen Clardy. Ms. Primavera holds a certificate from the Janáčkova akademie múzických umění (Brno, Czech Republic) and was recently awarded a diploma from the Académie Internationale d'Eté de Nice (Nice, France), made possible through generous funding from the Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation.
(Last updated: May 23, 2017)
