Up Coming Concert
September 7, 2010 1:10 p.m.
Venue: All Hallows by the Tower,
Byward Street, London,
EC3R 5BJ
Musicians: Colleen Muriel - flute, Ben Pinnow – piano
What people say...
"Really appreciate the encouragement. This is only one of a hundred reasons why you are the best music teacher in the world...."
- David Ian Foster, Vancouver, Canada July 20, 2010
"Colleen plays not just from the heart, but from the very depths of her being, that is, from her soul!"
- Irene English, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
"Emotionally saturated, wonderful flute music"
Author: Rudolf Penner, musician, Vancouver, BC Canada.
Colleen's medium is the music, true music that ranks in quality with the greatest classical opera singers of 100 years ago. Her flute offerings, which span the emotional spectrum, have the a wonderful yearning timbre filled with rich colour. They are a treasure that I indulge in over and over and never tire of. Amazing!
Denis Bedard - well known Canadian composer and Music Director of Holy Rosary Cathedral, Vancouver, Canada says, "Colleen Muriel is an outstanding flutist. A born musician, her technique is highly developed and her playing is musically excellent and very imaginative. A very hard worker, she also has a warm personality. She loves playing flute for audiences and audiences love her."
Colleen is indeed a rather exceptional musician, deeply committed to making the best of herself as a flautist, not from any desire to be a 'star' but simply from her passion to express herself through music and to arrive ever more closely at the musical truth of the pieces she plays.
- Julian Jacobson MA (Oxon), GRSM, ARCM
Professor of Piano and Chamber Music, Royal College of Music, London
(pianist, composer, conductor)
In my ten years of being an activity organizer I have very rarely been lucky enough to find a musician as talented as Colleen Muriel ... ... the afternoon was a true delight ...
- Kay Wheatley (Activities Organizer, Pilgrim Wood Residential Home, July 2007)
"Colleen is an accomplished flautist ... who has presented an impressive number of concerts in churches in London"
- Connie Bromley Edmonton Journal, December 19, 2008
VANTERHEYDEN has made a comment on Rainfall - Composed by Colleen Muriel. Performed by Graeme Thewlis: Very nice - Intense, dramatic but spot on.
Colleen’s CD, Welcoming the Christ Child (live music from Holy Rosary Cathedral) is just what is needed to warm the heart on a cold winter’s night. Some of the phrases in the lower register have depth and warmth of a clarinet. My cat, Paws really loved the high notes.
- Mollie Kingham, London, England February 2010
Review in The Recorder, London, Thursday February 25, 2010
Two accomplished performers indulged themselves and their Redbridge Music Society audience ... More
From the Photo Gallery...
Concerts at St. Margarets Barking with Manuel Villet. Photographed by Carole Wingrove.
Newsletter
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Colleen loves to play flute and is eager to play for your special event, private party or concert. She also gives master classes and private lessons through The El Flauto Academy. Rates are flexible and reasonable. For bookings or further information please contact her today at
colleenmuriel@hotmail.com
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Contact Addresses:
2322 Gordon Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
USA
PO Box 85
West Molesey, Surrey
KT8 8DE
England, United Kingdom
Email: colleenmuriel@hotmail.com
New Flute CDs
If you would like to purchase CDs from Colleen's independent recording label Elflauto Records, please just email Colleen at colleenmuriel@hotmail.com
These CDs are also available at CD Baby, Amazon.com, and in the A Cappella section at IndieRhythm.
Acappella
Music for Flute Choir
Keeping the Christmas spirit alive all year round can be a challenge, but with this new CD it is no trouble at all. These arrangements, while hinting at traditional carols, are innovatively arranged to discover the hidden beauty in fresh, new ways. 6 original compositions by Colleen Muriel, including Midnight and Simplicity, add original flavor to this international artist’s offerings. Flute choir is music played by several flutes in harmony, and on this CD Colleen plays all the parts. Get it soon from one of our 3 online distributors. Christmas in July is coming!
Just As I Am
Live Music From Holy Rosary Cathedral
Colleen’s 1st CD, entitled Just As I Am, released in late 2006, contains select live performances given at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver, Canada. These arrangements are, in the main, Colleen Muriel’s own. She is joined by organist David Hamilton on track 5 in Elegy, by noted composer Michael Conway Baker and Denis Bédard playing his own Melodia in duet with the flutist. Beethoven’ s Ode to Joy, J.S. Bach’s Arioso, originally for harpsichord and string orchestra, and Telemann’s intriguing Fantasia in A Minor. Both relaxing and engaging, this CD will serve you for years to come. Available now.
Fantasia and Ricercare
New organ music by Colleen Muriel
Fantasia and Ricercare has (September 30, 2006) been recorded on DVD at the St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church of Bromley, Kent (England) by Dr. Wilbur Hughes. Dr. Hughes also performed this piece at St. Andrews Cathedral in Sydney Australia in August 6, 2004 and again on August 25, 2006. This piece has just been released on DVD by El Flauto Records.
London in the Afternoon
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On May 17, 2008 at Arts Ed, London, Colleen recorded with pianist Gareth George a CD of jazz standards called London in the Afternoon, which was released on El Flauto Records in 2008.
Just As We Were
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Just As We Were [ELFLAUTO5], another live recording this time of flute and piano music, recorded at St. John's Waterloo on August 29, 2008. This CD features Fantasie Opus 79 by Gabriel Faure, Le Merle Noir by Messiaen, Meditation by Jules Massenet, War and Heartbreak by Colleen Muriel, and Panis Angelicus by Cesar Franck.
The Waterloo Recording Session
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A CD of New Piano Music and fute arrangements of well known hymns by Colleen Muriel
This CD was recorded live at St. John's Waterloo, April 17, 2009. Included on this CD are Fugues 1 and 2, Simons Theme, Rainfall and Vancouver Rain all composed by Colleen Muriel.
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