Published: August 07, 2008 09:24 am         

'Flute Fest’ at the Otesaga today

The Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival will present “Flute Fest” at the Otesaga today at 7:30 p.m.

The concert, which is free and open to the public, will feature a flute choir from the NY Summer Music Festival’s International Flute Institute. The concert is the culmination of two weeks of intensive study and rehearsals under the guidance of Walter Auer, Principal Solo Flute of the Vienna Philharmonic, and Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival artistic director and flutist Linda Chesis, the press release said.

The 18 participants in the Flute Institute are from Korea and throughout the United States, and are aged 11 to 22. They will perform works by Gershwin, Bernstein and Mozart.

“Their level of musicianship is very impressive,” said Chesis, who is chair of the woodwind department at the Manhattan School of Music. “The sound of them all playing together is extraordinary.” The concert will be held in the ballroom of the Otesaga Resort Hotel, 60 Lake St., in Cooperstown. No reservation or ticket is required.

The Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival tenth anniversary season also features “Chords and Strings” with lyric soprano Sarah Wolfson and the Brasil Guitar Duo on Aug. 9; Trio Solisti and Linda Chesis on Aug. 13; “Family Music Fest: Go for Baroque” on Aug. 16, “Gala 10th Anniversary Concert: The Brandenburg Concertos” on Aug. 17; and jazz with the Brubeck Brothers Quartet on Aug. 19. Evening concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. Audiences are invited to attend 7 p.m. pre-concert chats with the artists on Aug. 9 and 13.

For more information, call toll-free 877- MOOSIC1 (877-666-7421), visit the Festival’s web site, www. CooperstownMusicFest.org, or email info@cooperstownm usicfest.org.