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Performance Portfolio

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These samples illustrate some frequently used textures. They will give you a sense of the level of musicianship and overall "sound". Although not presented here, I certainly handle traditional wedding ceremony music as well as jazz standards and some popular tunes.

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Videos from the 2009 Rome Festival Orchestra

Composer: Astor Piazzolla

Title: Mi Louga in re

Performance Date: April 22, 2008

Venue: Chamber Music Studio Class, Georgia State University
Mariona Zaliazzkova, piano

Duration: 4:27

Composer: Albert Franz Doppler

Title: Fantaisie pastorale hongroise, Op. 26

Performance Date: April 12, 2008

Venue: Graduate Recital, Georgia State University
Daniel Solberg, piano

Duration: 4:53

Composer: Albert Franz Doppler

Title: Fantaisie pastorale hongroise, Op. 26 (continued)

Performance Date: April 12, 2008

Venue: Graduate Recital, Georgia State University
Daniel Solberg, piano

Duration: 7:50

Composer: Olivier Messiaen

Title: Le Merle Noir (The Black Bird)

Performance Date: April 12, 2008

Venue: Graduate Recital, Georgia State University
Daniel Solberg, piano

Duration: 7:26

Composer: Georg Frideric Handel

Title: Nell dolce dell' oblio

Performance Date: March 13, 2008

Venue:    Vocal Recital, Georgia State University
                   Zorica Povlovoc, vocalist
                   Dr. Peter Marshall, harpsichord
                   Jean Gay, cello

Duration: 7:31

Composer: Francois Devienne

Title:    Trio No. 2 in G minor pour flute, violin et violoncelle,
            Op. 66
            Allegro poco agitato

Performance Date: April 15, 2007

Venue:    Graduate Chamber Recital, Georgia State University
                   Benedikt Loesch, violin
                   Jean Gay, cello

Duration: 7:36

Composer: Louise Farrenc

Title: Trio in E Minor for flute, cello and piano, Op. 45
Allegro deciso

Performance Date: April 15, 2007

Venue:    Graduate Chamber Recital, Georgia State University
                   Kristi Helfen, piano
                   Jessica Kornhoff, cello

Duration: 11:27

Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

Title: Sonata in B minor, Allegro

Performance Date: October 2, 2004

Venue: Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library Recital Series
Jacquelin Spears, cello

Duration: 2:26

Composer: Philippe Gaubert

Title: Madrigal

Performance Date: April 29, 2000

Venue: Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library Recital Series
Laura Candler-White, piano

Duration: 4:15

#10 Jazz Trio

Composer: Sergio Mihanovich

Title: Sometime Ago

Performance Date: Spring, 2001

Venue:    Recording session
                   Lee Covington, piano
                   Rusty Farmer, double bass

Duration: 2:32

"Deb Saidel makes you question why flutists are still on the fringes of jazz. This straight-ahead acoustic trio sets a perfect spare setting for the flute, allowing an open sound so the audience can appreciate each lushly whispered note"
– Richmond Music Journal by Walter Boelt

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