Melanie Chirignan @flutistmelaniec
Flute, piccolo, alto flute
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Melanie Chirignan @flutistmelaniec
Flute, piccolo, alto flute
About
I earned my Master's in Flute Performance from Hartt (in Hartford, CT), and my Bachelor's in Flute Performance and Music Education at SUNY Fredonia (the boonies, ahem, Fredonia, NY). I play classical music, both old and newly commissioned. My personal website is www.MelanieChirignan.org, and with my quintet's website is www.Quintocracy.org
Music
I am a chamber musician at my core. I love to collaborate with others and most frequently play in duos with guitar, piano, harp, or cello, in a trio with harp and viola, with piano and cello or in a quartet with jazz piano trio.
For solo programs, I have a mix of solo flute works for flute, piccolo, alto flute, from baroque, to modern day. I really love extended techniques like singing and playing, and percussive sounds found in beat box flute, especially when used in an approachable, tonal way. I love to hear, "I didn't know the flute could do all that" after a concert!
My training is in classical music, but lately I've been improvising with pianist Melanie Hardage, and enjoying co-creating music with her.
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Audio
Peruvian Suite IV. Zipline by Laurel Zucker for flute and guitar
Vicoria by Karina Contreras for flute and guitar
Two Hearts by Alice Gomez
Close to Home III. Rhythms by Gwyneth Walker
Gravity Flying by Concetta Abbate
Upcoming groupmuses
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Living room
Sunday, Jun 2 2:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Troy
- Instruments: flute and piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Spots available
Programs
Host one of these programs in your space!
- Musician profile: Melanie Chirignan
- Composers: Hoover, Walker, Aubert
- Instruments: flute and guitar
- Musician profile: Melanie Chirignan
- Instruments: flute and piano
- Musicians: Melanie Chirignan, Max Caplan
Music from other lands and ages
- Musician profile: Melanie Chirignan
- Composers: Prokofiev, Clarke, Max Caplan
- Instruments: flute and piano
- Musician profile: View player profile
- Composers: Bach, Saint-Saens, Berlioz
- Instruments: Flute, oboe, piano
- Musician profile: View player profile
- Composers: Beach, C.P.E. Bach
- Instruments: Flute, keyboard, cello
- Musician profile: View player profile
- Composers: Dvorak, Ginastera, Foote
- Instruments: Flute + string quartet
Past groupmuses (52)
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Flute and cello music at Clover Pond Vineyard
Sunday, Feb 25, 2024 2:00 PM EST
- Neighborhood: Altamont, NY
- Instruments: Flute and cello duo
- Price: $5 to reserve, $15+ at event
Happened about 2 months ago
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MC^2 performance at cozy and hip Novel Biblio Brew!
Sunday, Sep 10, 2023 3:30 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Seward Place, Schenectady
- Composers: Prokofiev, Clarke, Max Caplan
- Instruments: flute and piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $25+ at event
Happened 7 months ago
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Sunday, Aug 6, 2023 2:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Ballston Spa
- Composers: Hoover, Walker, Aubert
- Instruments: flute and guitar
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened 9 months ago
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Music in the Trees: Classical Flute, Cello, and Piano Trios at the Pine Hollow Arboretum
Sunday, Jul 9, 2023 2:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Slingerlands
- Composers: Tailleferre, Smith Moore, Tann, Caplan
- Instruments: Flute, cello, piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $25+ at event
Happened 9 months ago
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Melanie Chirignan and Melanie Hardage in Kips Bay
Saturday, Jun 10, 2023 7:30 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Kips Bay
- Composers: Satie, Glass, Saint-Saens
- Instruments: Flute and piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened 10 months ago
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Groupmuse For the Birds at Arts Letters & Numbers
Saturday, Apr 15, 2023 7:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Averill Park
- Composers: Saint-Saens, Messiaen, Vivaldi
- Instruments: flute and piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 1 year ago
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Arts Letters & Numbers Groupmuse - Flute, Harp, Viola Trio
Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 7:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Averill Park
- Composers: Debussy,
- Instruments: Flute, harp, viola
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 1 year ago
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Arts Letters & Numbers Groupmuse-James St. String Quartet + Flutist
Sunday, Feb 19, 2023 3:00 PM EST
- Neighborhood: Averill Park
- Composers: Dvorak, Ginastera, Foote
- Instruments: Flute + string quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 1 year ago
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Sunday, Nov 13, 2022 1:00 PM EST
- Neighborhood: Altamont, NY
- Composers: Puccini, Rossini, Vivaldi
- Instruments: Flute, piano, oboe
- Price: $25 tickets ($20 for Supermusers)
Happened over 1 year ago
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Music at Michele and Dan’s House
Saturday, Nov 5, 2022 7:30 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Amenia
- Composers: Beach, C.P.E. Bach
- Instruments: Flute, keyboard, cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 1 year ago
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Monday, Oct 31, 2022 7:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Troy
- Composers: Saint-Saens, Berlioz
- Instruments: Flute, oboe, piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $15+ at event
Happened over 1 year ago
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Sunday, Aug 14, 2022 2:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: New Scotland, Albany
- Composers: Higdon, Tann, Beach, Bauer, Saariaho
- Instruments: Flute, cello, piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $15+ at event
Happened over 1 year ago
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Outdoors
Saturday, Aug 6, 2022 6:30 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Guilderland NY
- Composers: Doppler, Rossini, Bach, Tann
- Instruments: Flute, oboe, piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event
Happened over 1 year ago
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Saturday, Jul 30, 2022 1:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Guilderland
- Composers: Poulenc, Bolling
- Instruments: Flute, Piano trio
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 1 year ago
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Woodwind Jams at Great Flats Brewing
Saturday, Jul 16, 2022 6:45 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Seward Place, Schenectady
- Composers: Bach, Doppler, Hillary Tann
- Instruments: Flute, Oboe, Piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $25+ at event
Happened almost 2 years ago
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Virtual Premiere
Musical Story time with Electric City Puppets
Sunday, Jul 10, 2022 1:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Schenectady
- Composers: Jim Henson, Alexander Ford
- Instruments: wind quintet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 2 years ago
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Sunday, Jun 12, 2022 3:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Downtown Troy/Washington Park
- Composers: Bach, Doppler, Rossini
- Instruments: Flute, oboe, keyboard
- Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event
Happened almost 2 years ago
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Virtual Livestream
From the Four Corners: Music for Flute and Guitar from Around the World
Sunday, Aug 1, 2021 3:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Albany, NY
- Composers: Contreras, Walker, Kotskyy, Hoover
- Instruments: Flute and Guitar
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 2 years ago
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Virtual Livestream
Part 4: Music by Women Composers for Woodwind Quintet
Sunday, Apr 18, 2021 3:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Troy, NY
- Composers: Hoover, Larsen, Higdon, Chaminade, etc.
- Instruments: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 3 years ago
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Virtual Livestream
Part 3: Music by women composers concert for flute, cello, and piano
Sunday, Mar 14, 2021 3:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Troy, NY
- Composers: Moore, Beach, Tann, Taillferre
- Instruments: flute, piano, cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $15+ at event
Happened about 3 years ago