Duo with High Attitude

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Duo 8VA- Nan Rapheal and Nancy Mulholland, piccolos; Mark Pfannschmidt, piano

Founded in 2004, this lively duo breathes life into new repertoire for 2 piccolos. They have performed at the Kennedy Center's Millenium Stage and the Mid Atlantic Flute Fair.

Nancy Mulholland, piccoloist and flutist with the Maryland Symphony for 22 seasons, has also played with the Wichita Symphony, and Meadowbrook Festival Orchestra.   A private teacher for 40 years, she started the Gaithersburg Flute Camp in 1993 to bring flute ensemble playing to young flutists.   She is a member of Flutes on the Brink flute choir; and was recently piccolo guest soloist with the Newton Mid Kansas Symphony, the Peabody, KS summer park band, and in piccolo duo at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage.   She holds performance degrees from Wichita State University and Shenandoah University Conservatory, and teachers include Jerry Felmlee, Edward Callan, Albert Tipton, and Frances Lapp Averitt.         

Brad Clark received a Doctorate of Musical Arts in collaborative piano at the Catholic University of America in 1988.  He received his Bachelors of Music in piano performance from the University of Maryland where he studied with Roy Johnson. He has performed on recitals with singers and instrumentalists throughout the United States and Europe performing in a variety of venues and styles of music from Yiddish vocal music to traditional opera.  Mr. Clark has performed with the National Symphony Chamber Players, the Amalfi Coast Music Festival and the Heifetz Institute as a vocal and instrumental accompanist.  He has accompanied master classes for such distinguished artists as Pinchas Zucherman, Richard Stolzman, Carter Brey, and Lynn Harrel.  Mr. Clark is currently the artistic director of the Avalon Piano Ensemble whose mission is to bring quality chamber music to the Washington, DC area.