A Weekend in the Future of the Flute and Its Music

with Robert Dick & Caleb Hathaway
September 13–14, 2025

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Day 1 – Saturday, September 13

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9:30 – 10:00 AM | Registration & Welcome

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10:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Lecture & Demonstration with Robert Dick

• Acoustics of the flute and the flute–flutist resonance system (“throat tuning”).

• Tone production, dynamics, timbre range.

• Relationship of traditional and extended techniques.

• Introduction to multiphonics, glissandi, microtones, whisper tones, and more.

• Methods for practicing and integrating these sounds into repertoire.​

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12:30 – 2:00 PM | Lunch Break

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2:00 – 5:00 PM | Masterclass – Student Performances
Repertoire may include works by Robert Dick (Lookout, Flying Lessons I & II, Afterlight, Fish Are Jumping, Flames Must Not Encircle Sides, Air is the Heaviest Metal), Paganini/Dick Caprices, and other approved repertoire.

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7:30 PM | Evening Concert
Robert Dick performs his compositions and improvisations.
Guest Artist: Caleb Hathaway, flute.

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Day 2 – Sunday, September 14

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10:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Lecture, Demonstration & Q&A

• Review and discussion of Day 1 concepts.

• Circular Breathing: You Can Do It (and Why You Should) – step-by-step method and musical applications.

• "Moving your ears around the room" – Caleb Hathaway demonstrates practical techniques and tools for self-recording.

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12:30 – 2:00 PM | Lunch Break

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2:00 – 5:00 PM | Masterclass – Student Performances
Repertoire may include improvisation as well as works by Robert Dick and 20th-century classics for unaccompanied flute by Varèse, Berio, Fukushima, and Takemitsu.

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