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.
Videos
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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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Flute and guitar at Clover Pond vineyard
Sunday, Jan 12 1:30 PM EST
- Neighborhood: Altamont
- Instruments: Flute and cello duo
- Price: $5 to reserve, $15+ at event
Spots available
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Flute and cello music return to Clover Pond Vineyard
Sunday, Feb 23 2:00 PM EST
- Neighborhood: Altamont
- Instruments: Flute and cello duo
- Price: $5 to reserve, $15+ at event
Spots available
Programs
Host one of these programs in your space!
Celtic music for flute and Celtic harp
- Musician profile: Melanie Chirignan
- Instruments: Flute and Celtic harp
- Musicians: Melanie Chirignan, Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher
- Musician profile: Melanie Chirignan
- Composers: Hoover, Walker, Aubert
- Instruments: flute and guitar
- Musician profile: Melanie Chirignan
- Instruments: flute and keyboard
- Musicians: Melanie Chirignan, Melinda Faylor
partially improvised compositions + more
- Musician profile: Melanie Chirignan
- Instruments: flute and piano
- Musicians: Melanie Chirignan, Melinda Faylor
- Musician profile: Melanie Chirignan
- Instruments: flute and piano
- Musicians: Melanie Chirignan, Max Caplan
partially improvised compositions
- Musician profile: Melanie Chirignan
- Instruments: flute and piano
- Musicians: Melanie Chirignan, Melinda Faylor
Past groupmuses (60)
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Living room
Sunday, Dec 1, 2024 5:00 PM EST
- Neighborhood: Upper West Side
- Instruments: flute and piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $40+ at event
Happened 26 days ago
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Saturday, Nov 9, 2024 6:00 PM EST
- Neighborhood: Downtown, Albany
- Instruments: Flute and Cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 2 months ago
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Patio
Fangtastic Tunes, a Halloween concert
Sunday, Oct 20, 2024 12:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Rexford, Rexford
- Instruments: flute and keyboard
- Price: $5 to reserve, $15+ at event
Happened 2 months ago
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Living room Potluck
Saturday, Oct 12, 2024 6:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Downtown Beacon
- Instruments: Flute and Celtic harp
- Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event
Happened 3 months ago
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Partially improvised compositions
Saturday, Jul 27, 2024 7:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Averill Park
- Instruments: flute and piano
- Price: Free to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened 5 months ago
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Sounds of Japan at the Barn at Arts Letters and Numbers!
Saturday, Jul 20, 2024 7:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Averill park
- Instruments: flute and piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened 5 months ago
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Living room
Sunday, Jun 2, 2024 2:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Troy
- Instruments: flute and piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened 7 months ago
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Patio
Flute and Cello Duo at Vischer Ferry General Store
Sunday, May 19, 2024 2:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Clifton Park
- Instruments: Flute and cello duo
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened 7 months ago
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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 10 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 over 1 year 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 over 1 year 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 over 1 year 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 over 1 year 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 over 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 almost 2 years 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 almost 2 years 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 about 2 years 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 about 2 years 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 about 2 years 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 2 years ago