Mindy Rosenfeld

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Mindy Rosenfeld is an American flutist, piper and harpist, noted as a founding member of the Baltimore Consort, specializing in Renaissance music. She is also credited as Mindy Rosenfeld Hedges.

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Life and career

Mindy Rosenfeld, graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland, and a Master of Music in Modern and Baroque Flute Performance from San Francisco Conservatory. She was one of the founding members of the Baltimore Consort in 1980. [1] She remains a performing member, and tours extensively with the group.

In 1989, she became a member of San Francisco’s Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra where she has made numerous recordings, and appeared in Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall, the Berkeley Early Music Festival, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Disney Hall and Carnegie Hall. Rosenfeld is Principal Flutist and soloist with the Symphony of the Redwoods and the Mendocino Music Festival in California. She has performed as a guest artist with a number of other symphonies and ensembles.

Personal life

Rosenfeld was married to American composer and guitarist Michael Hedges (1953-1997), [2]

Rosenfeld is the mother of five children: [3] Mischa Aaron Hedges, Jasper Alden Hedges, Sascha Benjamin Burgess, Oliver Burgess, and Theo Robinson Burgess. [4] Rosenfeld resides in California.

Discography

Selected recordings include:

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References

  1. "Baltimore Consort" . Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  2. LaBlanc, Michael L. (1990). Contemporary musicians: profiles of the people in music . Gale Research Inc.
  3. "Ronn McFarlane & Mindy Rosenfeld" . Retrieved 13 Jan 2016.
  4. "Mindy Rosenfeld" . Retrieved 13 Jan 2016.
  5. "Mindy Rosenfeld Discography of CDs" . Retrieved 28 December 2011.