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  • A Flutist’s Unplanned Path to Success https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2014/08/21/a-flutists-unplanned-path-to-success/

    Jodie Rottle ’10 Finds Fame Even Without a Direct Roadmap By Shunying Wang ’15 and Sandy Deneau Dunham, PLU Marketing & Communications As far as Jodie Rottle ’10 can recall, she started to play the flute because her sister randomly suggested it. Good call, Jodie Rottle’s sister. Rottle,…

    career and take it to the next level.” While in Manhattan, Rottle and a couple of friends from the master’s program— Meaghan Burke (cello/voice) and Tristan McKay (piano/harpsichord/toy piano)—founded the new-music ensemble Dead Language, a trio that “seeks out music that has something to say, and says it.” And if that sounds a little wide-ranging, so is Dead Language: The ensemble improvises and performs interdisciplinary works that include everything from literature and white noise to toys and wolf

  • A Flutist’s Unplanned Future https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2014/08/06/a-flutist%C2%80s-unplanned-future/

    A Flutist’s Unplanned Path to Success Internationally renowned flutist Jodie Rottle ’10 advises undergraduates without a clear plan to pause, make slow progress and explore as many new possibilities as they can. (Photo courtesy Jodie Rottle) Jodie Rottle ’10 Finds Fame Even Without a Direct…

    inspiring as an artist just to see what I could do with my career and take it to the next level.” While in Manhattan, Rottle and a couple of friends from the master’s program— Meaghan Burke (cello/voice) and Tristan McKay (piano/harpsichord/toy piano)—founded the new-music ensemble Dead Language, a trio that “seeks out music that has something to say, and says it.” And if that sounds a little wide-ranging, so is Dead Language: The ensemble improvises and performs interdisciplinary works that include

  • Lute Plays Piano ‘Up Close with the Masters’ https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2014/02/01/lute-plays-lute-playes-piano-up-close-with-the-masters/

    Lute Plays Piano ‘Up Close with the Masters’ Natalie Burton ’13 plays a Bach piece on the piano for master pianist Vladimir Feltsman during Portland Piano International’s Up Close With the Masters series. (Photo courtesy of Portland Piano International) A Q&A With Natalie Burton ’13…

    didn’t feel a need to show any reaction.And after he began working with me, I saw kindness in his eyes. I was so focused on memorizing all he said and applying it to my playing that I don’t think I showed much reaction during the whole class. It was helpful to watch how Mr. Feltsman taught the other students, though, because he treated all of us in the same manner. It reminded me not to take his criticisms too personally. Do you play any other instruments—or sing? I played cello for six years when I