(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The 21st season of Westminster Conservatory at Nassau will conclude on May 18 at 12:15pm with "Outside Inspirations," a recital of music for flute and piano. The performers – John Lane, flute; Kathy Shanklin, piano – are members of the Westminster Conservatory faculty. The recital will take place in the Niles Chapel of Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street in Princeton. The event is open to the public free of charge; masking is optional.
The program includes transcriptions of Sonate no. 1, opus 13 by Gabriel Fauré, originally for violin and piano, and Fantasía para un gentilhombre by Joaquín Rodrigo, originally a concerto for guitar and orchestra.
Lane has taught at Westminster Conservatory since 2006 and is the principal flutist of Sinfonietta Nova. He began serving as the competitions coordinator of the National Flute Association (NFA) in 2019, having previously served as the coordinator of the NFA’s High School Soloist Competition. He earned both his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Performance from Indiana University.
In addition to her faculty position at Westminster Conservatory, Shanklin is the director of music at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and the organist at Temple Beth'el in Somerville, New Jersey. She has served as rehearsal accompanist for Peter Westergaard's opera Moby Dick, staff accompanist for Opera Festival of New Jersey and June Opera, and the music director of the Princeton Ballet School. She has degrees in music from Western Illinois University and Indiana University at Fort Wayne, and has pursued graduate studies in accompaniment at Westminster Choir College of Rider University.
Westminster Conservatory at Nassau recitals will resume on September 21.
This program is made possible in part by the Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission through funding from the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Established in 1970, Westminster Conservatory is the community music school of Rider University. Welcoming young musicians of all ages, skill levels, instrument preferences and economic backgrounds, Westminster Conservatory provides focused one-on-one lessons. In addition, the Conservatory offers a wide range of classes and performing ensembles to engage every student, from the beginner to young maestros, regardless of age. Westminster Conservatory of Music is a nationally recognized institution, maintaining active membership in the National Guild for Community Arts Education.
