Program:
Jhula Jhule - Reena Esmail (b. 1983)
Hungarian Fantasy, Op. 26 - Franz Doppler (1821–1883)
About the Artists:
Laura Kaufman Mowry is a soloist, orchestral, and chamber musician who has been hailed by the Washington Post for “absolutely gorgeous flute-playing."
Mowry has served as Principal Flute of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra since 2023. In addition, she has performed with a variety of renowned ensembles, including the National Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Smithsonian Chamber Players, Annapolis Symphony, Fairfax Symphony, Alexandria Symphony, DC Public Opera, Buffalo Philharmonic, and New World Symphony as a guest musician. Dr. Kaufman Mowry performs in District5, a DC-based wind quintet dedicated to innovative ways of presenting classical music.
Dr. Kaufman Mowry is a passionate educator. She is adjunct Professor of Flute at George Mason University and maintains a private flute studio. In addition, she has coached wind players at the University of Maryland, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, American Youth Philharmonic, and the University of Maryland High School Academy. She is also the Director of the American Youth Philharmonic Flute Ensemble.
Prize-winning performances include the National Flute Association’s Young Artist Competition, National Society of Arts and Letters Wind Competition, New York Flute Club Competition, Flute Society of Washington Young Artist Competition, Pasadena Instrumental Competition, among others. Her experiences have inspired her to assist other musicians with competition preparation and overcoming performance anxiety. Laura holds degrees from Eastman School of Music, The Colburn School, and the University of Maryland.
Dr. Bora Lee is a sought after pianist in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, invited as a featured artist from Washington Performing Arts Society, Arts Club of Washington, S&R Foundation Artist Concert Series, Sumner Concert Series, Embassy of Poland, and Embassy of Korea. She has also appeared at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Orford Arts Centre in Québec, Baroque Recital Hall in Prague among others.
Among her many honors are First Prize in the International Concert Artist Competition, the OMTA Piano Competition, and the Korean National Music Competition, as well as prizes from University of Cincinnati Concerto Competition, the Samick Piano Competition and the Korean Piano Society Competition. She also appeared as a soloist with Seoul National Symphony Orchestra, Cantate Chamber Orchestra, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra and Loudoun Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Bora Lee had been a faculty member at University of Cincinnati Preparatory School in Ohio, Radford University, Governor's School in Virginia, and Washington Conservatory of Music. She is also an experienced collaborative pianist, currently working as a staff collaborative pianist/coach at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and a staff collaborative pianist at NO Youth Fellowship Program at the Kennedy Center.
Dr. Lee earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree and Master of Music degree in Piano Performance at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CM), and her Bachelor of Music degree in piano from Yonsei University in Korea.
This project is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
