Oct 18, 2020 - 3pm / Online / guest flutist Carl Gutowski with pianist James Fitzwilliam
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Carl Gutowski has been performing solo and chamber music for nearly 40 years. He began playing in the 5th grade public school band program. A natural talent, he immediately began lessons with Tacy Edwards of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic and excelled rapidly, winning scholarships and concerto competitions. He continued summer studies with members of the Cleveland Orchestra including flute with William Hebert. He has performed in master classes for Paula Robison, Ransom Wilson, Maurice Sharp and Lady Jeanne Galway. Mr. Gutowski attended Vassar College–majoring in Mathematics–where he studied flute with John Solum and musicology with Edward Reilly and Janet Knapp.
Subsequent to college Mr. Gutowski followed a career in Software Development. He has worked for the past 25 years developing software systems for air traffic control, publishing, education, e-commerce and finance. He is currently a Software Architect at Innovest Systems, LLC. He holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Vassar College and an M.S. in Computer Science from Tufts University.
More recently Mr. Gutowski has returned to his musical passion and has devoted more time to this interest. He is currently the Concert Manager of the Howland Chamber Music Circle in Beacon, NY, overseeing all that’s entailed in bringing world-class musicians to a world-class venue, the Howland Cultural Center. This extraordinary, award-winning, all-volunteer organization has established itself as one of the premier chamber music series, consistently presenting the world’s finest musicians to sold out audiences. (HowlandMusic.org)
Mr. Gutowski continues to perform in chamber music and solo settings. Highlight performances over the past few seasons include concerts at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis, MA, Concerts Con Brio in Poughkeepsie, NY, the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, NY, the National Opera Center in NYC, and as a regular Featured Artist at the Open-Mic Classical program in Brewster, MA. Collaborations in recent seasons have been with guitarist David Temple, pianists Alexandra Beliakovich and Lucy Banner, and violinist Akiko Kamigawara. In 2017 he gave the world premiere performance of Debra Kaye’s Fantasy for Flute and Piano, a piece written for him, with pianist Akiko Sasaki. Mr. Gutowski’s live performances have been featured on New York’s WQXR, WOMR in Provincetown, MA, WMHT in the Hudson Valley and WPRB in Princeton, NJ.
In November, 2020, Mr. Gutowski is scheduled to perform at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall where he will give the world premiere of Debra Kaye’s a deafening silence – an elegy with pianist Toshiko Jones.
In May, 2020, Mr. Gutowski was chosen as the runner-up finalist of the UK-based Syrinx Flute Competition focusing on solo-flute music.
Mr. Gutowski’s journey back to performing–from an Open Mic to Carnegie Hall–was featured in an article in the Cape Cod Times in March, 2020.
Pianist, organist and composer James Fitzwilliam holds BM and MM degrees in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music. He is currently the Organist and collaborative pianist at Christ Episcopal Church in Poughkeepsie, NY, and Adjunct Instructor/Collaborative Pianist at Bard College.
"This program is supported in part by a grant from the Brewster Cultural Council, Harwich Cultural Council, Orleans Cultural Council, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency." https://massculturalcouncil.org/
