Carla is proud to announce the official release of -
BEAUTY IN AMERICA
MSR Classics
Works by composers Robert Beaser, Gary Schocker, Mark O'Connor and Steven Giammarino featuring Ana Maria Rosado and the Beauty in America Orchestra under the direction of Eric Jacobsen.
A healing CD...
Honoring the beautiful places and people of the United States.
Beauty in America is available for purchase from MSR Classics, Amazon, Arkiv Music, and iTunes.
"The star of this show, of course, is flutist Carla Auld. Her playing is beguiling. Smooth, balanced tone throughout the registers of her instrument, marvelous breath control, and pitch-perfect technical command distinguish all of her performances on this disc. The music, too, is of a style and vocabulary guaranteed to appeal to those who appreciate, as I do, contemporary music made for listening ease and pleasure. Strongly recommended."
-Jerry Dubins
FANFARE MAGAZINE
(segment from Beauty in America review)
Flutist, Carla Auld is a soloist and chamber musician who promotes the performance and recording of new classical and cross-over music by various composers throughout the world. Ms. Auld’s solo debut CD, “Beauty in America”, features the works of living American composers and premieres two NEW works by Mark O’Connor and Steve Giammarino for flute and orchestra. The CD is available under the MSR Classics record label and has been described as "entirely captivating and impressive". Jerry Dubins, editor of FanFare Magazine called it " ... Beguiling ... perfect technical command ... music made for listening ease and pleasure.” She has performed regularly as a soloist with the Pompton Festival Orchestra and several other ensembles throughout the New York Metro Area. A list of her repertoire is available here.
Ms. Auld is a founding member of the ensemble UpTown Flutes, winners of the Artist International Chamber Music Award, which included a performance at Carnegie Hall in 2002 and has released three CD’s entitled, A Flute Renaissance, An UpTown Christmas, and 21st Century Gems. She also performs in the flute and voice ensemble Cassandra Duo, along with mezzo-soprano, Karen Leigh-Post. She and Dr. Karen Leigh Post she have commissioned works by Allen Cohen, Jason Hoogerhyde to name a few. Ms. Auld has recently joined forces with Guitarist, Ana Maria Rosado to form a spirited and dynamic Latin-American Music ensemble, ¡DUO CARAMBA! presenting classical and contemporary Latin repertoire. Ms. Auld also performs a series called “Music in the Gardens” with visual artist, Christine Zaccardi, presenting works for solo unaccompanied flute in various community gardens.
Carla Auld holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Temple University and has studied with Julius Baker, Bernard Goldberg, Robert Dick and Gerardo Levy. As an educator, she is one of the founding members of the New Jersey Flute Choir Day and was a part of the project's coaching team from 1995-2008. Ms. Auld is also a Founding member of the New Jersey Flute Society. She maintains a private teaching studio in her home.