Jane Berkner
Jane Berkner has been on the Ohio Touring Artist's Roster since 1992, first with the flute and harp duo Berkner & Bell and later as a solo artist, performing in recital series and school concerts across the state. She has performed with the Akron, Ashland, Canton and Youngstown Symphonies, the Ohio Ballet Orchestra, O’Neil Chamber Players and the Chamber Music Society of Ohio. Currently performing with guitarist Stephen Aron in the duo AronBerkner, they are presenting concerts across the US, and will be playing and teaching at Suonare Assisi in Italy during the summer of 2011.
Ms. Berkner is a Senior Lecturer of Flute at the University of Akron, and also on the music faculty at Ashland University. She is an active clinician, judge and flute choir conductor at regional festivals and classes. She has performed and presented workshops for National Flute Association conventions in Atlanta, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, Charlotte and Chicago, and was Assistant to the Program Chair of the NFA in 2000.
Ms. Berkner has been performing concerts with pianist Kim Bakkum since 1997. They released a CD together, “In Cynthia’s Garden” in 2007. They have performed in concert halls in Ohio as well as the National Gallery in Washington DC and Sere Musicale and Corofest in Assisi, Italy. She has also performed in Musica dal Mondo – Perugia and Voci e Organi dell’Appennino in Emilia Romagna with Stephen and JoNell Aron, and with the Singers Companye, a professional vocal group from Akron Directed by Dr. Sam Gordon.
Recognized for her expertise as a Flute Choir Director, she was Coordinator of the National Flute Association’s High School Flute Choir from 2001 to 2006, and is currently the Director of a summer Flute Choir Camp for adults at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. As Director of the University of Akron Flute Ensemble, she has taken the group to perform for the Central Ohio Flute Association and the Dana Flute Festival. They performed with jazz flutist Nestor Torres, received an invitation to perform for the National Flute Association in 2006, and, in 2010, she took the group on a performing tour of Italy. She is also the Director of the Northeastern Ohio Flute Association’s Flute Ensembles, who appeared on the All Ohio Flute Choir Concert for the NFA in 2000, as well as Director of the Summer Flute Experience flute choirs at the University of Akron each summer.
From 2004 to 2010, Ms. Berkner was the Executive Director for Music at the Farmstead, a summer festival concert series in the Cuyahoga Valley. She is currently the Director of Arts and Enrichment for the Conservancy of Cuyahoga Valley National Park, creating concerts and cultural events for the Park, and is serving on the board of the Ohio Arts Presenters Network.
Ms. Berkner’s major flute teachers include George Pope, Geoffrey Gilbert, Martha Aarons and Jeffrey Khaner.
More info at: www.janeberkner.com
Ms. Berkner is a Senior Lecturer of Flute at the University of Akron, and also on the music faculty at Ashland University. She is an active clinician, judge and flute choir conductor at regional festivals and classes. She has performed and presented workshops for National Flute Association conventions in Atlanta, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, Charlotte and Chicago, and was Assistant to the Program Chair of the NFA in 2000.
Ms. Berkner has been performing concerts with pianist Kim Bakkum since 1997. They released a CD together, “In Cynthia’s Garden” in 2007. They have performed in concert halls in Ohio as well as the National Gallery in Washington DC and Sere Musicale and Corofest in Assisi, Italy. She has also performed in Musica dal Mondo – Perugia and Voci e Organi dell’Appennino in Emilia Romagna with Stephen and JoNell Aron, and with the Singers Companye, a professional vocal group from Akron Directed by Dr. Sam Gordon.
Recognized for her expertise as a Flute Choir Director, she was Coordinator of the National Flute Association’s High School Flute Choir from 2001 to 2006, and is currently the Director of a summer Flute Choir Camp for adults at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. As Director of the University of Akron Flute Ensemble, she has taken the group to perform for the Central Ohio Flute Association and the Dana Flute Festival. They performed with jazz flutist Nestor Torres, received an invitation to perform for the National Flute Association in 2006, and, in 2010, she took the group on a performing tour of Italy. She is also the Director of the Northeastern Ohio Flute Association’s Flute Ensembles, who appeared on the All Ohio Flute Choir Concert for the NFA in 2000, as well as Director of the Summer Flute Experience flute choirs at the University of Akron each summer.
From 2004 to 2010, Ms. Berkner was the Executive Director for Music at the Farmstead, a summer festival concert series in the Cuyahoga Valley. She is currently the Director of Arts and Enrichment for the Conservancy of Cuyahoga Valley National Park, creating concerts and cultural events for the Park, and is serving on the board of the Ohio Arts Presenters Network.
Ms. Berkner’s major flute teachers include George Pope, Geoffrey Gilbert, Martha Aarons and Jeffrey Khaner.
More info at: www.janeberkner.com