Sarah Bortz
Flute
Degree: M.M. University of
California – Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Sarah Bortz is a recent graduate at University of California Santa Barbara where she earned her Master of Music and was a Teaching Assistant for the flute studio under Jill Felber. She holds a bachelor’s degree for Instrumental Performance from Western Michigan University.
Before the pandemic, Sarah performed principal flute with her alma mater’s university orchestra on Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker with the Moscow Ballet. She also has experience with classical and contemporary chamber music, jazz combos, flute choir, and band literature. She has won first place for the Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation Competition, a non-profit organization based in Santa Barbara. Sarah teaches privately and likes to challenge her students on exploring improvisation as a classical musician.
Flutist Danielle Guilmette was born and raised in Cathedral City, California. Due to her passion in studying music, Danielle moved to Chicago, Illinois where she received her bachelor’s degree in flute performance at Roosevelt University and is currently working on her master’s degree at DePaul University. She has had the pleasure of working with extortionary flutist such as, Stefán Rahnar Höskuidsson, Jennifer Gunn, Alexa Still, Emma Gerstain, Mark Sparks, Sara Andon, Eugenia Moliner. She is currently studying with Alyce Johnson.
Due to her dedication and persistence, she has had the pleasure of traveling internationally on scholarship performing in United States, China, Germany, and Spain. Danielle has had the extortionary opportunity performing flute and piccolo at some historic venues such as Walt Disney Concert Hall, Oriental Art Centre in Shanghai, Forbidden City, Wuzhen Grand Theater, Segerstrom Theater, Lincoln Memorial, and Kennedy Center. Danielle’s passion is performing in large ensembles as well as teaching. She is constantly involved in performing in orchestras, wind ensembles, chamber groups, duets, and solo performances. She competed in the San Diego Flute competitions winning first place on piccolo and a gold metal on flute. She also won some masterclass performances at Chicago Flute Club, Flute Symposium, San Diego Flute Club, and Music Course of Juan Gual Esteve.
Due to her devotion and training, Danielle has received awards from Friends of Philharmonic, Hanson Foundation Scholarship Award, Music Course of Juan Gual Esteve Scholarship Award and Palm Springs Unified School District Inspiration Award. It is her desire to continue performing and teaching.