Also known as "Ginny" Name Virginia Hudson Genres Classic Role Teacher | Instruments flute Years active 2001-present | |
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Born April 13, 1983 (age 41) ( 1983-04-13 ) Occupation(s) Musician, Flautist, Teacher | ||
Education Arkansas Tech University | ||
Virginia Jane Hudson (b. April 13, 1983) is an American flautist and teacher. She teaches in the Fort Smith area and serves instructor of flute on the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith faculty.
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Education
Hudson began her musical education at Dover High School in Dover, Arkansas. She continued her training at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, Arkansas, in 2001. While at ATU, she studied flute with Karen Futterer. Hudson graduated magna cum laude in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in music with a minor in English. After graduating she spent an additional year at Arkansas Tech working on a graduate degree in English. In 2006 she accepted a scholarship from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she studied with world-renowned flautist and teacher Robert Willoughby.
Teaching
During the summer of 2008, she accepted an appointment to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith performance faculty. Currently, her duties include teaching the flute studio and Music Appreciation courses. She also teaches for the UAFS Preparatory Academy of the Arts and maintains a sizeable private flute studio.
Performing
Hudson is principal flautist of the River Valley Community Band and plays with the Fort Smith Symphony. She can often be heard with the Garrison Wind Trio and with the Fort Smith Chorale. She served as principal flautist for the Russellville Festival Chorale for four years. While at the Longy School of Music, she performed with the Lowell House Opera Orchestra at Harvard University in a production of Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. Hudson plays on a Powell Custom Handmade flute with an Aurumite headjoint.
New music
Virginia is adamant about promoting new music for flute. She has commissioned and performed works by Boston based composer Brian John. In 2009, she will be heard premièring the much anticipated Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble by Arkansas-based composer Joshua Reed. She has worked extensively with Reed on numerous other works which will be performed at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and at the University of Central Arkansas in the coming year.