News & Events
Upcoming Performances and Events
May 12, 15, 17, 19, 20: Minnesota Opera: Thais
May 13: Baroque flute solo/chamber recital #1 at UMN Ferguson Hall
May 20: Student group class recital: Studios of Bethany Gonella, Vanamali Medina, and Andrea Myers
May 23: Baroque flute chamber music recital #2 at the Baroque Room
June 3: Student solo recital: Studio of Bethany Gonella
Early June: Lake Sylvia Suzuki Flute Institute: A fantastic summer learning opportunity for students of all ages and levels and for teachers interested in Suzuki flute teacher training. Student dates: June 10-14. Teacher training: June 6-14.
July 16-20: Bethany will play in the chamber ensemble at UMN's Wind Band Conducting Workshop.
August 1-4: Chione quINTENS!VE: A fun chamber music day camp open to all students playing flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn or bassoon who are entering grades 7-12.
Dates TBD: Bethany is joining the Chione Quintet in its residency as MPR Class Notes Artists during the 2018-19 year.
Recent Performances and Events
April 21/22: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
April 14: UMN Symphony Orchestra
April 7/8: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
March 21: Festival Orchestra at University of St. Thomas
March 17, 22, 24, 25, 29, 31: Minnesota Opera: Rigoletto
March 3/4: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
February 17: Performing with the Sonora Ensemble on a recital by Marta Troicki
February 9: UMN Symphony Orchestra
February 3: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
January 27: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
January 13/14: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
January 4: Schubert Club Courtroom Concert
December 15/16: La Crosse Symphony Orchestra
December 8: Christmas concert at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea
December 3: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra: Concert in Hoven
November 16, 17, 18, 19: UMN Opera: Idomeneo
November 4: UMN Collage Concert
October 28: Upper Midwest Flute Association (UMFA) Marathon Flute Concert, a charitable event to support UMFA's flute student scholarship program fund
October 21/22: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra: Wicked Divas
October 20: UMN Wind Ensemble Concert
October 7, 10, 12, 14, 15: Minnesota Opera: Don Pasquale
August 11: Bethany performed at the National Flute Association's Annual Convention
August 4-13: Twin Cities Early Music Festival: Baroque Instrumental Program
July 29: MNKINO Film Score Fest
July 17-21: Bethany played in the chamber ensemble for the UMN Wind Band Conducting Workshop.
July 3, 5, 6, 9: MN Orchestra: Symphony for the Cities
June 24: American Composers Forum: NextNotes High School Composition Showcase
Mid-June: Lake Sylvia Suzuki Flute Institute: A fantastic summer learning opportunity for students of all ages and levels and for teachers interested in Suzuki flute teacher training. Student dates: June 14-18. Teacher training dates: see website.
June 10: La Crosse Symphony Orchestra
May 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21: Minnesota Opera: La Bohème
May 12: Bethany played a solo recital at UMN Ultan Hall. Program PDF available above.
May 13: Bethany performed in Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church's production of Haydn's "The Creation."
April 14: Bethany performed a solo recital at UMN Ultan Hall at 5:30 pm. Program available here.
April 21: UMN Wind Ensemble
March 30, 31, April 1, 2: UMN Opera: Giacomo Puccini's Suor Angelica
March 25: Bethany performed as a soloist with the Winona Symphony Orchestra on J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerti 4 & 5.
March 16 & 18: La Crosse Symphony Orchestra
March 3: Lowertown Classics: Bethany performed Claude Bolling's Picnic Suite for flute, guitar, and jazz piano trio.
March 3: UMN Chamber Concert
February 15: UMN Wind Ensemble
January 28: UMN Symphony Orchestra
December 4: Sonic WAM!
November 12, 15, 17, 19, 20: Minnesota Opera's Das Rheingold
October 29: UMFA Marathon Flute Concert
Throughout fall 2016: La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, UMN Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra
September 10: LOFTrecital chamber music series
August 20: Bethany's flute studio recital
August 5-14: Twin Cities Early Music Festival
July 28: MNKINO/ComposerQuest Film Score Concert
July 22: Bethany's student Rikke Cole performed in MN Sinfonia's Youth Outreach Concert.
June 15-19: Lake Sylvia Suzuki Flute Institute
During the 2015-2016 season, Bethany played with the Minnesota Opera, the Minnesota Orchestra, the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, VocalEssence, Chamber Music Winona, and the new music ensemble Sonic WAM!. She completed the first year of her doctoral studies at the University of Minnesota, performing a solo piccolo recital and playing in concerts with the university wind ensemble and orchestra. She also performed on a progressive rock concert with Scotty Horey, on a Fringe Festival show written by Calyssa Hall, and in the MNKINO/ComposerQuest Film Score Fest. Bethany's students performed at UMFA's Rising Stars Festival and performed a holiday concert at a nursing home, and they will perform a summer recital. One student is playing in the side-by-side MN Sinfonia Youth Outreach Concert. Two other students attended Lake Sylvia Suzuki Flute Institute and had a fantastic week there!
During the 2014-2015 season, Bethany played with the Minnesota Orchestra, the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, the Winona Symphony Orchestra, and the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra. In the spring, she played a faculty recital at Winona State University. She also performed in Upper Midwest Flute Association (UMFA)'s Flute Fest and Marathon Flute Concert, Scotty Horey's show "Signs of New Vitality," a production of the George Gershwin's musical "Lady, Be Good," the Lowertown Classics series in downtown St. Paul, a live film score event co-hosted by Charlie McCarron's Composer Quest podcast and MNKINO, Dan Sheridan's faculty recital at Winona State University, and with the Brian Just Band at Music in Mears. Bethany's students performed quite a bit as well. They gave a holiday concert in a nursing home; participated in UMFA's Suzuki Flute Choir, which premiered 4 new works generated by a ComposerQuest challenge they proposed last fall (see videos on UMFA's youtube channel!); and played in the UMFA Rising Stars Festival and the UMFA Marathon Flute Concert, the latter of which Bethany and her colleague Andrea Myers organized to establish a scholarship fund for flute students in the Upper Midwest. Two of them also attended Lake Sylvia Suzuki Flute Institute and had a blast!
May 12, 15, 17, 19, 20: Minnesota Opera: Thais
May 13: Baroque flute solo/chamber recital #1 at UMN Ferguson Hall
May 20: Student group class recital: Studios of Bethany Gonella, Vanamali Medina, and Andrea Myers
May 23: Baroque flute chamber music recital #2 at the Baroque Room
June 3: Student solo recital: Studio of Bethany Gonella
Early June: Lake Sylvia Suzuki Flute Institute: A fantastic summer learning opportunity for students of all ages and levels and for teachers interested in Suzuki flute teacher training. Student dates: June 10-14. Teacher training: June 6-14.
July 16-20: Bethany will play in the chamber ensemble at UMN's Wind Band Conducting Workshop.
August 1-4: Chione quINTENS!VE: A fun chamber music day camp open to all students playing flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn or bassoon who are entering grades 7-12.
Dates TBD: Bethany is joining the Chione Quintet in its residency as MPR Class Notes Artists during the 2018-19 year.
Recent Performances and Events
April 21/22: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
April 14: UMN Symphony Orchestra
April 7/8: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
March 21: Festival Orchestra at University of St. Thomas
March 17, 22, 24, 25, 29, 31: Minnesota Opera: Rigoletto
March 3/4: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
February 17: Performing with the Sonora Ensemble on a recital by Marta Troicki
February 9: UMN Symphony Orchestra
February 3: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
January 27: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
January 13/14: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
January 4: Schubert Club Courtroom Concert
December 15/16: La Crosse Symphony Orchestra
December 8: Christmas concert at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea
December 3: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra: Concert in Hoven
November 16, 17, 18, 19: UMN Opera: Idomeneo
November 4: UMN Collage Concert
October 28: Upper Midwest Flute Association (UMFA) Marathon Flute Concert, a charitable event to support UMFA's flute student scholarship program fund
October 21/22: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra: Wicked Divas
October 20: UMN Wind Ensemble Concert
October 7, 10, 12, 14, 15: Minnesota Opera: Don Pasquale
August 11: Bethany performed at the National Flute Association's Annual Convention
August 4-13: Twin Cities Early Music Festival: Baroque Instrumental Program
July 29: MNKINO Film Score Fest
July 17-21: Bethany played in the chamber ensemble for the UMN Wind Band Conducting Workshop.
July 3, 5, 6, 9: MN Orchestra: Symphony for the Cities
June 24: American Composers Forum: NextNotes High School Composition Showcase
Mid-June: Lake Sylvia Suzuki Flute Institute: A fantastic summer learning opportunity for students of all ages and levels and for teachers interested in Suzuki flute teacher training. Student dates: June 14-18. Teacher training dates: see website.
June 10: La Crosse Symphony Orchestra
May 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21: Minnesota Opera: La Bohème
May 12: Bethany played a solo recital at UMN Ultan Hall. Program PDF available above.
May 13: Bethany performed in Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church's production of Haydn's "The Creation."
April 14: Bethany performed a solo recital at UMN Ultan Hall at 5:30 pm. Program available here.
April 21: UMN Wind Ensemble
March 30, 31, April 1, 2: UMN Opera: Giacomo Puccini's Suor Angelica
March 25: Bethany performed as a soloist with the Winona Symphony Orchestra on J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerti 4 & 5.
March 16 & 18: La Crosse Symphony Orchestra
March 3: Lowertown Classics: Bethany performed Claude Bolling's Picnic Suite for flute, guitar, and jazz piano trio.
March 3: UMN Chamber Concert
February 15: UMN Wind Ensemble
January 28: UMN Symphony Orchestra
December 4: Sonic WAM!
November 12, 15, 17, 19, 20: Minnesota Opera's Das Rheingold
October 29: UMFA Marathon Flute Concert
Throughout fall 2016: La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, UMN Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra
September 10: LOFTrecital chamber music series
August 20: Bethany's flute studio recital
August 5-14: Twin Cities Early Music Festival
July 28: MNKINO/ComposerQuest Film Score Concert
July 22: Bethany's student Rikke Cole performed in MN Sinfonia's Youth Outreach Concert.
June 15-19: Lake Sylvia Suzuki Flute Institute
During the 2015-2016 season, Bethany played with the Minnesota Opera, the Minnesota Orchestra, the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, VocalEssence, Chamber Music Winona, and the new music ensemble Sonic WAM!. She completed the first year of her doctoral studies at the University of Minnesota, performing a solo piccolo recital and playing in concerts with the university wind ensemble and orchestra. She also performed on a progressive rock concert with Scotty Horey, on a Fringe Festival show written by Calyssa Hall, and in the MNKINO/ComposerQuest Film Score Fest. Bethany's students performed at UMFA's Rising Stars Festival and performed a holiday concert at a nursing home, and they will perform a summer recital. One student is playing in the side-by-side MN Sinfonia Youth Outreach Concert. Two other students attended Lake Sylvia Suzuki Flute Institute and had a fantastic week there!
During the 2014-2015 season, Bethany played with the Minnesota Orchestra, the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, the Winona Symphony Orchestra, and the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra. In the spring, she played a faculty recital at Winona State University. She also performed in Upper Midwest Flute Association (UMFA)'s Flute Fest and Marathon Flute Concert, Scotty Horey's show "Signs of New Vitality," a production of the George Gershwin's musical "Lady, Be Good," the Lowertown Classics series in downtown St. Paul, a live film score event co-hosted by Charlie McCarron's Composer Quest podcast and MNKINO, Dan Sheridan's faculty recital at Winona State University, and with the Brian Just Band at Music in Mears. Bethany's students performed quite a bit as well. They gave a holiday concert in a nursing home; participated in UMFA's Suzuki Flute Choir, which premiered 4 new works generated by a ComposerQuest challenge they proposed last fall (see videos on UMFA's youtube channel!); and played in the UMFA Rising Stars Festival and the UMFA Marathon Flute Concert, the latter of which Bethany and her colleague Andrea Myers organized to establish a scholarship fund for flute students in the Upper Midwest. Two of them also attended Lake Sylvia Suzuki Flute Institute and had a blast!