Ardal Powell

Ardal Powell

Ardal Powell (born 1958) is a maker and player of historical flutes.

Powell received his MA degree in English in 1989 and PhD degree in Music in 2004 from Magdalene College. [cite web | last = Powell | first = Ardal, Dr | title = Résumé | date = 2006-03-12 | url = http://ardal.baroqueflute.com/r%E9sum%E9.html | accessdate = 2006-10-17] Both degrees came from Cambridge University. He studied Baroque flute at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.

He specializes in the study of baroque and classical flute and the effect the relationship between construction, playing technique, performance and repertoire has on society.

He has written several books on flute history and flute playing, and has received several awards. He won the Bessaraboff Prize in 2005 for his publication "The Flute", and received an award from the Fellowship for College Teachers and Independent Scholars from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1993.

In 1984 he co-founded Folkers & Powell.

See also

* Johann George Tromlitz
* Theobald Boehm

Notes

References

*cite web
last = Powell
first = Ardal, Dr
title = Ardal Powell
date = 2006-03-12
url = http://ardal.baroqueflute.com/
accessdate = 2006-10-17

* David Lasocki,'Folkers & Powell: A Couple of Flute Makers’, "Early Music America" 2.2 (Summer 1996), 10-16

* "International Who’s Who in Music", 13th edition (1992/3), 906

* 2005 Bessaraboff Prize Honors Ardal Powell for "The Flute", "Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society" 34.2 (Summer 2005), 4-5

External links

* [http://ardal.baroqueflute.com/publications.html Publications] - list of publications by Ardal Powell
* [http://flutehistory.com FluteHistory.com] - a comprehensive history of the flute written by Powell


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