2009 Bianca Rose Garcia - Flute

Bianca Garcia WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN.  SHE WAS THE LAST STUDENT TO BE HAND-PICKED BY THE AMERICAN FLUTE LEGEND, JULIUS BAKER.  ONE YEAR LATER SHE FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL AND STARTED HER BACHELOR’S DEGREE, WHILE TAKING WEEKLY LESSONS WITH BOTH JULIUS BAKER AND JEFFREY KHANER, PRINCIPAL FLUTE OF THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA.  SHE GAVE HER FIRST INTERNATIONAL MASTERCLASS AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN AND HER CONCERTO DEBUT IN EUROPE THAT SAME YEAR. 

BIANCA HAS TOURED EXTENSIVELY THROUGH MUSIC FESTIVALS.  SHE HAS TOURED 16 COUNTRIES OVER SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE AND THE UK WHILE COLLABORATING WITH VARIOUS CELEBRATED ARTISTS SUCH AS PLACIDO DOMINGO, PAQUITO DIRIVERA, AND GIL SHAHAM.  COMFORTABLE OFF-STAGE AS WELL AS ON, INTERVIEWS AND LIVE PERFORMANCES OF BIANCA HAVE REACHED AUDIENCES OVER RADIO, TV, AND DOCUMENTARY FILMS, AS WELL AS IN SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS AND CURRICULA.  FURTHERMORE, BIANCA HAS CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF COMPOSERS—KOREAN, RUSSIAN, AND AMERICAN—WHO HAVE WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR HER. 

BIANCA RETURNED TO BOSTON IN 2006 TO COMPLETE HER MASTERS DEGREE AT THE NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC WHERE SHE STUDIED WITH RENOWNED SOLOIST PAULA ROBISON WHO CONTINUES TO BE HER MUSICAL INSPIRATION AND MENTOR.  

CURRENTLY, SHE COLLABORATES WITH JOHN HARBISON AND EMMANUEL MUSIC PERFORMING THE MUSIC OF J.S. BACH.  BIANCA ALSO IS PRINCIPAL FLUTE OF THE DISCOVERY ENSEMBLE, A CHAMBER ORCHESTRA DEVOTED TO INSPIRE UNDERSERVED AUDIENCES IN GREATER BOSTON.