Eliza Shephard: Hatched Associate Artist 2022

Emerging flautist, educator and researcher Eliza Shephard talks about growing up regionally, the extended flute, her bold recording project and being Ensemble Offspring’s 2022 Hatched Associate Artist.Eliza Shephard is a vibrant performer and fervent contemporary musician in Melbourne. She is a specialist on the Glissando Headjoint, and a highly sought-after chamber musician. She is a semi-finalist for the ABC Young Performers Award and a finalist of the Freedman Fellowship 2021. Eliza is passionate about amplifying the voices of female musicians and composers, as showcased through her recording project ‘March of the Women’.  Eliza Shephard: https://elizashephard.com/__________– Discussed in this episode –• ABC Young Performers Award: http://youngperformersawards.org/• Freedman Fellowship: https://sima.org.au/freedman-music-fellowships/• Virginia Taylor: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/taylor-virginia• Teresa Rabe: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/pages/teresa-rabe• Australian National University (ANU): https://www.anu.edu.au/• Robert Dick: http://robertdick.net/• The Australian National Academy of Music  (ANAM): https://anam.com.au/• Richard Tognetti: https://www.aco.com.au/the-orchestra/musicians/richard-tognetti• Simone Young: https://www.sydneysymphony.com/musicians/simone-young• The Glissando Headjoint – Eliza Shephard: https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/bitstream/handle/10072/393197/Shephard,Eliza_Final%20Thesis_redacted.pdf?sequence=1 • Greg Pattillo: http://www.pattillostyle.com/• Three Beats for Beatbox Flute – Greg Pattillo: https://store.payloadz.com/details/2515986-music-classical-three-beats-for-beatbox-flute.html • March of the Women: https://elizashephard.com/march-of-the-women • Wirripang: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/ • Mungala – Brenda Gifford: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/workversion/gifford-brenda-mungala/35636 • Claire Chase: http://www.clairechase.net/• Ned McGowan: https://www.pearlflute.com/artists/ned-mcgowan__________Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien RicketsonClosing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van ReykThe Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/