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Narrative-Dr. Lindsay A. Leach-Sparks <br /> Proposed Project– <br /> In the spring of 2012, I completed my doctoral dissertation entitled <br /> Performing Hugo Kauder:An Expansion of Flute Literature in order to bring the <br /> chamber music_of the largely unknown Austrian-American composer Hugo Kauder <br /> (1888-1972) to light in academia and musical performance circles. Hugo Kauder <br /> combines the attributes of Renaissance and modern styles,writes in a vocal idiom, <br /> and creates unique instrumental ensemble combinations making his music, <br /> challenging, interesting,and enjoyable. Although these qualities and compositional <br /> techniques can be found in some other classical literature,their combination in <br /> Kauder's repertoire represents a unique opportunity for studyand performance. <br /> With the Orange County Artist Project Grant, I plan to continue to promote <br /> my research and expose the community at large to the music of Hugo Kauder <br /> through concerts,lecture-recitals,and a professional CD recording featuring the <br /> music of Hugo Kauder. My CD recording will be published for digital distribution (on <br /> iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby,and other distributors) and will include the first <br /> professionallypublished recordings of Kauder's Trio No.2 for Flute, Oboe, Piano; <br /> Trio for Flute, Cello,Piano; Trio for Flute,Horn, Piano; Sonata for Flute and Piano; and <br /> Suite for Flute Alone. <br /> The concert portion of the project will help to promote the music of Kauder <br /> and create local interest in Kauder's music and the CD. Possible concert venues will <br /> include (but are not limited to) UNC Chapel Hill campus recitals, Carolina Meadows, <br /> Duke Chapel concert series recitals, Moore County concert series (at the Weymouth <br /> Center, Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church, and Cameron Presbyterian <br /> Church), UNC Pembroke campus recitals,and Methodist University recitals. <br /> I am also planning several regional and national lecture recitals featuring <br /> Kauder music that will help to foster interest in the composer and this CD. The first <br /> of these lectures will be at the Raleigh Area Flute Association (RAFA) Festival in <br /> October 2014 and continue with similar lectures (still in application) at the Mid- <br /> Atlantic Flute Fair(Alexandria,VA), Florida Flute Fair (Orlando, FL), Kentucky Flute <br /> Festival (Louisville, KY),the Central Ohio Flute Association (Columbus, OH), <br /> Pittsburgh Flute Club (Pittsburgh, PA), Flute Society Mid-South (Tennessee),and the <br /> National Flute Association (Washington DC- 2015 and San Diego, CA- 2016), among <br /> others. I have also applied to present at the North Carolina Music Educators' <br /> Association In-Service Conference in November 2014 (Winston Salem) and the <br /> National Association for Music Education Music Program Leaders Conference <br /> (Baltimore,summer 2015). <br /> My ultimate goal in the course of this project is to gain momentum in <br /> publishing a full biography on Hugo Kauder—something I have already discussed <br /> with several scholars and the Hugo Kauder Society in New Haven, CT.Aside from <br />