Su Lian Tan is a sought after flutist and composer. Her music has been described as “the stunner of the evening,” (Washington Post) and “…refined, cultured compositions… Rewarding for everyone... A must- own for flutists and flute enthusiasts” (Fanfare Magazine). Making her first recordings at the age of 14, she has recently been featured in Flute Talk and American Record Guide. Tan has been commissioned by groups such as the Grammy-winning Takacs String Quartet, Da Capo Chamber Players, and the Vermont Symphony. Recordings of her music include a recent release, Grand Theft and other Felonies, which features Carol Wincenc. Wincenc and Tan have also performed together, most recently the world premiere of John McDonald’s Altogether Now at the National Flute Association’s convention in San Diego 2016. Tan is professor of music at Middlebury College where mentors young musicians. She has given seminars and master-classes at Oberlin College, Boston University, and the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore, to name a few. She has received numerous accolades and citations for teaching as well as for her music, including awards from ASCAP, The Academy of Arts and Letters of Quebec, and the Toulmin and Naumburg Foundations and was awarded several residencies from at Yaddo and MacDowell. She holds degrees from the Trinity College, London (F.T.C.L.), Bennington College and Princeton University (Ph.D.).
Su Tan
Studios
Veltin
Su Tan worked in the Veltin studio.
Veltin Studio was donated by alumni of the Veltin School, a school for girls in New York with a highly respected visual arts department. As the plaque just outside the entrance attests, this studio was used by poet Edwin Arlington Robinson during most of the 24 summers he spent at MacDowell. Perhaps most famously, Thornton Wilder put the finishing…