Local Flutist Heading to Julliard School in New York
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Justin K. Bahrami, a 2001 graduate of LCHS and a 2004 graduate of the College Conservatory of Music (CCM) at the University of Cincinnati, has started graduate studies at The Juilliard School in New York City.
He will pursue a master of music degree in flute performance, studying with Carol Wincenc.
The Juilliard School was founded in 1905 by Dr. Frank Damrosch, the godson of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt. Damrosch started the conservatory as the new world’s rival to traditional, European music schools. The school was named for Augustus Juilliard, a textile merchant who gave a very large bequest to the school in 1919. Juilliard maintains a reputation for training the actors, dancers and musicians of tomorrow.
At CCM, Bahrami majored in flute performance, studying with Dr. Bradley Garner. While at CCM, Bahrami participated in various orchestras, small groups and also did solo work. He studied conducting and the physics of music. Bahrami recorded the performances of other students and produced CDs for CCM.
At Juilliard, he will study music history, theory and computer composition in addition to taking flute and piano lessons. He also will be in the Juilliard Symphony, which performs in The Juilliard Theater, Avery Fischer Hall, and Carnegie Hall. He hopes to pursue his outside interest of building flute and piccolo headjoints and flute repair and will be working as a recording engineer for the concerts held at the Lincoln Center.
Bahrami has performed on stage, in competitions (winning second prize in the Pasadena Showcase House Instrumental competition last year), on the Disney Channel, and on the soundtrack of a fantasy video game.
In 2002 he received the highest honor for the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts in their Arts Recognition and Talent Search. Other honors include being selected as a 2003 Yamaha Young Performing Artist and performing in elementary educational programs for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Bahrami began studying the flute in grade four at La Cañada Elementary School under the direction of Virginia Marx. He was a student of Francine Ross Pancost of Glendale for nine years.