Double Play flute and
tuba
Featured
on New Music Arizona
Concert, June
14, 2009, 3:00 PM
Double Play flute and
tuba (www.DoublePlayFluteAndTuba.com) has been
active as a performing/touring ensemble since
1989. Although based in Phoenix, Arizona; this
husband and wife team travels the country extensively
each year, entertaining and educating audiences of all
ages in a variety of venues from concert halls to
classrooms. They create their own unique
arrangements of many classical standards as well as
presenting the occasional, actual flute and tuba
composition! Amy Ridings, flutist, is a
graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory and a former member
of Quintessence Chamber Ensemble. Formerly
principal flutist of Michigan's Macomb Symphony; she has
appeared as soloist with the New American Chamber
Orchestra and the Bach Aria Group. Patrick
Sciannella, tubaist, holds both Bachelor’s and
Master’s degrees from the Eastman School of Music and is
a former member of the Genesee and Southwest Brass
Quintets. He has performed with the Phoenix and
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestras.