John Barcellona, Native American flute; Wendy Caldwell, piano

John Barcellona is Professor of Flute Emeritus at CSULB and flutist with the internationally acclaimed Westwood Wind Quintet (recordings on Columbia, Crystal and WIM). The Quintet has recently recorded the complete 24 Quintets of Anton Reicha (available as a 12 CD set on Crystal Records). He is also a member of The Caliendo Trio, with guitarist/composer, Christopher Caliendo and Cellist, Ian Flatt. The Caliendo Trio released its first CD Caliendo World Music Hits, Volume I, in August 2007. The Caliendo Barcellona Duo and Caliendo Trio are currently performing concerts throughout the United States. He also teaches doctoral students at Claremont Graduate University and plays traverso in the Faculty Trio with harpsichordist Robert Zappulla and Shanon Zusman on viola da gamba.

An active freelance musician in the Southern California area, he has played Principal Flute with the Pacific Symphony, the Royal Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet, the Royal Swedish Ballet, the Joffery and the San Francisco Ballet. Studio credits include recordings for Disney such as the motion picture The Newsies, and film scores composed by Christopher Caliendo. His solo album, Is this the Way to Carnegie Hall? (w/Calvin Smith, horn) was nominated to the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for a Grammy award.

He received his B.M. from Hartt School of Music, M.A. from CSULB and D.M.A. from USC. His principle teachers were Harold Bennett (NY Metropolitan Opera), Carl Bergner (Hartford Symphony), Roger Stevens (Los Angeles Philharmonic) and John Wummer (New York Philharmonic).

Wendy Caldwell, a native of Canada, graduated with her Bachelor in Music in Piano Performance from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, receiving the Birks Medal in Music as the top graduate. She went on to study at the University of Toronto where she obtained her Artist Diploma.

Ms. Caldwell has coached and taught at Acadia University, University of Illinois at Chicago, California State University at Long Beach, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena City College, and is a vocal coach for the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus. Currently she is a staff accompanist/coach at both CSULB and PCC, as well as a very busy freelance accompanist in the Los Angeles area, performing regularly in recital with both student and professional musicians.

She has been a principal coach/accompanist and music director with PCC Opera for over 10 years, collaborating with them on many major productions including “Gianni Schicchi”, “Suor Angelica”, “Le Nozze di Figaro”, “Die Fledermaus” ,“The Magic Flute”, and “Dido and Aeneas”.