Frances Shelly
Their performance together, on Bach鈥檚 Sonata in B minor for keyboard and flute, is at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, in Wiedemann Recital Hall. Admission is free for the half-hour concert.
鈥淚t is an honor that Fran and I can at last perform together,鈥� said Davis, associate professor of organ for 九色视频.
Lynne Davis
Bryan and Keyes are now a husband-and-wife flute and piano duo, said Davis, who has stayed in touch with the pair.
鈥淎fter all these years,鈥� she said, 鈥淔ran and I are finally getting together and completing the artistic circle.鈥�
Shelly, professor of flute for Wichita State since 1973, is principal flutist for the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. She also performs as a member of the Lieurance Woodwind Quintet and the Shelly Egler Flute and Organ Duo, and has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Canada.
Davis, associate professor and the Ann and Dennis Ross Faculty of Distinction Endowed Professorship of Organ since 2006, spent most of her career in France, studying and developing as a soloist who has performed annually at the Chartres Cathedral since 1972, and in other world-class venues. She was most recently professor of organ at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance, Caen, France.
Bach鈥檚 monumental B-minor Prelude and Fugue will be performed on the organ, Davis said, showing off again the beautiful key of B minor with its heart-wrenching appoggiaturas and ear-bending modulations.