An Offstage, On-Air Conversation with Flautist, Cari Shipp
By WTJU
Date: 11/01/2026
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
An all new Offstage, On-Air this Sunday welcomes flautist, Cari Shipp, in conversation with Brendan O’Donnell.
Cari graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy, has a BM in Flute Performance from University of North Texas, and an MM in Flute Performance from Peabody. She is on the board of Wednesday Music Club and Charlottesville Music Teacher’s Association. She has performed in the Shenandoah Valley Bach Fest since 2018, Lynchburg Symphony, Charlottesville Symphony, Charlottesville Opera Chamber Orchestra, Opera on the James, Oratorio Society, and Virginia Consort. She has had chamber and solo appearances in the Charlottesville Salon Series, Music on Park Street, Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge Concert Series, and Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival Noon Concerts. Her primary project is the Sonosynthesis Benefit Concert Series, founded in 2017. There have been 17 solo and chamber concerts since its founding and in it’s 9th season this year, two productions are scheduled.
Sonosynthesis: Magnus Mozart – November 21, 2026 at 5 PM, Park Street Christian Church: transcendent chamber music for flute and strings, benefitting Growth for Generations, a Piedmont Housing Alliance Project, featuring Richmond Symphony musicians Audrey Gray (violin), Jocelyn Smith (viola), and Schuyler Slack (cello), playing music by Mozart, Valerie Coleman, Reena Esmail, and Eric Ewazen. Information and tickets.
2. Sonosynthesis X ORH Dance: Move – March 5 & 6, 2027 at 7 PM, McGuffey Arts Center, Studio 20: Music for solo flute with original choreography by ORH Dance, benefitting ORH Dance’s Training Scholarships, with music by Claude Debussy, JS Bach, Toru Takemitsu, Francis Poulenc, Steve Reich, Gabriel Faure, Michael Colquhoun, Valerie Coleman, Pierre-Octave Ferroud, Arvo Pärt. Information and tickets.
