Trevor Wye
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Trevor Wye |
| image | Trevor-wye-skit-iss-1986.jpg |
| caption | Trevor Wye (middle) in 1986 |
| background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| origin | United Kingdom |
| genre | Classical |
| occupation | Flautist |
| birth_date | |
| years_active | 1949-present |
| website | Trevor Wye's Homepage |
| :: |
| name = Trevor Wye | image = Trevor-wye-skit-iss-1986.jpg | caption = Trevor Wye (middle) in 1986 | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | alias = | origin = United Kingdom | genre = Classical | occupation = Flautist | birth_date = | years_active = 1949-present | label = | associated_acts = | website = Trevor Wye's Homepage | current_members = | past_members =
Wye began playing the flute at age 15 and studied privately with Marcel Moyse, whom he credits as a major influence on his career. He went on to be a pupil of Geoffrey Gilbert and further acknowledges the influenced of Alfred Deller and William Bennett.
He was a freelance orchestral and chamber player in London for many years and has released several solo recordings. He served as a professor at the Guildhall School of Music, London, for fourteen years, and at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, for twenty-two years. The latter awarded him an honorary degree in 1990.
Wye teaches a winter residential course for postgraduate students and travels the world giving masterclasses and concerts, serving as an adjudicator for international competitions, and giving recitals.
Wye's wife Dot died in October of 2022.
Wye has published over 170 items including books, CDs, DVDs. They include the six-volume Practice Books for the Flute{{cite book | authorlink = Trevor Wye | isbn = 1-84609-625-1 | year = 2006 | publisher = Novello | location = Sevenoaks, Kent, UK | title = Trevor Wye Practice Books for the Flute - Omnibus Edition - Books 1-5 with CD}}{{cite book | isbn = 0-85360-517-3 | authorlink = Trevor Wye | year = 2003 | publisher = Novello | location = Sevenoaks, Kent, UK | title = Trevor Wye Practice Book for the Flute, Book 6 - Advanced Practice}} and A Beginner’s Book for the Flute series.
He has a large collection of antique flutes, both the western concert variety and others from around the world. He demonstrates about 60 of them in his Carnival Show.
References
References
- "Trevor Wye Biography". Flute Connection.
- (January 10, 2015). "Trevor Wye's biography".
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