About me...
Shanna Gutiérrez appears throughout the United States and abroad as a soloist, clinician, and core member of Ensemble Dal Niente, recipient of the 2012 Kranischstein Prize for Interpretation (Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music). Shanna is also a prizewinner in the 2011 Stockhausen Courses for her performance of THINKI for solo flute. She recently released the album Mobile with guitarist Jesse Langen, featuring world premiere recordings of music by Fredrick Gifford.
Shanna has been featured on live radio broadcasts for WFMT Chicago, performances at Carnegie Hall and the Chicago Cultural Center, and contemporary music festivals throughout the US—in addition to concerts and residencies in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Mexico, and Colombia. As a specialist in contemporary performance, Shanna helped commission and present premiere performances of over 150 new pieces, including US premieres of works by Michel van der Aa, Malin Bång, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Bernhard Lang, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Shanna’s other collaborations include those with renown composers Kaija Saariaho, Brian Ferneyhough, Mark André, and Hans Thomalla. Shanna is the founder of Sonic Sculptures: A Journey in Sound, through which she presents concerts and workshops on contemporary flute music and techniques throughout the US and abroad.
Shanna has studied contemporary music under Matthias Ziegler, Camilla Hoitenga, Eva Furrer, Philippe Racine, and Kathinka Pasveer. Such has served as indispensable enrichment to her performance studies at the University of Michigan (Amy Porter) and Northwestern University (Walfrid Kujala), where she received her masters and bachelors degrees, respectively. She was also a former fellow of the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble at the Aspen Music Festival. Shanna is certified to teach the Suzuki method, and received her training from David Gerry and Kelly Williamson. A passionate educator, she is on faculty at the Music Institute of Chicago, and maintains a private teaching studio in the Chicago area. She performs on a Burkart flute and piccolo.
