About this Event
🎵 Join Us for a Free Benefit Recital & Exposition! 🎵
Date: September 20th | Time: 6:00 PM | Location: St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306 | Entrance: Free
Enjoy an evening of beautiful music with Matthew Origel, founder and professional flutist, performing works by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bizet, and more. He will be joined by Hiroko Mizuno on the piano.
Matthew will also give a brief presentation about our academy, mission, and future plans.
Reception with wine and cupcakes to follow — mingle, celebrate music, and support talented young musicians in Silicon Valley!
✨ Don’t miss this inspiring evening — join us! ✨
Matthew's Biography:
Matthew Origel, born in 2001, began his flute studies with Jill Heinke Moen 12 years ago in Silicon Valley, California. From a young age, Matthew upheld high standards for his success. He held principal flute positions in all his high school ensembles, in regional and all-state honor bands/orchestras, and also with the San Jose Youth Symphony Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he had the honor of performing in the renowned Teatro ColĂłn in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2019.
Continuing his music education after high school, Matthew completed his Bachelor’s of Music in Flute Performance in 2023 from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Herb Alpert School of Music under the tutelage of Denis Bouriakov, acclaimed international flute soloist and principal flute of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. During his time at UCLA, Matt held Principal positions in all of his school’s ensembles, premiered pieces composed by fellow UCLA peers as well as composers of the greater Los Angeles area, and in his second year, he won First Prize in the San Diego Flute Guild Collegiate Competition, competing against flutists from top music schools across the nation. In 2022, he spent two months on the East Coast of the United States at the Brevard Music Institute, where he played in the college division orchestra and also successfully auditioned onto the substitute flute list for the New World Symphony in Miami, Florida during their regional audition tour.
After completing his Bachelor’s studies, Matthew currently lives in Madrid, Spain, pursuing his Master’s of Music in Flute Performance at one of Europe’s most prestigious music institutions: Escuela Superior de MĂşsica Reina SofĂa (Reina SofĂa School of Music) under the instruction of legendary flutist and pedagogue Jacques Zoon, previous Principal Flutist of the Royal Concertgabow Orchestra in Amsterdam, Netherlands and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. While in his Master’s program so far, Matthew has had the immense honor of playing in orchestra with world-class soloists Maria Dueñas, Juan Diego Flores, and Lang Lang. In the summer of 2024, Matthew performed throughout Germany as a member of one of the most prestigious summer orchestral academies, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.
Matthew is also a passionate educator, recently founding the Free Music Academy of Silicon Valley, a new nonprofit dedicated to providing low-income youth with access to classical music lessons, instruments, and recital opportunities.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto, United States
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