FUJIN
Founded in 2010 by flutist Misty Rondeau and saxophonist Marc Ballard, Fujin has spent the past decade performing traditional and contemporary music throughout the United States. Facing a limited repertoire for a unique instrumentation, the duo began performing existing works alongside their own transcriptions of classics by Beethoven, Telemann, Reger, and Bach.
With a strong desire to expand the available repertoire for flute and saxophone, they quickly set about collaborating with contemporary composers (Stephen Dankner, Neil Anderson-Himmelspach, Michael Young, Wes Flinn, etc.), resulting in over a dozen new works.
Fujin is continuing this tradition in its 10th season with the release of their debut album, which will feature the newly commissioned Fujin by Stephanie Berg.
Fujin: The 10th Anniversary Album photo by Studio Misha Photography and design by Heather Link Designs
Past Performance Highlights Include:
March 2020; performance; International Duo Symposium (Missoula, MT) March 2020; performance; NASA Biennial Convention (Tempe, AZ) January 2020: performance; Flute New Music Consortium New Music Festival (Stony Brook, NY) January 2020; performance, US Navy Saxophone Symposium (Fairfax, VA) January 2020/June 2019; studio recording of Fujin, 10th Anniversary Album (Asheville, NC)
March 2019; performance; NASA Region 7 Conference (Cullowhee, NC)
January 2019; performance; US Navy Saxophone Symposium (Fairfax, VA)
June 2018; studio recording Flinn’s Chupacabra/Young’s Little Music (Asheville, NC)
June 2017; studio recording of Dankner's Trio (Asheville, NC)
March 2016; premiere of Flinn's Chupacabra; Xavier Univ. (New Orleans, LA)
March 2016; premiere of Dankner's Trio; Mars Hill University (Mars Hill, NC)
January 2016; performance; US Navy Saxophone Symposium (Winchester, VA)
March 2015; lecture performance; Mid-South Flute Festival (Tuscaloosa, AL)
November 2014; featured artists; MHU New Music Festival (Mars Hill, NC)
October 2013; premiere of Young's Glacierines concerto (Mars Hill, NC)
June 2013; recital; Brio Concert Series (Weaverville, NC)
April 2012; recital; University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
April 2012; recital; University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
September 2011; recital; Xavier University (New Orleans, LA)
September 2011; recital; Southeastern Louisiana Univ. (Hammond, LA)
March 2011; recital; University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)
March 2011; recital; Music Theory Southeast Conference (Tallahassee, FL)
March 2011; recital; Samford University (Birmingham, AL)
February 2011; recital; Harford Comm. College (Bel Air, MD)
November 2010; recital; Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
May 2010; recital; Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
