The Wireless Consort Performer Biographies
Sara Funkhouser served as principal oboist of the Kansas City
Philharmonic. She attended the Juilliard and Manhattan Schools of
Music where she studied with Harold Gomberg. She received her DMA in
Music History from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She did
post-graduate study on Baroque oboe with Ku Ebbinge and recorder with
Saskia Coolen. Sara currently lives in Fort Worth. She has performed on
Baroque oboe and recorder with the Texas Camerata (Fort Worth), Texas
Bach Choir (San Antonio), and Sarabande (Washington, D.C.) and has
taught Baroque oboe and recorder at the University of North Texas.
Lee Lattimore performs frequently on historical flutes with
Texas Camerata, Orchestra of New Spain, Texas Bach Choir and Wireless
Consort and on modern flute with St. Andrew's Trio and Musica Dominica
among others. He has taught baroque flute at the University of
NorthTexas for the past fourteen years as well as maintaining an
active Suzuki flute studio through DALLAS/MUSIC along with extensive
private teaching through the Plano Independent School District. He
also is an active member of the Historical Flutes Committee of the
National Flute Association.
Cornell Kinderknecht received a music degree in woodwind
performance from Kansas State University where he studied modern oboe,
bassoon, and historic woodwinds with Sara Funkhouser. He has studied
recorder in workshop and masterclass settings with Han Tol, Joris von
Goethe, Saskia Coolen, and Frances Blaker. Cornell pursues his
interest in historic and ethnic woodwinds across many musical genres.
He has released two solo albums of music for world flutes and his work
can be heard on several other artists' recordings. His CDs "Returning Home" and "Nightfall" both
earned placement as finalists at the Texas Music Awards. Along
with being a performer, he also teaches and is a frequent presenter at
music workshops and festivals around the US. Cornell is a member of the Dallas
Recorder Society and the Heart of the Cedar Native American Flute
Circle. He serves on the board of directors of Earth Rhythms.
Visit Cornell Kinderknecht's website at www.cornellk.com.
Susan Richter earned a music education degree from North Texas State
University (now UNT) and after a brief foray as a junior high band
director, turned to computer science as a way to earn a living -- but
music remains her life's interest. She has played recorder in various
early music ensembles in Southern California and Central Texas. Susan
currently performs both instrumentally and vocally with the Texas
Early Music Project in Austin, and is the administrator of the Texas
Toot early music workshops. In 2008 Susan was elected to the national
Board of the American Recorder Society. Other musical interests
include choral and small ensemble singing, playing clarinet and
saxophone in pit orchestras, and playing penny whistle duets with her
husband, Win Bent. Susan works as a data modeler for the Texas
Education Agency.
Jennifer Carpenter holds a Bachelor of Music degree in clarinet
performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a
Masters degree in musicology with an emphasis in early music
performance from the University of North Texas. As a recorder player,
she performs as a soloist and in ensembles, including the Wireless
Consort, Bach Chamber Players, the UNT Baroque Orchestra and has been
a guest artist with the Denton Bach Society and Texas
Camerata. Jennifer directed the UNT recorder ensembles from
2002-2008. She also serves on faculty of several early music workshops
in TX and CA. Jennifer received a Toulouse Graduate Fellowship to
complete her Ph.D. studies in musicology and early music performance
at UNT where she currently works as a Teaching Fellow.
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