Rowland Sutherland - Classical Flute Player

Rowland Sutherland Resume

Rowland Sutherland Flautist Rowland Sutherland enjoys an international career in many different fields of music. He regularly performs and guests in new music ensembles, jazz groups, symphony orchestras, various non-Western groups, pop outfits and as a soloist. Many of Rowland’s solo contemporary flute performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio. He has composed and arranged music for bands, large ensembles and the BBC. He made his BBC Proms debut as a soloist during the 2006 season performing music by Steve Reich, for his 70th birthday celebrations at the Royal Albert Hall led by percussion soloist Colin Currie. He has played and recorded with various new music ensembles and dance companies in Britain. These include: New Music Players, Lontano, Icebreaker, Colin Currie Group, Uroboros, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Ixion, Phoenix Dance and Rambert Dance. As a freelance musician Rowland is also active in the orchestral field and has played with such orchestras as: Philharmonia, Bournemouth Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Philharmonic, BBC Concert, European Community Chamber orchestras and City of London Sinfonia. Jazz and World Music artists Rowland has performed with include such international artists as Frank Wess, David Murray, Flora Purim, Henry Threadgil, Carla Bley, Ali Ryerson, Manu Dibango, Airto, Joyce, Evan Parker, Nitin Sawhney, Paulo Fresu, Courtney Pine, Jean Toussaint, Orphy Robinson, Issie Barratt, Mark Lockheart, Zoe Rahman, Alec Dankworth, King Sunny Ade (Nigeria), Olodum (Brazil) and Rebirth Brass Band (New Orleans). Venues which Rowland has performed at include the Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Centre, New York; North Sea Jazz Festival, Netherlands; The Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; Theatre du Chatelet, Paris; Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore and Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall. Rowland’s composition Enlightenment (Inspired by A Love Supreme by John Coltrane) has received much acclaim by the press, media and the general public and featured at James Lavelle's Meltdown Festival 2014 at the QEH with sell out audiences. It was featured on Jez Nelson’s Jazz on 3, BBC Radio 3 UK, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of Coltrane’s iconic album, A Love Supreme. As bandleader, Rowland’s Brazilian influenced jazz band Mistura has an album out called ‘Coast to Coast’ on the FMR label. Led by Rowland Sutherland and Jackie Walduck, Ethereal World is both a music club night and an ensemble that features a number of brilliant soloists in cross-cultural jazz, free improvisation, experimental and contemporary classical music. Rowland Sutherland’s London Art Collective focuses on spatial, cosmic and spiritual jazz. Drawing influence from the works of Sun Ra, McCoy Tyner, Alice Coltrane and Joe Henderson. He performs Caribbean and Brazilian influenced contemporary jazz in his Rowland Sutherland Sextet. Rowland has recorded for a diverse range of pop artists such as Incognito, George Benson, Joss Stone, Us3, Fightstar, Keziah Jones, Guillemots, Omar, William Orbit, Marc Almond and MC Solaar. Rowland lectures at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the Composition Department and also gives contemporary flute demonstrations. Rowland has tutored at the University of Kent and Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has held workshops, masterclasses and coaching sessions at various conservatoires and universities. These include the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA, the University of the Bahamas and Cairo Conservatoire. He has also tutored at the Royal Northern College of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Twitter Handle: RowlandsNews www.rowlandsutherland.com

Updated: November 17, 2020