Flutist Charlene Romano will be visiting VCUArts Music on Thursday, October 12 at 12:30 p.m. in room 3003 of the James Black Music Center. Romano will begiving a presentation on what it means to build and maintain a private music studio.
Flutist Charlene Romano maintains private studios in Winchester, Virginia and Richmond, Virginia, and has over three decades experience building and maintaining private studios. She is also Adjunct Associate Professor and Area Coordinator of Applied Musicianship at Shenandoah Conservatory, where she has taught applied flute, written theory, ear training, and 20th Century Listening; and coached small ensembles and directed the flute choir.
Most recently, Professor Romano developed and implemented the new musicianship sequence for the conservatory’s renowned musical theatre program. Professor Romano was recently named a SUperWoman of Shenandoah University by the (Not Just The) Women’s Center. She serves as Faculty Advisor to the Gamma Gamma Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, and in 2020 served as the Adunct Representative for the Emergency Preparation for Online Operations Committee. Professor Romano recently completed her term as Secretary of the National Flute Association.
Professor Romano’s performance-based approach to aural skills training is profiled in the new groundbreaking theory pedagogy text, Teaching Music Theory – New Voices and Approaches (Oxford). Romano’s case study, “Accommodating Dyslexia in the Ear Training Classroom”, is published in the award-winning text, The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy. Professor Romano has also published several pedagogical articles in Flute Talk, The Flute View, and The Double Reed, including an “Ask the Pro” column in Flute Talk advising students on how to prepare for and succeed in college music theory. She is a sought after clinician and adjudicator.
In addition to collaborating with other conservatory faculty, she performs throughout the Shenandoah Valley, as a chamber musician, soloist, and orchestral performer.
Previously, Professor Romano served on the faculties of Solano College and Sacramento State University – Community Music Division, and held positions with the California Wind Orchestra, the Camellia Symphony Orchestra, the Solano Symphony, and the North Bay Opera. She also performed with the Sacramento Ballet Orchestra and the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, among others. She has recorded on the Cantilena label.