Flutist Andrea Brachfeld....

Biography
Flutist Andrea Brachfeld, is a graduate of The High School of Music and Art and
Manhattan School of Music. Over these past 20 years she has recorded more
than a dozen CD’s with many artists including, Africando, Noel Pointer, and
Timbalaye. Her breakthrough performance as the flutist for the popular Latin
band Charanga ‘76, catapulted her into Salsa history and fame as the first
female flutist to play this music in the United States.
While in high school she received the “Louis Armstrong Award for Outstanding
Student” from Jazz Interactions . Study with Hubert Laws, Jimmy Heath, and
Mike Longo helped her develop her own style. Downbeat magazine referred to
Andrea as “one of the finest jazz flutists around”.
She has twice been the recipient of the Latin New York Music Award as a flutist.
She has performed with Dave Valentín, Nestor Torres, and Ray Barretto among
others. While in Venezuela, she had the honor of opening for Chick Corea,and
Paco de Lucia. She was recently awarded the Chico O’Farrill Lifetime
Achievement Award from Latin Jazz USA.
Her first Latin Jazz CD, “Remembered Dreams” combines Latin originals with
contemporary jazz cuts. Her second CD, “Back With Sweet Passion”, is a
dynamic Salsa recording featuring Grammy winner Oscar Hernandez on piano,
and Alfredo De La Fey on violin. Her third CD “Beyond Standards” is a
collaborative effort with Chembo Corniel, featuring jazz greats Hilton Ruiz on
piano and Steve Turre on trombone. She has appeared with the Winnipeg Jazz
Orchestra as a soloist performing her own compositions as well as those of Mike
Longo, longtime musical director for Dizzy Gillespie. She is currently performing
with her own group including Phoenix Rising, with a new CD out,”Into the
World:A Musical Offering” with guest artists Mike Longo, Paul West and Brian
Lynch.

TV / Radio Appearances 1974-present
Mundo Jazz - Josué Navarro 11-Q-1140 AM Puerto Rico
Channel 41, 12, New Jersey Univision Channel
Bill Boggs Show
Venezuelan Television
WHCR - Pedro Liz, Willie Medina- Rincon Caliente
WKCR - Caribe Latino, German Santana, Louis Lafitte
WBGO - Awilda Rivera- Latin Jazz Cruise
WFDU - Vicky Solá, Marc Campbell
WBAI - Chico Alvarez, Nancy Rodriguez
WFAB - Miami
WDNA - Arturo Gómez
KIOS - Chris Cooke

Award / Grants
2005, 2004, 2003 Makin’Waves Awards - Best Jazz Group
2003 - Best Latin Jazz Recordings - Latin Jazz Network - Tomas Peña
1999, 1998, Meet the Composer
1974 - Outstanding Jazz Student - Jazz Interactions
Workshops / Clinics
“The Role of the Flute in Afro-Cuban Music: 1900 - Present”
The Drummer’s Collective Princeton Regional Schools
NJEA Good Ideas Conference
National Flute Convention - Texas New York Open Center
“My Life as a Composer / The Composer’s Process”
Edison Public Schools

Teaching Experience
1996 - Present - Bilingual / ESL teacher, Princeton, NJ
1990 - 1996 - Bilingual teacher- North Plainfield, NJ
1989 - 1990 - 2nd grade teacher- South Brunswick,NJ
1988 - 1990 - 2nd grade teacher- Clifton, NJ
1975 - Present - private music teacher- flute, piano, guitar, jazz improvisation

Education
1990 - 2000 - Kean University-post graduate studies
1985 - 1987 - MA Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
1978 - Bachelors of Music- Manhattan School of Music
1972 - Diploma w. major in flute-High School of Music and Art

Certifications
Music - K-12
Supervisor
Elementary Education
Early Childhood Education
Bilingual - K-12
English as a Second Language - K-12