The Young-Peiskee Flute/Piano Duo will present a program of striking and beautiful music by female composers in a benefit recital for Refuge House of Leon County. We hope to encourage people to donate to Refuge House in support of their mission: to provide direct services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, and to their children and families, as well as eliminate such violence through community education and public advocacy.

The program will include works by Lili Boulanger, Mel Bonis, Sofia Gubaidulina, Ellen Taafe Zwilich, and Amanda Harberg.

Any donations will be given directly to the Refuge House. The event will be live-streamed as well.

Donations may be made here or at the door: http://refugehouse.com/support/

About the Young-Peiskee Duo -
The Young-Peiskee Duo has performed both international and throughout the United States. Founded in 2014, this flute and piano ensemble has worked extensively with recording artist John Hadden. Exploring repertoire from all over the world, the ensemble has performed everything from standards, lesser-known works, and newly commissioned music. In June of 2018 the ensemble performed a program consisting entirely of female compositions and collected donations for the Refuge House in Tallahassee, Florida. They have been guest artists at such higher educational institutions as the Conservatory of Music in Bolivia, and Florida State University. They have lead masterclasses and pedagogical lectures as well as chamber music coachings.

About Galen Dean Peiskee -
Galen Dean Peiskee has established a multifaceted career as an accomplished chamber musician, soloist, orchestral pianist, accompanist, and vocal coach. He has performed all over the United States as well as throughout the world in Poland, Italy, Austria, Greece, Cuba and Bolivia.

He is a member of the Emerald Trio, Trio Vivo, Young-Peiskee flute-piano duo, the Bold City Contemporary Ensemble, and the Cerulean Trio, finalists in the 2016 Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition. Dean has performed as a soloist with the Brazos Chamber Orchestra multiple times, and was the pianist for the Singing Girls of Texas for 5 years. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in May 2017, performing music of Timothy Hoekman in Weill Recital Hall.

Dean has a Doctor of Music degree in collaborative piano from Florida State University, where he earned his Master of Music degree in accompanying. He has also acquired an Artist Diploma from Texas Christian University, where he earned his Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance, and an Associate of Music degree from Kilgore College. His teachers have included Timothy Hoekman, Read Gainsford, José Feghali, John Owings, and Sandra Siler.

About Sarah Jane Young -
Currently on faculty at Bethune-Cookman University, Dr. Sarah Jane Young has performed with the Tallahassee Symphony since 2005 and the Pensacola Symphony since 2007. After receiving her Master’s degree from Florida State University, Sarah Jane was selected as the Professor of Flute at the National Music Conservatory in Amman, Jordan. While there, she served as Principal Flute with the Amman Symphony Orchestra and the Amman Sinfonietta, and the Faculty Woodwind Quintet. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed throughout Europe, South America, and the United States. She has had the honor to share the stage with such prestigious artists as Gunther Schuller, Christopher O’Riley, J. K. Simmons, and Renée Fleming.

As a chamber musician Sarah Jane currently performs with Bold City Contemporary Ensemble based in Jacksonville, Florida. She is a founding member of Traverso Colore, an all baroque flute ensemble; founding member of the Coreopsis Wind Quintet winner of the Promising Young Artist Competition; founding member of Duo Velocipede, an adventurous flute and saxophone duo specializing in the music of Neil Anderson- Himmelspach; and founding member of award winning new music ensemble What Is Noise.

She has performed as a guest artist at the National Institute of Music in Costa Rica, Harford Community College in Maryland, Furman University, the University of North Carolina at Asheville and Chapel Hill, James Madison University, University of Missouri, Florida State University, Webster University, and the Conservatory of Music in Bolivia. She is currently on faculty at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.