Nina Perlove
Nina Perlove
Adjunct Prosessor
Flute, History
D.M.A. and M.M., Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
B.M., University of Michigan
Office: FA 330
Phone: 859.572.6982
E-mail: perloven1@nku.edu
Website: www.realfluteproject.com
Dr. Nina Perlove, author of www.realfluteproject.com, has performed as a flutist throughout the United States and Europe, including appearances in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Austria. She holds degrees in music from the University of Michigan, where she studied with Keith Bryan and Leone Buyse, and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she studied with Bradley Garner and Jack Wellbaum. As the recipient of a Fulbright Grant, she spent two years in Paris where she studied with Sophie Cherrier and the late Alain Marion. Her doctoral thesis on the late flute works of Aaron Copland won the 2004 National Flute Association Dissertation Prize for outstanding contribution to flute scholarship.
Perlove has extensive performance experience in both traditional and contemporary chamber music and has held orchestra positions with the Spoleto USA and Graz Festival Orchestras and the Jackson and Lansing Michigan Symphony Orchestras. As a soloist, she has won prizes in numerous national and international contests, including the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition, the Laurence Beauregard Competition, the Cincinnati Flute Symposium Performer's Competition, and the Richardson Young Artist Competition.
A teacher and clinician for over fifteen years, Perlove has given master classes in the United States and Italy and is currently on the faculty of Northern Kentucky University. She has adjudicated competitions including those sponsored by the City of Paris, the Midsouth Flute Society, and the Overture Awards. Her REAL FLUTE performing and teaching video project is receiving praise worldwide and she was named as official Youtube Star by video critic Kenny Crane.
In addition to her performance and teaching schedule, Perlove's articles have appeared in publications including Perspectives of New Music, American Music, Windplayer Magazine, Flute Talk Magazine, and The Flutist Quarterly. As Executive Director of the Starling Project Foundation from 2002-2007, she won numerous awards for the teaching website Violinmasterclass.com; created a summer music school in Beijing, China; commissioned pieces based on diverse folktales; and created and performed in chamber music concerts for economically disadvantaged school children.