Rowland Sutherland is a

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flautist, who studied flute at the

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with Kathryn Lukas, Philippa Davies and Peter Lloyd and participated in master classes given by the late

Geoffrey Gilbert Geoffrey Winzer Gilbert (28 May 1914 – 1989) was an English flautist, who was a leading influence on British flute-playing, introducing a more flexible style, based on French techniques, with metal instruments replacing the traditional wood. H ...

. He studied jazz with the late pianist

Lionel Grigson Lionel Grigson (12 February 1942 – 14 June 1994) was an English jazz pianist, cornettist, trumpeter, composer, writer and teacher, who in the 1980s started the jazz course at the Guildhall School of Music. As Simon Purcell wrote in ''The Ind ...

in the mid-1980s."Musician Profile: Rowland Sutherland"
All About Jazz. Sutherland performs in new music ensembles,

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groups, symphony orchestras, various non-Western groups, pop outfits and as a soloist. Many of Sutherland's solo contemporary flute performances have been broadcast on

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. He has also composed and arranged music for groups, ensembles and for the BBC. Sutherland is a professor at the

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and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has worked at the

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and

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Universities and the

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, giving consultations and workshops. He is also tutor in jazz flute at the

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. Sutherland fronts his own band, Mistura, who perform Brazilian jazz fusion alongside

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and

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grooves and have released the album ''Coast to Coast''. Mistura have performed at a number of the leading jazz festivals in Britain, including at

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, and

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. In 1998 Mistura supported pianist and singer

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at the

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in London. Sutherland has played and recorded with many new music ensembles and dance companies in Britain. These include New Music Players, Ixion,

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, Lontano,

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, Uroboros, Music Projects/London, Phoenix Dance, Jazz Xchange Music and Dance and

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. In 2003 the New Music Players' CD ''Crying Bird, Echoing Star'' featured Sutherland's composition "Timeless Odyssey". In 2004 Rowland was one of the featured jazz soloists with the

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and the

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dance company, performing works by

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at the Barbican Centre."Rowland Sutherland's biography".
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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British flautists Jazz Warriors members FMR Records artists Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Academics of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Academics of Trinity College of Music {{flautist-stub