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Biography (70 words)
Bridget Rennie-Salonen lectures at the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town, and performs throughout South Africa as a solo, chamber, and principal orchestral flautist. As both a practitioner and researcher in performing arts health, she is a licensed Andover Educator and is chair of the steering committee of the newly-formed South African Performing Arts Health Association (SAPAHA). Her PhD research focused on tertiary musicians’ occupational health education.
Biography (210 words)
Bridget Rennie-Salonen is active as a solo, chamber and principal orchestral flautist, and has appeared as soloist with several South African orchestras. As the Solo Principal Flute of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, she was the recipient of the prestigious Ben & Faye Carklin Award for Artistic Excellence. Recent awards include Fiesta, Silver Ovation, and Oppenheimer Memorial Trust awards. Bridget is the principal flute of the Cape Town Festival Orchestra, permanent guest principal with the Free State Symphony Orchestra, and Baroque traverso flautist with the Camerata Tinta Barocca. Bridget lectures at the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town. She is highly sought after as a flute teacher, and many of her students have excelled in national competitions and in their overseas studies, won scholarships for study in Europe, the UK and the USA, and now teach and perform, several occupying positions in South African orchestras. As both a practitioner and researcher in performing arts health, she is a licensed Andover Educator, and her PhD focused on tertiary musicians’ occupational health education. She is chair of the steering committee of the newly-formed South African Performing Arts Health Association (SAPAHA) and is part of a Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) international collaborative study designing curricula for tertiary musicians’ health education.
Biography (350 words)
Bridget Rennie-Salonen is active as a solo, chamber and principal orchestral flautist and has appeared as soloist with several South African orchestras. Her studies locally and abroad equipped her with multiple qualifications and honours. As the Solo Principal Flute of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, she was the recipient of the prestigious Ben & Faye Carklin Award for Artistic Excellence. She collaborates regularly with musicians such as James Grace, Albie van Schalkwyk, Erik Dippenaar, Gaylen-Rose Sales, Catherine Foxcroft, Magdalene Minnaar, Jose Dias, and Peter Martens, amongst others. As a member of ‘Trio with a Twist’ with Janine Neethling and Lizzie Rennie, she was the recipient of the Fiesta award for Best Classical Production at festivals in 2012, as well as a Silver Ovation award at the National Arts Festival 2014. Bridget is the principal flute of the Cape Town Festival Orchestra, regular guest principal with the Free State Symphony Orchestra and Baroque traverso flautist with the Camerata Tinta Barocca. She displays astounding musical versatility in any music genre and her flute playing has been recorded for numerous soundtracks such as scores by Philip Miller, the shows “Cats” and “Tree Aan”, and the film scores for ‘Material’, ‘Ocean Voyager’, ‘Cosmic Africa’ and ‘City Slickers’, amongst others. Bridget lectures at the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town. She is highly sought after as a flute teacher, and many of her students have excelled in national competitions, won scholarships for study in Europe, the UK, and the USA, and excelled in their overseas studies, and now teach and perform locally, several occupying positions in South African orchestras. As one of South Africa’s leading exponents of the flute, she is frequently invited to act as adjudicator or external examiner. As both a practitioner and researcher in performing arts health, she is a licensed Andover Educator, and her PhD focused on tertiary musicians’ occupational health education. She is chair of the steering committee of the newly-formed South African Performing Arts Health Association (SAPAHA) and is part of a Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) international collaborative study designing curricula for tertiary musicians’ health education.
