Bio
Flautist Nicole Rabata is widely recognized for her captivating and engaging performances as a soloist and chamber musician on both modern Boehm and wooden flutes.
Mrs. Rabata has appeared with critical acclaim at international festivals and concert halls throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Highlights include appearances at Interharmony International Music Festivals in Acqui-Terme and Arcidosso, Italy and Sulzbach-Rozenberg, Germany; International Flute Festival of Lund, Sweden; Magic Flute Festival in Stockholm; White Mountain Bach Festival; Portland Bach Experience; Acadia Festival of Traditional Music and Arts; Festival Interceltique du L’Orient in France; Hebridean Celtic Festival in Scotland; International World of Music and Dance Festival in the UK; chamber music performances in Kalimpong, India, and Portland Chamber Music Festival. Mrs. Rabata was invited to perform and present lectures at the National Flute Conventions in San Diego, New York City and Phoenix, where she was selected to perform at the closing gala concert. She has been featured on National Public Radio, BBC Glasgow and French national television.
Mrs. Rabata appears with Portland Ballet, Maine State Ballet, Bangor Symphony Orchestra, Opera Maine, Hogfish Opera Company, Medomak Conductors Retreat orchestra, Mozart Mentors Orchestra and Maine Chamber Ensemble.
Taking a special interest in early music, Mrs. Rabata performs on a Wenner Baroque flute after Palanca. As a Baroque flautist, she appears with North Star Baroque and St. Mary’s Schola.
An avid performer of traditional music, she plays on an eight-key wooden flute by the late Michael Grinter. As a traditional Celtic musician, she is on the faculty at Acadia School of Traditional Music and is a member of traditional trio Fódhla who can be heard performing at festivals and concerts throughout the Northeast. Her solo album Armorica features the traditional music of Ireland, Canada, Brittany and Scandinavia combined with original compositions.
Mrs. Rabata is a passionate educator. She has built an active flute studio at Colby College where she has served on the faculty for almost two decades. She has also served on the faculties at Bowdoin College and University of Maine Augusta. She has been a coach and adjudicator at Bay Chamber Concerts’ Next Generation Program, and also twice served as chamber music coach at Ghandi Ashram School in Northeast Bengal, India as part of the month-long Colby College JanPlan abroad program.
Mrs. Rabata holds a Masters Degree and International Artist’s Diploma in Performance from Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England.
