Professional Teaching Experience
Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston, MA 2005- present
Head of Classical Contemporary Music
Associate Professor of Flute
University of Massachusetts, Boston, Spring 2015- 2019
Adjunct Professor of Flute
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Fall 2003, 2007-2017
Adjunct Professor of Flute
Cortona New Music Sessions, Cortona, Italy, 2016-Present
Flute Teacher, Chamber Music Coach and Performer
Yellow Barn Young Artist Program, Putney, VT, 2015
Chamber Music Coach and Flute Teacher
Greenwood Music Camp, Cummington, MA, 2003- 2015
Summer Faculty, Private Flute Instructor and Chamber Coach
Winchester Community Music School, 2001-2014
Private Flute Instructor and Chamber Music Coach
Longy School of Music Preparatory Division, Cambridge, MA 1998-1999
Substitute Flute Teacher
Guest Lecturer/ Masterclass Teacher
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
Flute Masterclass
September 2022
University of South Carolina
Flute Masterclass and Composition class
October 2021
Frost School of Music
Flute Masterclass
February 2021
Mead Witter School of Music, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Flute Masterclass
November 2020
University of Kansas
Flute Masterclass
February 2020
Interlochen School for the Arts, Michigan
Flute Masterclass and Lessons
January 2018
Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick, MA
Woodwind Masterclass
April, 2017
Vanderbilt University, Blair School of Music, Nashville TN
Chamber Music Masterclass
January 2017
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Flute Masterclass
October 2015
New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Entrepreneurial Advisor and Mentor 2013-2016
Summer Institute of Contemporary Performance Practice (SCIPP)
Flute Masterclass: 2015
University of California at Davis
Chamber Music Masterclass and Composer Readings
Spring 2013
Tufts University, Medford , MA
Pierrot Lunaire Seminar Guest Lecturer/Coach
Spring 2012
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Flute Studio Masterclass 2011
Student Composer Reading
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Chamber Music Masterclass, 2010
Student Composer Reading, 2009
Cornell University, Ithaca New York
Guest at Flora Rose House 2010
Fireside Chat with students about new music
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
Flute Studio Masterclass, 2008
Woodwind Seminar, 2009
Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA
Guest Lecturer on New Music, 2008
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Flute Studio Masterclass, 2008
New England Conservatory, Boston MA
Preparatory Division Flute Sectionals, 2008
Chamber Music substitute, 2002
Boston Conservatory, Boston MA
Chamber Music Masterclass 2004
Woodwind Seminar 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
Composition Seminar 2008
Longy School of Music, Cambridge MA
Composition Seminar, 2009
Woodwind Seminar 2009
Flute Studio Masterclass 2006
Chamber Music Masterclass 2007
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA
Flute Studio Masterclass, 2005
Education
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance- with Honors, 1998
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
Master of Music in Flute Performance- with Honors, 2000
Artist Diploma, 2002
Principal Teachers : Robert Willoughby, Nancy Chaput, Julius Baker and Carol Wincenc
Honors and Awards
Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, BMOP , Principal Flute, 2020
2nd Place, National Flute Association, Young Artist Competition, 2006
Participant, Gaudeamus New Music Competition, Amsterdam, 2005
2nd Place Pappoutsakis Flute Competition, Boston, 1999 and 2001
Semi- Finalist in Myrna Brown Flute Competition, Denton, TX 2000, 2006
Semi-Finalist, Heida Hermann Woodwind Competition, Connecticut, 2000
Patricia Shermann Award, in recognition of exemplary contributions to the Longy Community, 2000
Ted Twohig Memorial Flute Scholarship, 1999-2002
Friends of Music Scholarship, full tuition, University of Connecticut 1994-1998
Selected Performance Experience
Orchestral
Boston Symphony Orchestra, 2nd flute substitute, 2010-present
Boston Pops, 2nd flute substitute, 2010-present
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Principal Flute, 2000-present
Odyssey Opera, Principal Flute, 2013-present
Opera Boston, Principal Flute, 2004- 2012
Portland Symphony Orchestra, Piccolo 2010-2011 (one year position)
Boston Ballet, 2nd flute/piccolo substitute, 2005-present
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, flute substitute, 2002- present
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, piccolo substitute, 2002- present
Indian Hill Symphony, piccolo/3rd flute, 2001-2010
Albany symphony, second flute/ piccolo substitute, 2006
Chamber Music
Radius Ensemble, Cambridge, MA 2005- present
Cortona Collective, 2016-present
Collage New Music, 2018- present
Boston Baroque, New Directions Chamber Music Series, 2012-present
Talea Ensemble, Kingston Chamber Music Festival, RI, 2013
Sound Icon, Boston MA 2012-present
Brave New Works, Ann Arbor, MI 2003- present
Firebird Ensemble, Boston, Newport, RI and New York City 2000- present
Fromm Players at Harvard, Cambridge, MA 2002- present
Boston Musica Viva, Boston , MA 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018
Silkroad Project Workshop with Yo Yo Ma, Tanglewood, 2000
Solo
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Concerto Elegia
National Flute Association Convention, Minneapolis, MN, 2017
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Peter Maxwell Davies Sea Orpheus, 2016
National Flute Association Convention, San Diego,CA, 2016
National Flute Association Convention, Washington DC, 2015
Faculty Recital, Boston Conservatory, 2014
Monadnock Music Festival, Peterborough, NH 2013
National Flute Association Convention, Las Vegas, 2012
National Flute Association Convention, New York, NY 2009
Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, debut with pianist Oxana Yablonskaya,2007
Faculty Recital, Boston Conservatory Seully Hall, 2007
Club Café, BMOP’s Chamber series, Boston, MA 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
St. Botolphe Club, Artist Spotlight Series, Boston, MA June 2005, 2008, 2009
Faculty Recital at the Winchester Community Music School, March 2005
Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, Newport, VT, July 2003-present
New Gallery Concert Series, Boston Community Music School, May 2005, 2008
Selected Flute Commissions and World Premieres
Mudang for Flutes by Reneé Baker 2023
Boston Scenes for Flute solo and quartet by Valerie Coleman 2021
heavy in air for Alto Flute and Cello by Timothy McCormack 2020
Skyggen for solo flute by Alissa Voth, 2020
Whir for Alto Flute and Electronics by Derek Hurst, 2018
Bloom for solo Flute by Reinaldo Moya, 2017
Oil and Sugar for Fl, Cl, Violin and Piano by Marti Epstein, 2016
Quetzal Garden for Flute and String Quintet by Elena Ruehr, 2015
Vestibule for Alto Flute and Bass Clarinet by Curtis Hughes, 2013
Obsidian Magnified, for Flute and Violin by Nicholas Vines, 2011
Delete/Control/Option, for Flute and Cello by Marcos Balter, 2008
Quintet for Flute and Strings, Jonathan Bailey Holland, 2008
Calling Laura Linney for Flute and Digital Delay, Elena Ruehr 2007
Approach, for Flute and Cd, Andy Vores, 2007
Stray Signals for Flute and Live Electronics, John Mallia, 2007
I think we should tell her for Solo Flute, Lisa Bielawa, 2006
Sonata for Flute and Piano, Christos Koulendros, 2005
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Jeremy Van Buskirk, 2002
Recordings
Solo:
Quetzal Garden- Elena Ruehr on Fresh Paint, Radius Ensemble 2016
I Think We Should Tell her on In Media Res, Lisa Bielawa BMOP/Sound, July 2010
Second Chances, Music by Martin Boykan, Albany Records, June 2010
Jane Wang Considers the Dragonfly, Solo and chamber Music of Elena Ruehr, Albany Records released May 2009
Shall I compare thee to a summers day? Music of Joseph Summers, Albany Records, 2007
Concerto:
Flauta Carioca- Concerto for Flute by Thomas Oboe Lee- BMOP/Sound, January 2013
Mountain is Mountain for Flute and String Orchestra- Yui-Hui Chang- BMOP/Sound (in process)
Concerto Elegia for Flute and String Orchestra by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich- BMOP/Sound
Orchestral:
Principal Flute on 70 Albums from BMOP/Sound, 2000- present
21 orchestral recordings on Oxingale, Albany, Naxos, Inova, Cantaloupe and BMOP Sound Labels
*Grammy award for 2020 Best Opera with BMOP and the Fantastic Mr. Fox by Tobias Picker (Principal Flute)
Membership in Professional Organizations
National Flute Association, Commissions Coordinator
American Federation of Musicians
