LORNA McGHEE

[Principal Flute Designate, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Walter Piston chair, endowed in perpetuity]

Lorna McGhee has been appointed principal flute of the Boston Symphony Orchestra beginning with the 2024-2025 season. She was previously appointed by Manfred Honeck as principal flute of the Pittsburgh Symphony, with which she recorded symphonies of Beethoven, Bruckner, Brahms, Dvořák, and Tchaikovsky, as well as the PSO’s Grammy award-winning Shostakovich Symphony No. 5. She has performed as guest principal with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields, and Chamber Orchestra of Europe, among others. Before emigrating to North America, McGhee was as co-principal flute of the London’s BBC Symphony Orchestra. As a concerto soloist, Lorna McGhee has appeared with orchestras in Japan, Taiwan, Canada, the UK, and the U.S. with such groups as the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Victoria Symphony, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. As winner of the Shell/LSO Scholarship, she performed the Ibert Concerto with London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Center in London and in a gala concert in Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall. Other career highlights include performances of Penderecki’s Flute Concerto under the baton of the composer, Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 with both Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Nicholas McGegan, Saariaho’s concerto Aile du songe with Osmo Vänskä, and Mozart’s G major concerto with Manfred Honeck. During the 2024-25 season she returns to the Pittsburgh Symphony as soloist in Rautavaara’s Flute Concerto Dances with the Winds with conductor Donald Runnicles.

Lorna McGhee’s love of chamber music has led to performances in Europe, North America, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, and Australia, in such venues as the Wigmore Hall, Edinburgh International Festival, the Louvre, the Schubertsaal of Vienna's Konzerthaus, and the Library of Congress. She has participated in festivals including the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Ottawa Chamberfest, Cleveland Chamberfest, Sitka Festival, and Seattle Chamber Music Society. As a member of Trio Verlaine with her husband, violist David Harding, and harpist Heidi Krutzen, she recorded the album Fin de Siècle, the Music of Debussy and Ravel plus Six Departures featuring new commissions by Jeffery Cotton and R. Murray Schafer. Along with duo partner Heidi Krutzen, she has commissioned several new works for flute and harp. Her Naxos recording of Bax’s chamber music with the group mobius was selected as Editor’s Choice in Gramophone magazine. She has two recital discs: The Hour of Dreaming with pianist Piers Lane and Songs without Words with pianist Naoko Ishibashi. Following in the footsteps of her mentor, William Bennett, who sought to expand the expressive range of the flute, these recital recordings include several of Lorna’s own transcriptions.

Dedicated to nurturing the upcoming generation of musicians, McGhee has taught flute performance at the University of Michigan, the University of British Columbia, and Carnegie Mellon University, and has given masterclasses for educational institutions and flute festivals around the world, including the Juilliard School, Royal Academy of Music, New World Symphony, and the online platform Tonebase. She is a regular guest teacher at summer schools including the Galway International Flute Festival, Orford Music Academy, and National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Lorna McGhee grew up in Largs, Scotland. She studied with David Nicholson at the Junior Department of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) and later with Michie and William Bennett at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She is an honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and an Altus Artist for Altus Flutes. In addition to her love of music, she is a lifelong student of English literature and the Alexander Technique.

VAHAN SARGSYAN

Armenian pianist Vahan Sargsyan graduated from Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan Armenia. His teachers were Elza Tandilyan and his father, renowned pianist professor Villi Sargsyan.

Vahan is a Prize Winner of the International Piano Competition in Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil, also a winner of Pittsburgh Concert Society Major auditions as solo pianist and in various chamber groups. Mr. Sargsyan has concertized in Armenia, Georgia, Italy, Russia, Austria, Argentina, Brazil, United States and Canada. His recordings are released by Alanna, Aerophon, Ablaze and Suzuki labels.

Having performed as a concerto soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Vahan also appeared regularly at the Orchestra keyboards.

Currently, in addition to manyfold recital and festival engagements, Mr. Vahan Sargsyan works as an Artist Lecturer in collaborative piano and chamber music at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

ANN BOBO

Bobo has been one of the busiest freelance flutists in Greater Boston for many years. She performs regularly with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Boston Musica Viva, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, and the Springfield Symphony. She has performed with nearly all of the major organizations in the New England region, most notably the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Chamber Music Society, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Emmanuel Music, and Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Bobo is an avid chamber musician and has been included on the rosters of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Celebrity Series of Boston, Winsor Music, Carolina Chamber Music Festival, and Radius Ensemble.

Originally from Long Island, New York, Bobo came to Boston to study with former Boston Symphony flutist Fenwick Smith at New England Conservatory. While in school, and for some years after, she was a member of the award-winning Taiyo Wind Quintet, an ensemble that earned awards from the prestigious Coleman and Carmel chamber music societies (1993), and she had the privilege of working with such renowned composers as György Ligeti, Luciano Berio, John Harbison, and John Heiss. She spent two years as a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center (1995, 1997) and toured throughout the United States and Asia with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. Bobo has performed numerous times on WGBH radio programs and has recorded for RCA Victor, Arsis, and New World Records.

In addition to Boston Conservatory, Bobo teaches at the Rivers School Conservatory in Weston, Massachusetts, and maintains a private studio. When not performing (or practicing), Bobo can be found running around with her husband and two young daughters.

SARAH BRADY

Called “enchanting” by the Boston Globe, flutist Sarah Brady is sought after across the country as a soloist, chamber musician, and master teacher.  An avid promoter of new music she has premiered and recorded new music from many of today’s top composers. Her solo, chamber and over 50 orchestral recordings can be heard on the Albany, Naxos, Oxingale, Cantaloupe and BMOP/Sound music labels. As a leading interpreter of contemporary music, she was invited to read and record new music commissioned by Yo Yo Ma for his Silk Road Project at Tanglewood.

Principal flute with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Odyssey Opera, Sarah often performs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Boston Ballet, and Boston Lyric Opera. As a chamber musician she has been described as “clairvoyantly sensitive” (New Music Connoisseur), and has collaborated with the Fromm Players at Harvard, the Firebird Ensemble, the Radius Ensemble, Boston Musica Viva,  The Talea Ensemble, Callithumpian Consort, Sound Icon, NotaRiotous and the Cortona Collective.

In competition she was awarded second place in the National Flute Association 2006 Young Artist Competition, where she also won an award for the best performance of the newly commissioned work by Paul Drescher.  She has been a Semifinalist in the Myrna Brown Competition Flute Competition, Heida Herman Woodwind Competition, Eastern Connecticut Young Artist Competition, and twice received second place in Boston’s prestigious Pappoutsakis Flute Competition. As a soloist Sarah enjoyed a sold out debut at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall with pianist Oxana Yablonskaya. Awarded a full tuition scholarship to the University of Connecticut, Sarah went on to receive a Masters of Music as well as an Artist Diploma from the Longy school of Music where she was a student of Robert Willoughby. Sarah is Associate Professor of Flute Association as well as the Director of the Classical Contemporary Music Program at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. For more information about recordings or concerts, please visit: www.Bradyflute.com

LINDA TOOTE

Toote has held principal flute positions with the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Milwaukee, and Tampa, as well as the Santa Fe and Lake George Opera orchestras. Invitations from the Baltimore, Detroit, and St. Louis symphonies have included recent recordings and touring with these orchestras. Her recordings as principal flute include many symphonic works with the Atlanta Symphony on the Telarc label and works of many genres with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and Boston Pops. Toote is a regular performer with the BSO and Boston Pops and has been the principal flutist of the Boston Lyric Opera Company since 1996. Other collaborations have included the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Collage New Music, the Boston Classical Orchestra, and the Boston Chamber Orchestra. In 2016, she will again be a performer and clinician at the National Flute Association convention in San Diego.

Toote has given master classes, clinics, and recitals across the United States and Canada, as well as in Taiwan and Germany. In 2009, she served as the program chair for the 37th Annual Convention of the National Flute Association (New York City), which saw a record-breaking attendance of more than 4,600 flutists. Her own convention appearances have included those in Dallas, Washington, D.C., Albuquerque, Chicago, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Anaheim, and Las Vegas. She has served as a board member of the National Flute Association.

During the summer months, Toote teaches at the Aria International Summer Academy in Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts, and is director of the Boston University Tanglewood Flute Workshop.

Toote is a graduate of the Mannes School of Music, where she studied with John Wion. She was also a student of Thomas Nyfenger at Yale University.

DR. FRANCESCA ARNONE

Francesca Arnone is a versatile flutist and piccoloist, equally at home in orchestral, solo, chamber music, and college teaching settings. She has held Principal Flute, Second Flute, and Piccolo positions in orchestras in the US and abroad and currently plays with the Palm Beach Opera and Sarasota Opera orchestras. She was a featured performer at the 2016 NY Philharmonic Biennial at National Sawdust and has been a concerto soloist on flute, alto flute, and piccolo, on repertoire ranging from Bach to Chen Yi. Her solo and chamber music recordings on MSR and PARMA have met with critical acclaim. Dr. Arnone begins a two-year term as Vice-President of the National Flute Association beginning in November 2024. Currently on faculty at the University of South Florida, she teaches at the Killington Music Festival in Vermont in the summer, and previously taught at Baylor, Boise State, West Virginia, and Idaho State universities. She is an Alexander Technique teacher trainee and Powell Flutes Artist.

RACHEL BRAUDE

Grammy-award winning flutist and piccoloist, Rachel Braude, has been on the faculty of Northeastern University for the past five years. She is also the Senior Lecturer in Flute at Dartmouth College, where she has taught for the past eight years. Rachel previously served as Lecturer in Flute at the New England Conservatory of Music (Preparatory Division), Rhode Island College, the University of Rhode Island, and the University of Massachusetts, Boston. In addition to her teaching career, Rachel is an active performer all over New England. She is a member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the Portland Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Philharmonic, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and Odyssey Opera. Rachel can also frequently be found performing with the Boston Ballet Orchestra and the Boston Lyric Opera; and on occasion as a guest with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops, and the Boston Pops Esplanade. She is the former piccolo player of the St. Louis Symphony. Rachel regularly performs in every role in the flute section, from principal to piccolo, and has appeared as a concerto soloist with various orchestras on both instruments as well. Rachel is a long-time member of the prestigious Arizona Music Fest and in the summers can be found performing with the Landmarks Orchestra, at the New Hampshire Music Festival, and teaching at the Greenwood Music Camp (Junior Division). She also enjoys playing chamber music at the Monadnock Music Festival and with Collage New Music. Rachel holds a BM from the New England Conservatory of Music, a Graduate Diploma from The Studio, in Kent, England with Trevor Wye, and a Diploma from the Juilliard School (Pre-College Division). She can be heard in dozens of recordings with BMOP on the Chandos, Naxos, and BMOP labels. Rachel is married to the violinist and Concertmaster Charles Dimmick. Their daughter, Chloe, is also an accomplished young violinist. Their two cats, Bod and Silas, somehow manage to thrive despite their noisy household, although they draw the line when Rachel practices the piccolo.

JUDY GRANT

Judy Grant is a professional flutist who has received national recognition for her teaching expertise.  Each year, her flute students are recruited by major music schools across the United States and abroad, from Eastman and Juilliard in New York, to the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, to the Royal Academy of Music in London.  Ms. Grant’s students have performed in concert halls around the world, have been featured on the NPR show “From the Top,” and have been named finalists of the annual National Flute Association High School Soloist Competition eleven times in the last twelve years, including the First Prize winner in 2010.  In 2008, 2009, and again in 2011, Ms. Grant was the only teacher represented by 2 out of the 8 NFA finalists, students who were chosen from an international applicant pool.  In 2012, the NFA 3rd Prize Winner was also from Ms Grant’s studio.

Known for her problem-solving skills and her ability to uncover students’ true musical potential, she is in high demand as a teacher.  Flutists regularly come from around New England and the nation to train with her.  Ms. Grant’s flute students are regular winners of Boston area competitions and perform as concerto soloists in historic venues such as Jordan Hall, Sanders Theatre, Tsai Performance Center, Gasson Hall, and Trinity Chapel.  For the last 14 consecutive years, Ms. Grant’s students have won positions in both the Boston Youth Symphony (BYS) and NEC’s Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (YPO), both of which are leading youth orchestras in the United States.  In 2006-2007, Ms. Grant’s flute students held positions in every large ensemble at the New England Conservatory:  YPO, YSO, YRO, Sr. MYWE, and Jr. MYWE, as well as the top two orchestras at BYSO.  In 2007-2008, Ms. Grant’s students were members of six different youth orchestras/wind ensembles at NEC and BYSO.  In 2008-2009, an unprecedented 6 out of the 8 flute positions in BYS and YPO were held by Boston Flute Academy students studying with Ms. Grant.  Ms Grant’s students have continued this level of excellence and success every year to the present.  This year 2013-2014, four of the five flutists in BYS study with Ms Grant at Boston Flute Academy.

In addition to her work at BFA, Ms. Grant teaches flute performance to undergraduate and graduate music majors and non-majors at Boston College, where she has been on faculty for 17 years.  Her previous college appointments were as Lecturer in Music for the UMass Boston Performing Arts Department, and as Adjunct Professor of Music at the Atlantic Union College/Thayer Conservatory.  Ms. Grant taught flute for many years at the All Newton Music School and Brookline Music School, and at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School.  These associations gave her the opportunity to participate in pedagogical research studies, develop her own teaching methods with hundreds of students of all ages and levels, and  work with students from varied cultures around the world.  She has taught flute players from more than 19 countries over the course of her career.

In the Boston music community, Ms. Grant has served as President of the Greater Boston Flute Association, Local Chair for the National Flute Association Convention in Boston, and member of the Pappoutsakis Flute Competition Board of Directors.  Ms. Grant was the Founding Manager and later Artistic Director of the BYSO Intensive Community Program, working with celebrated pedagogue Bonnie Black over the span of 10 years to provide classical music training to hundreds of children from Boston’s inner city and other underrepresented communities.  During this time, Ms. Grant was interviewed for several TV shows, including Urban Update with Byron Barnett, Sunday with Liz Walker, and the Susan Warnick Show.  The National Endowment for the Arts praised the high artistic quality and teaching methods of ICP, calling it a model music training program for underserved youth.

Ms. Grant received her Master of Music degree in flute performance from the Boston University College of Fine Arts, where she trained with Boston Symphony Orchestra flutist Leone Buyse.  A native of North Carolina, Ms Grant studied with Brooks de Wetter-Smith at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she completed her Bachelor of Music degree in flute performance while continuing her studies in applied mathematics.  An accomplished performer, Ms. Grant is at home in a wide range of styles, from the Baroque to the contemporary, and in a variety of settings, from concert hall to recording studio.  She credits Leone Buyse with influencing her concepts of orchestral playing as well as the Baroque and Classical styles, and she credits Brooks de-Wetter Smith with influencing her concepts of solo performing, as well as the Romantic and Modern styles.  Ms. Buyse also had a big impact on her piccolo proficiency, as Dr. Smith did with his excellent extended techniques training.  These skills are all being passed on to students at the BFA.

Ms. Grant’s years of professional music training, teaching experience, performing arts management, and community involvement have all come together in one place, at the Boston Flute Academy.

DR. AMANDA HARBERG

Amanda Harberg is a composer whose work has been described by the New York Times as “a sultry excursion into lyricism.” Her writing for a wide range of instruments weaves classical Western tradition with contemporary influences to create a distinctively personal style which “conveys a thoroughly original sense of happiness in music,” according to Cleveland Classical. “She invigorates the brain and touches the soul,” says composer John Corigliano. “I love her work.”

Her work has been conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, JoAnn Falletta, David Alan Miller and David Lockington, among others. She has been commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association, the New World Symphony, the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Juilliard School, the Albany Symphony’s Dogs of Desire, the New Jersey Youth Symphony, the Dorian Wind Quintet, the Bay Atlantic Symphony, the Harmonium Choral Society, and the Network for New Music. She has also received many consortium commissions for new recital works.

Harberg’s recently completed Piccolo Concerto will be premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra, renowned piccoloist Erica Peel, and conducted by Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the Fall 2021 Digital Stage series. Her Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, and her Elegy for Viola and Strings, were each performed by violist Brett Deubner and orchestras worldwide, and can be heard on Naxos American Classics with the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra.

Her work has also been presented at leading institutions including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Verizon Hall, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and Bargemusic. Her recent works for flute and piccolo have won numerous awards and Harberg “has become something of a hero to the flute and piccolo community along the way,” notes the website of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Harberg has received a Fulbright Hays fellowship, the Juilliard School’s Peter Mennin prize, two New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowships, a New York State Council on the Arts Fellowship, and a MacDowell Colony summer residency. Her chamber music has also won four Newly Published Music Awards from the National Flute Association. Her music is published by Theodore Presser Company and her work has been recorded on many labels including Naxos American Classics and Koch International.

As the in-house composer for Common Good Productions, Harberg has composed scores for The Abominable Crime, an award winning feature documentary, and Beyond Borders: Undocumented Mexican Americans which aired over 2,000 times on PBS stations across the country, as well as a number of shorter films for Common Good Productions.

Also active as a concert-level pianist, Harberg has recently performed with principals of major orchestras including Erica Peel (Philadelphia Orchestra), Martin Chalifour (Los Angeles Philharmonic), YaoGuang Zhai (Baltimore Symphony), Robert Langevin (New York Philharmonic), Dennis Kim (Pacific Symphony), and Mindy Kaufman (New York Philharmonic), as well as with close colleagues Julietta Curenton, Valerie Coleman, Adrian Morejon, Benjamin Fingland, and Jessica Meyer.

Dr. Harberg is a dedicated educator with more than two decades of experience teaching composition, piano, music theory, aural skills, and 20th/21st century music history. She is in her sixth year of teaching composition at Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts, and in the summers she is on the composition faculty at the Interlochen Arts Camp. Harberg began teaching through the Morse Fellowship program, which sends Juilliard students into New York City public schools. She also served on the faculty of the Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program, which is dedicated to educating students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds. Harberg has also taught composition at the the Luzerne Music Center, the Rocky Ridge Music Center, and the ASTA Chamber Music Institute. Harberg is a frequent guest at schools and universities where she particularly enjoys speaking to students about how to live an artistically vital and authentic life in today’s society.

Dr. Harberg completed her undergraduate and masters degrees at the Juilliard School and earned her PhD from Rutgers University School of Graduate Studies. She received a Fulbright/Hays fellowship to study for a year with composer/pianist Frederic Rzewski. Currently living with her family in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Harberg is on the faculty at Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts and the Interlochen Arts Camp.

DR. ALICE JONES

Raised in Austin, TX, Alice Jones is a musician whose multi-faceted career welcomes new listeners into the world of music. As a flutist, composer, teacher, and administrator, she pushes against the boundaries of what it means to be a musician, whose voices can be heard, and what success looks like. In 2020, she became the Assistant Dean of Community Engagement and Career Services at the Juilliard School, drawing upon her commitment to music creation, education, and collaboration.

An avid symphonic, chamber, theater, and contemporary performer, Alice was praised by Mario Davidovsky as “the flute player who could really play” and Fanfare Magazine called her 2017 album with Ensemble 365 “pretty music faultless... required listening.” Her performances have been described as “lively” (New York Times), “superb” (Carole Farley, soprano), and “delicate and passionate with beautiful articulation and dynamics” (Eleanor Cory, composer). She has been a featured soloist and chamber musician at the Look and Listen Festival, Composers Now Festival, the Yale-China Music Exchange in China, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and Chamber Music Campania (Italy). She is a member of the New York-based collective The Curiosity Cabinet, whose interdisciplinary performances feature 20th and 21st century music combined with film, puppeteers, dance, narration, and acting. She was a founding member of the woodwind quintet Fiati Five, which toured Italy for four seasons.

Alice’s chamber music arrangements and compositions have been performed by the Phoenix Orchestra (Boston), University of New Mexico horn studio, and Lucera Vocal Institute (Italy). In 2020, she launched #tinyefforts2020, inviting performances of four open instrumentation solos she composed that summer through social media platforms, sharing the scores for free and paying any performer who participated. Her most recent commissions come from Gaudete Brass, Decoda (Carnegie Hall), Amity Trio, Millikin University, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and the Phoenix Orchestra (Boston).

She is a skilled fundraiser and strategic arts administrator, having led the Development Department at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music for four years. At the Conservatory, she also designed and curated three seasons of Parlour Room Sessions, an audience engagement-driven chamber music series which featured female and BIPOC musicians on stage in nearly every performance. She currently curates the Faculty Artist Recital Series at Luzerne Music Center. In 2018, she was named to the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs inaugural Leadership Accelerator cohort, a group of dynamic cultural leaders from traditionally underrepresented groups.

As a classroom instructor, studio teacher, and teaching artist, Alice is inspired by the intersection between aesthetics and music cognition—the place where listener, performer, and composer meet—and how this intersection propels innovative artistry. She teaches flute at Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program and Montclair State University and is a sought-after workshop facilitator, having led workshops for the Mostly Mozart Festival, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble Connect, University of New Mexico, the Frost School (University of Miami), Opportunity Music Project, and Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival. At The Juilliard School, she teaches entrepreneurship and classroom pedagogy in the college division, in addition to flute and community building in Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program. She is a flute faculty member at Montclair State University. She previously served on the music faculties at the Aaron Copland School of Music at CUNY Queens College, CUNY Queensborough Community College, CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College, SUNY Purchase College, UpBeat (an El Sistema program in the Bronx), and Luzerne Music Center.

Alice graduated from Yale University (BA), SUNY Purchase (MM, AD), and the CUNY Graduate Center (DMA). Her principal teachers include James DeVoll, Robert Dick, Juliana May, Tara Helen O’Connor, and Sergio Pallotelli.

Alice lives in New York City. When she's not musicking, she’s likely walking her dogs or making ice cream. She is a Haynes artist.

MATTHEW LEE

Matthew Lee is a flutist, educator and conductor living in Boston, MA. He is quickly establishing himself as one of New Englands’ most in demand flute players, having performed with A Far Cry, the Boston Ballet Orchestra, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as being featured soloist for the Viva Bach Peterborough Festival in 2024. Matthew maintains an active studio of private students as well as teaching at Wellesley Highs School. Matthew has given masterclasses and workshops at Boston University, University of Nebraska-Omaha, University of Rhode Island and Plymouth State University. Matthew is a graduate of Boston University and the University of Canterbury where he studied with Linda Toote, Ann Bobo and Anthony Ferner respectively. He has also undertaken extensive study with Diana Morgan, Sharon Sparrow, Elizabeth Rowe, Cynthia Meyers, James Kortum and Bridget Douglas.

YECHAN MIN

Yechan Min was born in Seoul, Republic of Korea. He spent his childhood learning to play the flute in his school and youth orchestra. When he was twelve years old, music claimed his heart and he knew he wanted to be a flutist.

At the age of seventeen, he played for Paula Robison who insisted that he moved to Boston, Massachusetts to study with her at the New England Conservatory of Music. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree as a student of “American Treasure” Paula Robison, and he has received New England Conservatory’s Donna Heiken Presidential Flute Scholarship for his Master of Music degree. These began his parts of years of life in Boston and gave huge changes in both playing and personality.

He has started win competitions since 2015, including Rochester Flute Association Flute Competition (2020), Singapore Flute Competition (2018). Hong Kong International Music Competition (2018), Sungjung Music Competition (2016), and Seoul National University Wind Competition (2016), and Korea Flute Association Competition (2015-6), which followed by winners’ concerts. In addition, he was selected to perform a Kumho Prodigy Concert Solo Recital at Kumho Art Hall in 2017, and he was invited back to present a Kumho Young Artist Concert Solo Recital on July 25, 2020. Most recently, he performed in Jordan Hall as a member of the Zephyr Woodwind Quintet, a 2022-23 New England Conservatory Honors Ensemble.

DR. EMILIO RUTLLANT

Chilean-American flutist Dr. Emilio Miguel Rutllant is a dynamic musician and educator based in Vero Beach, Florida. Alongside his musical career, Emilio draws inspiration from his love of nature, often cycling, kayaking, and traveling with his beloved Samoyed, Figaro. 

Currently, Emilio serves as the principal flutist for the Symphony of the Americas and the Northern Lights Music Festival. He has held prestigious roles, including positions with the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra and as the first woodwind fellow of the Minnesota Orchestra, where he recorded part of Osmo Vänskä's Mahler symphonies collection. His diverse experience includes performances with the Miami City Ballet, Nu Deco Ensemble, Symphonia Boca Raton, and many other Florida-based ensembles.

In addition to his orchestral work, Emilio is committed to education. Since 2020, he has been an adjunct professor of flute and music theory at Indian River State College and serves as Music Director for the Music Angels Education Fund, a nonprofit providing music lessons and instruments to underprivileged students. Emilio regularly shares his expertise through masterclasses across the U.S. and abroad. 

Emilio’s musical journey has taken him to perform chamber music and solo recitals across the U.S., Europe, and Chile. He has collaborated with renowned artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Gloria Estefan, Ben Folds, and James Galway, performing under esteemed conductors like Osmo Vänskä and Michael Tilson Thomas. Dr. Rutllant holds a Doctorate of Music Arts and Master’s Degree from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, a Bachelor of Music Degree from Stetson University, and partial studies at the Lynn University Conservatory of Music. Primary teachers include Trudy Kane, Jeffrey Khaner, and Susan McQuinn, and additional studies with Walter Auer, Marco Zoni, and Jasmine Choi.

KYRESE WASHINGTON

Kyrese Washington (they/them) is a dedicated performer and composer currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Classical Flute at Manhattan School of Music, under the mentorship of Valerie Coleman. Recently, Kyrese had the honor of performing at significant events, including Sonia Sanchez’s 90th Birthday celebration at the Schomburg Center for Black Culture, as well as commemorating the abolishment of slavery in New York with the Black Orchestral Network.

Hailing from Raleigh, North Carolina, Kyrese’s journey as a composer began in middle school with the creation of "A New Beginning," which they premiered with their 8th-grade band. Although their passion for composition continued throughout high school, they ultimately focused on the flute as their primary pursuit while still composing for personal enjoyment. As a Presser Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Kyrese earned a Bachelor’s degree in Flute Performance, distinguished by premiering original works during both of their required solo recitals. Notably, during their junior recital, they introduced "Pop Off, Queen" for flute duo, and in their senior year, they premiered "meditation i" for solo flute and digital media, "bees?" for flute duo, and "Purgatory" for reed ensemble.

As a performer, Kyrese has showcased their talent as a soloist with both the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra and the UNCG Symphony Orchestra, performing Carl Nielsen’s "Concerto for Flute and Orchestra." They recently won 1st prize at the Raleigh Area Flute Association Young Artist Competition and are currently a semi-finalist for the Rochester Flute Association Emerging Artist Competition. Prior to relocating to New York City, they served as Principal Flutist of Appalachia: A Southeastern Wind Symphony and the Greensboro College Wind Ensemble. Kyrese is deeply grateful for the guidance and support of their mentors, including Dr. Kelly Nivison, Dr. Erika Boysen, and Dr. Timothy Hagen, who have been instrumental in their artistic development.

ADAM WORKMAN

Raised in Vergennes, Vermont, flutist Adam Workman moved to Boston in 1998 to pursue his love of music. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Flute Performance from the Boston University College of Fine Arts where he studied with Marianne Gedigian, Jacques Zoon, and Linda Toote. He also received considerable guidance from Jonathan Landell, Court Gettel, Louis Moyse, Steven Finley, James Walker, and Paula Robison. Adam has appeared in orchestral, chamber, and solo performances throughout the country, including with Boston-based Commonwealth Chamber Players & Fensgate Chamber Players. His solo CD, “Tribute: Past, Present, Future” was released under the Azadmusico label.

Sought after as a teacher and coach, Adam has had students accepted at The Peabody Conservatory, The Yale University School of Music, The Longy School of Music, and The NYU School of Music. Formerly on faculty at the Boston Flute Academy, he has also coached the flutists of the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra and has taught masterclasses at Boston University College of Fine Arts, Eastman School of Music, Yale School of Music, Peabody Conservatory of Music, New England Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, Interlochen Arts Academy, University of Georgia Athens, University of Missouri, University of Akron, Hartt School of Music, and The Kennedy School in Berlin, Germany, among many others.

In addition to his artistic pursuits, Adam has held high-level roles at major companies in Boston including ViaCell, Inc, The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Biogen Idec, and was also Director of Classic and Amadeus Flutes at the Wm. S. Haynes Flute Company. With this unique background in both the creative and corporate worlds, Mr. Workman founded Muddy River Creative, an Arts Consulting firm, in 2004 (which later developed into Flutistry Boston in 2011). As such, he has made various contributions to the work of Marianne Gedigian, Paula Robison, Steven P. Finley, FluteFX, Charles Villarrubia, The Wm. S. Haynes Flute Company, Yesterday Service Music, The National Flute Association, The University of Texas at Austin, and SonyBMG Records. Adam has proudly served as a member of the Board of Directors for the James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition since 2007. 

Recognized for his repair skills by the Vermont Guild of Flute Making, Mr. Workman was trained in flute repair by master flutemakers Steven P. Finley (FluteFX and Wm. S. Haynes), Jonathan Landell, Muramatsu Flutes, Lillian Burkart, David & Joel Straubinger and is a Muramatsu & Straubinger Certified Repair Technician.