A
native of New York, Linda Toote is the Principal Flutist of the Boston Lyric Opera. She
performs regularly with the Boston Symphony and the Boston Pops and
Esplanade Orchestras, having appeared as soloist with these groups on
several occasions. She has held Principal Flute positions with the
Tampa, Atlanta and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras, the Santa Fe and Lake
George Opera Orchestras. Invitations from the Baltimore, Detroit and
St. Louis Symphonies have included recent recording and touring with
these orchestras. An avid educator, and former member of the faculty of
the University of Tampa and Emory University, Ms. Toote is currently on
faculty at Boston University and Boston Conservatory. During the summer
months she is on faculty at the Aria Institute, has coached chamber
music and masterclasses at the Tanglewood Music Center and serves as
Director of the Flute Workshop of Boston University's Tanglewood
Institute. Recently, Ms. Toote dedicated 15 months to the task of
organizing performing flutists from over 20 countries as the Program
Chair for the 37th Annual convention of the National Flute Association,
held in New York City in 2009. The convention saw a record breaking
attendance of over 4600 flutists. Convention appearances of her own
have included those of Dallas, Washington D.C., Albuquerque, Chicago,
Philadelphia, and Anaheim. She is now active as a board member of the
National Flute Association. Her recordings include many symphonic works
with the Atlanta Symphony on the Telarc label and works of many genres
with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops. A graduate of the Mannes
College of Music, where she studied with John Wion, Ms. Toote also was a
student of Thomas Nyfenger at Yale University.
Jill
Felber
has performed solo recitals, chamber music, and concertos on four
continents and has held residencies in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia,
Mexico, France, Switzerland, Great Britain, Italy and the United States.
Also a tireless promoter of new music, Ms. Felber has inspired many
composers to write solo and chamber works for her and for her flute duo
ZAWA!, and is currently engaged in several commissioning projects. She
has premiered over three hundred works for the flute and has released
world premiere recordings for Centaur Records, CRI, Neuma Records, and
ZAWA!MUSIC. Currently
Professor of Flute at University of California, Santa Barbara, Ms.
Felber has taught on the faculties of Ohio University, Capital
University, and Wright State University.
Jill Felber
has held residencies in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, Mexico, France,
Switzerland, Great Britain, Italy, Canada and the United States.
Currently Professor of Flute at University of California, Santa Barbara,
she has premiered over three hundred works for the flute and has
recorded for Centaur Records, CRI, Neuma Records, and ZAWA!MUSIC.
A
regular on concert series throughout North America,
Jonathan Keeble is one of the
leading performer/pedagogues of his generation. His concerto appearances
with orchestras and wind ensembles have taken him to venues in North
America, South America and Europe.
Jonathan’s
passion for new music led him to commission many new works for the flute
from rising young composers. From these efforts come the recently
released, critically acclaimed recordings “Voyage,” music for flute and
harp, and “Turbulent Winds” with the Prairie Winds. These come in
addition to his first solo recording, icarus, and Gale Force, ranked
among the top 15 recordings of 2000 by Chicago Tribune critic John von
Rhein. In addition to his active solo and chamber career, Jonathan is
the Principal Flute of Sinfonia da Camera.
Recently
Jonathan was the featured artist at Flutemania in Arvika, Sweden, and as
a member of the Prairie Winds, he received a grant from Chamber Music
America to perform and teach throughout Alaska. Recent tours have taken
Jonathan to Mexico City to perform and teach at the National
Conservatory, in addition to concerts and classes in Austria, Holland,
Serbia, Canada and the Far-East.
This year’s performance calendar includes two separate tours of
the west coast, in addition to being a featured artist for the Texas
Flute Society, Seattle Flute Society, and Northeast Ohio Flute
Association.
He is a regular performer, adjudicator, and presenter at National Flute Association conventions, and is currently the Chair of the Association. Jonathan’s teaching experience includes his present position as the flute professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He spends summers performing and teaching at Aria International, Madeline Island Music Camp, and at the University of Illinois Summer Youth Music Flute Camp.
Known
internationally for his refined musicianship and versatility, American
flutist Seth Allyn Morris has earned numerous accolades around the country.
He has won First Prize at the 25th annual
Myrna W. Brown Artist Competition, the 29th annual James Pappoutsakis
Memorial Flute Competition and both the Kentucky Flute Festival's Young
Artist and Collegiate Artist Competitions. Seth has given solo
performances with the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra and the
Bay View Chamber Orchestra and was acknowledged for his outstanding
achievement by The House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky.
As an orchestral flutist, Seth has performed with
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Arbor Opera Theater, the American
Institute of Musical Studies Festival Orchestra in Graz, the
Callithumpian Consort, the Freisinger Chamber Orchestra, the Discovery
Ensemble (of which he was a founding flutist), and is currently the
piccoloist of the West Michigan Symphony.
The Tamino Duo, which he founded in 2008
with flutist Benjamin Smolen, has given performances throughout the
United States and Europe and has been featured in the Boston Globe, on
Cambridge Community Television, and on WGBH-Boston with flutist Fenwick
Smith.
Currently a student of Amy Porter, Seth is pursuing
a Doctor of Musical Arts in Flute Performance at the University of
Michigan where he serves as the Graduate Student Instructor for the
flute studio and is the recipient of a full Rackham Graduate School
Fellowship.
Seth holds a Master of Music with Honors
from the New England Conservatory and Bachelor of Music degrees in Flute
Performance and Music Education from the University of Kentucky. While
at UK, Seth was the recipient of the O. Helton Memorial Acres
Scholarship and Mildred Lewis Music Education Scholarship.
His past teachers include Paula Robison,
Fenwick Smith and Gordon Cole.