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She is a flautist, piccolo player and teacher born in
New York who studied at the Northwestern University School of Music and the
Eastman School of Music. She was
a fellow of the Bach Aria Institute and the Stony Brook Festival and in
1993 she became a finalist at the Festivales Internacionales de Flautistas
Enterprises.
She has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician and
has performed with orchestras and ensembles that include the Oklahoma
Woodwind Quintet, the New Hampshire Festival Orchestra, Rochester
Philharmonic Orchestra, Bach Camerata, Eastman-Dryden Orchestra and the
Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra where she holds the position of
Principal Flute.
Appearing on several recordings she can be heard on A
Christmas Delight with the Oklahoma Woodwind Quartet amongst
others.
She is a founder of Oklahoma Flute Society and was the
Chairman of the 1999 Oklahoma Flute Society Flute Solo and Ensemble Festival.
As a teacher she is currently Assistant Professor of
Flute at the University of Oklahoma and also regularly gives master classes
in other states as well as private tuition.
Oklahoma Woodwind Quintet recordings
Angels We Have Heard on High (Traditional French/James Chadwick/Edward Barnes)
Integra IMCD 801 (CD: A Christmas Delight)
Sources:
- http://www.ou.edu/flutes/Watts_Bio.htm
- http://music.ou.edu/inline/Faculty/Woodwinds/watts.html
- http://www.nmsu.edu/~music/community/FluteFusion/Schedule.html
- http://www.news-star.com/stories/092699/art_recital.shtml
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