Dr. Tracy Doyle is Assistant Professor of Music at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado where she teaches flute and music education. Tracy recently relocated to Colorado from the San Francisco Bay area, where she performed with various orchestras including the Camellia Symphony in Sacramento, Vallejo Symphony, California Wind Orchestra, and North Bay Opera. In addition to performing, Tracy taught elementary school general music, chorus, and band, specializing in the Orff Schülwerk approach to music education. She currently maintains a private studio in the San Luis Valley and plays Irish flute and whistles in the Celtic music group "Tripping Upstairs."

Tracy received her Doctor of Music Arts degree in flute performance and music history from Louisiana State University and her Masters and Bachelors degrees from the University of Massachusetts.

 Tracy Doyle

Jean's passion is teaching, performing and studying music while sharing her knowledge and talent with others. Her flute studio encompasses instructing all ages at my SW Littleton studio, also one day at Rockley Music Store in Lakewood, both Suzuki and Traditional methods. She teaches preschool music for ages 2 through 5 at the Denver Cooperative Preschool in Denver, along with several piano students.

Jean's background includes a Flute Performance Degree from Southern Illinois University, Suzuki Flute Teacher Certification through Book 5, and a Master's Degree in Library Science and Information Management. Her teachers include Patricia George, Dr Jervis Underwood, Karen Yonovitz, Dr Alexa Still, and all three Denver Symphony members, Pamela Endsley, Cathy Peterson and Julie Thornton. She won an audition as the flute/piccolo player for the Colorado Wind Ensemble, and started with them in 2006-2007 season.

Jean is now in her 5th year with the Colorado Flute Association Board. She is a proud Mom, Jean resides in SW Littleton with her husband, daughter, and her two Border Terriers.

 Jean

Sandra Tiemens hails from Rochester, Minnesota. She graduated cum laude from Lawrence University with a B.M. in Flute Performance and B.A. in Mathematics. She also holds a M.M. in Flute Performance from the University of North Texas. While at North Texas, she was the winner of the 1997 Concerto Competition. She has performed for the 2001 and 2003 National Flute Association conventions, several C.F.A. festivals, and the Aspen Music Festival. Sandra has performed with the Dayton Philharmonic, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, and Fort Collins Symphony.

Her primary flute teachers include Ernestine Whitman, Terri Sundberg, Randy Bowman, Brad Garner, & Alexa Still. In 1997, she enlisted in the United States Air Force, and was stationed with The U.S. Air Force Band of Flight, Dayton, Ohio. She has been a member of The U.S. Air Force Academy Band in Colorado Springs since 2000. Sandra is the flutist and musical director for the Rampart Winds woodwind quintet and performs on both flute and piccolo in the Concert Band. For more information on the U.S. Air Force Academy Band, please visit the website at http://www.usafacademyband.com.

 Sandra

Jennifer Pauley holds a BM in flute performance from the University of Wyoming and an MM in performance with an emphasis in pedagogy from Texas Tech University. She has studied flute with Pamela Endsley of the CSO, Lisa Garner Santa of the LSO, Carol Redman of Santa Fe Pro Musica and Rod Garnett of the University of Wyoming and has performed in masterclasses for William Bennett, Susan Milan, Rhonda Larson, Laurel Ann Mauer, Claire Southworth, Kris Kruger and Alexa Still. Jennifer has also studied Suzuki flute with Rebecca Paluzi and Deborah Kemper and has registered teacher training courses with the Suzuki Association of the Americas.

Jennifer serves as principal of the Brighton Orchestra and Platte Valley Players pit orchestra and performs regularly with the Euterpean Flute Quartet and Euterpean Consort. She is also the director of the Trill Seekers flute choir. Jennifer has been teaching the flute for over ten years. She teaches students of all ages and ability levels at her private studio, Traverso Studios in Brighton and serves as Suzuki flute instructor at the Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts in Lafayette. She initiated the University of Wyoming community lessons program during the summer of 2007 and has also taught at the Music Education Center in Thornton. In addition to private teaching, Jennifer has published several articles with Flute Talk Magazine.

Jennifer serves as membership coordinator for the Colorado Flute Association and is a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, the Denver Musicians Association and the Music Teachers National Association.

 Jennifer

Judy just moved to Boulder this spring. She has a B.A. in Music Education from Rutgers University, a B.Mus in Music Therapy from Michigan State University, and an M. M. in Flute performance from the University of Tennessee. She also holds an M.S. in Special Education from the University of Kansas, and worked as a special education teacher for emotionally disturbed children for many years.

In the past she has played in community orchestras on a regular basis. She founded and played in a woodwind quintet for 6 years in Topeka, KS, and founded and played for 11 years in a Klezmer Band, /Tennessee Schmaltz/, in Knoxville, TN. The band has put out 2 CDs.

Here in Boulder, Judy is still searching for performing groups. She is setting up a small teaching studio in her home, and will continue to study the flute. Stay tuned.

Margaret Peterson is a National Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM) by the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA). She holds a B.A. degree from Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL and a Master of Music degree in performance from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

Margaret's primary flute instruction has been with Walfrid Kujala, Arthur Kitti and Oscar Werner plus Master Classes with James Galway in Stowe, England and Weggis, Switzerland. Margaret has been a member of the Fox Valley Symphony, Aurora, IL; taught and developed the flute program for fifteen years at Colorado Academy, Denver, CO,and manages the Four Winds Flute Quartet in Golden, CO. She teaches Suzuki and traditional methods in her private studio in Golden, CO.

 Margaret

Kristi Ballif currently teaches flute at Mesa State College and plays in the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra, the Western Colorado Flute Choir, and the Mesa State College Faculty Woodwind Quintet. Kristi earned her Master of Music degree in Flute Performance from Arizona State University and her Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from Brigham Young University. Her instructors have included Elizabeth Ruppe, Trygve Peterson, and Elizabeth Buck. Kristi is the author of Music Theory for the Flutist, a theory workbook designed especially for flute lessons.

kristiballif@msn.com

Becky Weidman teaches flute at Western State College and music at the Crested Butte Community School. She is completing a DMA from the University of North Texas where she studies with Terri Sundberg and holds degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder (MM) and Oberlin Conservatory (BM), having studied with Alexa Still and Michel Debost.

Becky has performed across the country as a guest artist in New York, Texas, and Colorado and in 2007 won the Mid-South Young Artist Competition in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She has been a member of the Garland, Las Colinas, and Arlington Symphonies and the band Tin Roof Tango in Dallas, Texas. From 2001-2004 she was on the faculty at the Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts, teaching flute, piano, and Intro to Instruments and performed frequently with the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra.

bweidman@western.edu

Flutist Christina Jennings is praised for virtuoso technique, rich tone, and command of a wide range of literature featuring works from Bach to Zwilich. The Houston Press declared: “Jennings has got what it takes: a distinctive voice, charisma, and a pyrotechnic style that works magic on the ears.” The first flutist in fifteen years to win the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, other honors include First Prize at the Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition and the William C. Byrd Competition. In 2007 Musical America listed her as “an artist to watch.” Highlights of the 2007-2008 season include performances with the Takács String Quartet, a performance of the Christopher Rouse Flute Concerto with the Spokane Symphony, a collaboration with Juthro Tull, and Philadelphia performances of Pierre Boulez’s Le marteau sans maître.

Active as a concerto soloist, Ms Jennings has appeared with the Utah and Houston Symphonies, Orchestra 2001, Park Avenue Chamber Orchestra, Flint Symphony, Orchestra de Camera (Mexico), and Pro Musica (UK). Recent chamber music festivals include Strings in the Mountains (CO), Cascade Head (OR), OK Mozart (OK), Chamber Music Quad Cities (IA), and the Bowdoin International Festival (ME).

As broad-gauged in her musical pursuits as she is in her repertoire choices, Ms. Jennings is Principal Flute with the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (Houston), collaborates with pianist Lura Johnson, and enjoys mixing disciplines through projects with David Parsons Dance Companies and members of Pilobolus. In addition, she is the founder of Oklahoma City’s Brightmusic Series. Chamber music partners have included So Percussion, the Brentano and Avalon Quartets, soprano Lucy Shelton, and cellist Colin Carr.

Christina Jennings can be heard in works by Alec Wilder alongside jazz great Marian McPartland in a shared CD for Albany Records. Also on Albany Records is a disc featuring Ms. Jennings as soloist in Shulamit Ran’s flute concerto Voices with the Bowling Green Philharmonia. Of the recently released Jennings-Johnson Duo CD, the American Record Guild declared: “Jennings is an extraordinary musician, with facile technique, a soaring tone, and a natural sense of phrasing that is often absent from flute playing.”

Ms. Jennings grew up in Vermont and is the daughter of Andrew Jennings, former member of the Concord String Quartet. She received her Bachelor and Master’s degrees at The Juilliard School, and her principal teachers include Carol Wincenc, Leone Buyse and Jeanne Baxtresser. Based in Boulder, she teaches at the University of Colorado.