Lynne B.

Independent Music Professional

United Kingdom

About

An experienced instrumental teacher (flute & piano) and performer (flute - soloist, ensemble and orchestral player) playing at professional level, looking to gain further orchestral/ensemble/solo flute-playing experience. A proficient pianist with orchestral/ensemble conducting experience, experience on piccolo/baroque flute and with proven academic abilities. Qualifications: BMus Hons (Sheffield), MA in Music (Open University), with distinction, FRSM (flute: performing). Training: Paul Chapman (Opera North), Stina Bisengaliev (Opera North), David Nicholson (RSAMD/ RCS and Scottish Chamber Orchestra), Paul Edmund-Davies (London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia etc.), Joanna Shaw (SCO, Scottish Ballet), masterclasses with William Bennett, Lorna McGhee, Katherine Bryan (RSNO), Ruth Morley (Red Note Ensemble), Alison Mitchell (SCO). Recent orchestral: Amicus Orchestra - Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra, Brahms-Symphony no. 2, Sibelius-Violin Concerto, Shostakovich-symphony no. 10, Tchaikovsky-Piano Concerto no. 1, Peter Maxwell Davies-Orkney Wedding with Sunrise, Bruch-Scottish Fantasy, Mendelssohn-symphony no. 3 Glasgow CO - Haydn - Symphony no. 101 'The Clock', Brahms- Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Rossini-Overture to La Cenerentola, Ravel-Mother Goose Suite, Blake-The Snowman Fife Opera - Bizet-Carmen, Mozart-Magic Flute, Tchaikovsky-Eugene Onegin, Gounod-Faust, Verdi-La Traviata, Puccini-Gianni Schicchi, Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana, Puccini-La Boheme Meadows CO - Chopin-piano concerto, Rachmaninov-piano concerto no. 2, Strauss-Horn Concerto no. 1, Poulenc-Piano Concerto, Mozart-Piano Concerto no. 23, Ravel-Mother Goose Suite, Dvorak-Czech Suite, Strauss-Oboe Concerto, Sibelius-Symphony no. 3 Recent ensemble: Giuliani-Grand Sonata in A for flute & guitar + Eden Ensemble (with Stephen Morrison-guitar) Madeleine Dring-Trio Poulenc-Sextet + Marlands Ensemble R Strauss-Suite for 13 Winds + Amicus Orchestra winds Nielsen-wind quintet + Marlands Ensemble Flute/piano recital 'East meets West' + Peter Churchill (piano) in Birmingham/Edinburgh Flute/piano recitals 'Duo Picante' in Manchester/Edinburgh + Alison Farshi Recent orchestral solo work: Soloist in J S Bach-Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 + Ensemble Alba Soloist in Mozart-flute concerto in G major + Dunblane CO Soloist in J S Bach-Suite no. 2 in B minor + Edinburgh CO Soloist in J S Bach-Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 + Dunbar Choral Society Flautist-in-residence, Sherborne Summer School of Music - 2010 >present

Experience

  • Freelance performer (flute) at Independent Music Professional
    Jan 2011 - Present · 15 yrs 7 mos

    *Appointed principal flute with Glasgow Chamber Orchestra in August 2020> *Principal flute with Amicus Orchestra from 2014> *Fife Opera orchestra member from 2014 *Flautist-in-residence for piano accompaniment course at Sherborne Summer School of Music from 2010> Performances 2011> with Amicus Orch (Christian Kluxen, James Lowe, Michael Bawtree, William Conway, Gordon Bragg, Robert Baxter, Jessica Cottis, Catherine Larsen- Maguire, Alistair Digges cond.) 2014:- Soloist in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 + Dunbar Choral Soc. Flute/piano recitals, Chorlton Arts Festival/St Giles'​ Cathedral + Alison Farshi Amicus Orch (Stravinsky, Sibelius and Schubert), Christian Kluxen cond. New Edinburgh Orch. Rehearsal Orchestra Cosi fan tutte-Opera dei Lumi Bizet's 'Carmen'​ - Fife Opera Soloist in Mozart's Flute Concerto in G, Dunblane CO Amicus Orch - Brahms 4 2015:- Marlands Ensemble Amicus winds Dunfermline CU Meadows CO Amicus Orch. Solo recitals South Pacific Fife Opera - Gounod's Faust Marlands Ensemble Amicus - live broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland 2016: Dunfermline CU Stirling UC/Afton Ensemble-J S Bach Magnificat Dunbar CS-St John Passion Glasgow CO Meadows CO Marlands Ensemble Sherborne SSM Meadows CO Fife Opera - Eugene Onegin Amicus Orch. 2017: Amicus Orch. Meadows CO Solo recital with Peter Churchill, piano Dunbar Choral Meadows CO Sherborne SSM, Aug Fife Opera - Magic Flute 2018: Chill Winds wind quintet Meadows CO Dunfermline CU Amicus Orch: Mahler 1, Strauss 4 Last Songs Stirling CU Marlands Ensemble Sherborne SSM Ensemble Alba: soloist-Brandenburg 5 Amicus Orch: Maxwell Davies, Bruch, Mendelssohn at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig 2019: Amicus Orch: Bach, Vivaldi, Brahms Amicus Orch: Humperdinck, Bruch, Dvorak Amicus Orch: Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich Fife Opera - Verdi-La Traviata 2020: Amicus Orch: Glinka, Trujillo, Mozart Dunfermline CU Eden Ensemble

  • Private instrumental teacher (flute & piano) at Independent music professional
    Sep 1995 - Present · 30 yrs 11 mos

    Lynne has been teaching flute and piano both privately and as a visiting peripatetic teacher for over 25 years and she also teaches music theory to ABRSM Grade 5.

  • Recorder teacher at Bradford Council
    Jan 1996 - Jul 1997 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Lynne taught recorder in various primary schools in the Bradford area to classes varying from 3-30 children. She helped children learn the fundamentals of music notation and devised a system of certificates as an aid to progress on the recorder.

  • Visiting woodwind tutor at Westville House Private Primary School, Ilkley
    Oct 1995 - Jul 1997 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Lynne taught individual lessons on flute and clarinet to primary children in order to help them prepare for school performances and for ABRSM exams.

  • Peripatetic woodwind teacher at North Yorkshire County Council
    Sep 1995 - Jul 1997 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Lynne taught flute, clarinet and fife in various schools (primary and secondary) in the Harrogate and Skipton area to small groups of 1-5 children. She helped children prepare for their school music practical exams and for ABRSM exams.