Elizabeth Downing   Flutist
Elizabeth Downing is a soloist, chamber musician and a faculty member
at The University of Maine where she teaches flute and chamber music.
She
received a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance and a Bachelor of Arts
in German from the University of Maine, and studied at the Mozarteum
Conservatory of Performing Arts and the University of Salzburg in Austria.
She received
a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance at the University of Colorado.
Further studies include work with Claude Monteux and Thomas Nyfenger,
and master classes with James Galway, Shaul Ben-Meir, and Geoffrey Gilbert.
Elizabeth has been the director of master classes for Julius Baker, Robert
Dick and Carol Wincenc. Elizabeth has taught at the Maine Summer Youth
Music, the University of Colorado, and The Boulder Center for New Musical
Directions. Elizabeth is a member of the Bangor Symphony and has performed
with chamber ensembles such as the Trio Camerata, the Pastorale Winds,
with Paul Sullivan and with members of the Bangor Symphony at the “Lemonwheel”
Concert tour of the band PHISH. She has performed as a soloist with members
of the New York Philharmonic in the Arcady Music Festival, with the Leningrad
Chamber Orchestra, and with the Haydn Festival Orchestra under Claude
Monteux.
Elizabeth has appeared on "Morning Pro Musica", WGBH, and Boston,
“Live from Studio B “and” Bed and Breakfast on Maine Public Broadcasting
Network. Elizabeth has organized the Arcady Music Youth Competitions,
and acts as an adjudicator for the Bangor Symphony Youth Competitions
as well
as music festivals throughout New England. Memberships include the National
Flute Association, Maine Music Teacher Association, National Music Teachers
Association, and the Music Educators National Conference.In addition to her music, Elizabeth Downing is the Senior Associate Director of New Student Programs at The University of Maine. Her responsibilities include the Visitors Center, the Telecounseling Program and enrollment management events such as Open House Programs and New Student Orientation.
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