Instructor of Music
Elizabeth Downing

Flutist Elizabeth Downing is a soloist, chamber musician and flute instructor at the University of Maine. 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 masterclasses with James Galway, Shaul Ben-Meir, and Geoffrey Gilbert. Elizabeth has been the director of masterclasses 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 and the Pastorale Winds,with Noel Paul Stookey, 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, Boston, "Live from Studio B" and "Bed and Breakfast" on Maine Public Broadcasting Network.Active as a teacher and performer, 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 Coordinator of New Student Programs at the University of Maine in charge of Orientation, Open House Programs, and New Student Receptions.Other professional affiliations include membership in the National Orientation Directors Association, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, National and New England Associations of College Admissions Counseling, the Alumni Association of the University of Maine, and she has attended the Harvard Institute on College Admissions. 

liz.downing@umit.maine.edu