14K Gold Elite Flute
Julia Bogorad-Kogan
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, MN
University of Minnesota
The New York Times called Julia Bogorad-Kogan “a wonderful flutist- her playing is graceful, virtuosic, and always full of interest.” Bogorad-Kogan, who became the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s principal flutist at the age of 22, combines an orchestral career with regular recitals and solo performances. A winner of a Grammy Award for best recording of chamber music, she has performed world-wide, including at New York’s Merkin Concert Hall, the Schubertsaal of the Vienna Konzerthaus, Washington, D.C.’s Phillips Collection, and in Costa Rica and China. A frequent soloist with the SPCO, she is also principal flutist and a soloist at the Grand Teton Music Festival. She has appeared on numerous Saint Paul Sunday radio shows, and at the Marlboro and Ravinia Festivals. Bogorad-Kogan has served as acting principal flutist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony, the National Symphony, and the Minnesota Orchestra. She serves on the faculty of the University of Minnesota, and was an interim faculty member at the Oberlin Conservatory and at the University of Michigan. Her two latest CDs, on the Full Harmonic label, are “Flute Music of the Paris Conservatory,” and “Handel Flute Sonatas,” of which “Flute Talk” magazine wrote, “were you to have only one Baroque CD, it should be this one.” Having attended Oberlin Conservatory, Indiana University and Yale University, she studied with Marcel Moyse, Thomas Nyfenger, James Pellerite, and Robert Willoughby. Bogorad-Kogan is a student of ballet at Dance Spectrum in Saint Paul.
998 Silver Elite Flute with Platinum Headjoint
April Clayton
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
April Clayton is Professor of Flute at Brigham Young University, where she received tenure at age 31. She is also Woodwind Studies Chair at the Gifted Music School pre-college in Salt Lake City, and President of Da Capo Alliance. Dr. Clayton has performed as soloist and chamber artist in London, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Zurich, Paris, Riva del Garda, Granada, Leipzig, Moscow, Vancouver, New York City, and throughout South Korea, Mexico and the United States. For seven years, she was Director of Chamber Music for the European American Musical Alliance. As such, Ms. Clayton worked in Paris alongside members of the faculty of Juilliard, the Paris Conservatory and Ecole Normale de Musique, and other elite schools. She continues her international performance and educational endeavors each summer through the Da Capo Alliance nonprofit.
Ms. Clayton is also a member of the Orpheus Wind Quintet, a leading woodwind quintet in the Intermountain West. She is also flutist with the New York-based flute, viola, harp trio Hat Trick. This group received a nod at the 2017 Grammy Awards as their producer, David Frost, was awarded Best Classical Producer of the Year. Mr. Frost was given this award based on his work with nine CDs, one of which was Hat Trick’s debut CD, Submerged. Dr. Clayton has been Principal Flute with the Utah Chamber Artists since 2005, and often performs with Ballet West and the Utah Symphony. She has toured as a guest with the New York Woodwind Quintet. She often works with dynamic piano duo partner Jed Moss of Salt Lake City, who was formerly a member of the band Air Supply. Ms. Clayton was formerly principal flute and concerto soloist with the New York Lyric Orchestra, and also played principal flute with The Jupiter Symphony, the National Repertory Orchestra, and at the Sarasota Music Festival.
Ms. Clayton plays on a Burkart Elite 998 Flute with Gold Tone Holes and a Lillian Burkart Platinum Headjoint.
14K Gold Elite Flute
Geoffrey Collins
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, AUS
Australia Ensemble
Adelaide-born Geoffrey Collins studied at the Sydney Conservatorium with Nancy Salas (piano) and Victor McMahon, James Pellerite and Margaret Crawford (flute). He was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 1982 to study in Europe with William Bennett, Michael Debost and Peter Lukas-Graf.
Geoffrey currently holds two positions: his long standing appointment as flautist with the Australia Ensemble and principal flute with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Geoffrey has held a number of the country’s most coveted flute positions, including associate principal flute and frequent guest principal with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and, for many years, principal flute in the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
A concerto soloist with most of Australia’s leading orchestras, he has also played with such contemporary music groups as AZ Music, ACME, the Seymour Group, Flederman and the Sydney Alpha Ensemble. In 2002 he gave the Australian premiere of Christopher Rouse’s flute concerto with the Adelaide Symphony orchestra. Recordings include Spinning (contemporary Australian works), the complete Mozart flute quartets with the Australia Ensemble and a duo recital with Australian harpist Alice Giles, Enchanted Dreams…Exotic Dances.
998 Silver Elite Flute with 19.5K Gold Headjoint
Shanna Gutiérrez
Chicago, IL USA
As a specialist in contemporary performance practice and techniques, flutist Shanna Gutierrez is dedicated to promoting and advancing contemporary music in cultural life today through innovative performances and educational projects. She appears throughout the United States and abroad as a soloist, teacher, clinician, and in various chamber collaborations, including Collect/Project and Sonic Hedgehog. She is the co-founder of FluteXpansions, an online resource for contemporary flute. She has performed as a guest with the Collegium Novum Zürich, ensemble interface, ensemble TZARA, and Fonema Consort, in addition to concerts and residencies in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, The Netherlands, South Korea, Mexico, Colombia, and United Kingdom.
She has received numerous awards and accolades for her performances including, prizes at the Stockhausen Courses, the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music, and a NewMusicUSA project grant. She was a founding member of Chicago-based Ensemble Dal Niente, with whom she received the 2012 Kranichstein Prize for Interpretation. Premieres and performances of pieces written specifically for her have led to appearances at such festivals as the Gaudeamus Muziekweek (NL), Sonic Fusion Festival (UK), Darmstadt New Music Courses (DE), BEAMS Marathon, International Computer Music Conference, Electronic Music Midwest, and Omaha Under the Radar.
Shanna can be heard on several recordings, including the album Mobile with guitarist Jesse Langen, featuring world premiere recordings of music by Fredrick Gifford, and the album SORI featuring works by Kyong Mee Choi for instruments and electronics. Current recording projects also include a solo disc of works for her new Kingma open-hole bass and alto flutes, and a disc of Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf’s works for flute on NEOS.
Shanna has studied contemporary music under Matthias Ziegler, Camilla Hoitenga, Eva Furrer, Philippe Racine, and Kathinka Pasveer. Such has served as indispensable enrichment to her performance studies at the University of Michigan (Amy Porter) and Northwestern University (Walfrid Kujala), where she received her masters and bachelors degrees, respectively. Her formative training was guided by Monty Adams and Dolores Humberg, to whom she is deeply grateful. She was also a former fellow of the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble at the Aspen Music Festival. A passionate educator, Shanna is on faculty of the Music Institute of Chicago, and maintains an active private studio in the Chicago area. She is also certified to teach the Suzuki method having received her training from David Gerry and Kelly Williamson. She performs on a Burkart flute and piccolo and Kingma bass and alto flutes.
10K Gold Elite Flute with Platinum Headjoint
James Hall
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO USA
Flutist James Hall has enjoyed a varied and impressive career as an international soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, and teacher. A versatile and engaging performer, The Kansas City Star called him “red-hot” and the Denver Musical Weekly called his performance “…the best flute performance I have witnessed in my life.” This past summer, he appeared as a soloist with the National Symphony of Paraguay and the Paraguayan National Conservatory Chamber Orchestra, and toured South Africa in recital with pianist Stephen Pierce last Spring. Hall has been the winner of numerous competitions, including New York’s Artists International, St. Louis’ Artist Presentation Society, and the Kansas City Musical Club. He has been heard performing live on Kansas Public Radio and St. Louis’ Classic 99.
Hall is founder, artistic director, and flutist with the Chamber Music Society of Kansas City, which opened its debut season to critical acclaim in 2003. He has also premiered the works of notable American composers, including Hubert Bird’s flute concerto, which he performed in 2005. Hall has served as principal flutist with the Topeka Symphony, Missouri Symphony, St. Joseph Symphony, Greeley Philharmonic, Boulder Philharmonic, and the Boulder Bach Festival orchestras. He also works as a recitalist with pianist Patricia Higdon, with whom he has worked since 2002. As the Hall-Higdon Duo, the two made their Carnegie Hall recital debut in 2004, have since appeared in concert halls throughout the country.
Hall is in high demand as a teacher, having given master classes across the United States and around the world, and he is currently the flute professor at the University of Northern Colorado. Hall holds a doctorate from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and his principal teachers include Rae Terpenning, Mary Posses, and Carol Wincenc.
Platinum Elite Flute
Camilla Hoitenga
Cologne, Germany
As Tim Page wrote in the New York Times, “Miss Hoitenga plays impeccably, produces a full, warm tone from her instrument…her concert, the most exciting program of new music this listener has heard so far this year…”
Most known for her work with composers Kaija Saariaho and Karlheinz Stockhausen, Camilla’s repertoire ranges from pre-Bach to post-Stockhausen. Working with conductors like Susanna Mälkki, Alan Gilbert, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Marin Alsop, and Vladimir Jurowski in concert halls and important festivals all over the world, Camilla has performed concertos written for her by composers such as Kaija Saariaho, Péter Köszeghy and KenIchiro Kobayashi. In addition to writing pieces for flute alone, composers have honored her with music for her various duos, whether with harp, percussion, piano or most recently, the Finnish kantele. A frequent guest in Japan, and with a particular interest in Japanese culture, she has also premiered dozens of pieces written for her by Japanese composers. Her recordings, in particular those with Kaija Saariaho, have won the Charles Gros Grand Prix, the Diapason d’Or and similar awards in France, Great Britain and North America.
Before dedicating her life to performing, Camilla held positions at the Crane School of Music in New York and the Folkwang Hochschule in Duisburg, Germany. She continues to enjoy teaching in private lessons as well as in masterclasses and workshops on various subjects for performers, composers and audiences of all ages. Her own flute teachers were Darlene Dugan, Alexander Murray, Peter Lloyd, Julius Baker and Marcel Moyse.
998 Silver Elite Flute
Stephanie Jutt
“I like to think that I’m an open minded person. I suppose that theoretically, it is possible that I could love a flute more than I do my Burkart 998 with its platinum riser. But I think the odds are infinitesimally small! I try all kinds of flutes constantly, at conventions, in my flute studio with my students, with colleagues in the business – but none other has the depth of sound, the color, the transparency, the flexibility, and the power, all rolled into one beautiful package. I think the Burkart flutes are the best in the world, plain and simple.”
Stephanie Jutt’s elegant artistry and passionate intellect have inspired musicians and audiences around the world. Her groundbreaking performances of new music, transcriptions, and traditional repertoire have made her a model for adventurous flutists everywhere. Ms. Jutt’s all-Brahms recording, Stolen Moments, with Jeffrey Sykes, pianist, was released in January 2005 on Centaur. Three Brahms sonata transcriptions by Stephanie Jutt were issued by International Music Publishing. Jutt received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music, where her teachers were James Pappoutsakis and Paula Robison. She also studied for one year with Marcel Moyse. Stephanie won the coveted Concert Artist Guild and Pro Musicis International Soloist awards, and has performed in recital throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. A devoted teacher, Stephanie Jutt is on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She co-produces the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society summer chamber music festival for three weeks each summer with pianist Jeffrey Sykes in Madison, Wisconsin. Stephanie has served as board member and Program Chair for the National Flute Association, and is currently on the Commissioning and Artistic and Career Committees. As a recipient of a Kauffman award, Stephanie Jutt has created the UW-Madison Arts Enterprise, a multi-faceted initiative which enables emerging artists to envision and create viable career strategies.
Elite Piccolo
Mindy Kaufman
New York Philharmonic, NY USA
"My Burkart piccolo, has great control, beautiful sound, and perfect intonation for me in the NY Phil."
Solo piccolo and flutist Mindy Kaufman joined the New York Philharmonic in 1979 at the age of 22, after performing for three seasons with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. She received a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Walfrid Kujala, Bonita Boyd, and James Galway.
Ms. Kaufman has appeared as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic under the direction of former Music Directors Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, and Lorin Maazel. For one season she substituted as principal flute with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Kaufman performs chamber music regularly with her colleagues in the New York Philharmonic Ensembles, and has performed at the Moab Music Festival, Mt. Desert Festival of Chamber Music, and Grand Teton Music Festival.
In September 2014, Ms. Kaufman was invited to teach in the inaugural two weeks of the Shanghai Orchestra Academy, created through a New York Philharmonic Global Academy partnership with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She previously taught at Columbia University and Mannes Prep. Mindy Kaufman has been a featured artist at the Japan Flute Convention and the National Flute Convention. A sought-after commercial musician, she has performed on more than 45 film sound tracks.
14K Gold Elite Flute
Hyun-Sook Kim
Kyung-won University, Korea
Mrs. Hyun-Sook Kim earned Musician of the Year from the Korean critics and music association group. Hyun-Sook Kim has graduated from Seoul University, Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne – HEMU, and Poland Chopin Conservatory. Hyun-Sook has taught at the prestigious Cincinnati University of Music under an exchange program, and was dean of music at Ga-Chun University.
Currently, she is the professor of flute in Kyung-won University, and is invited to give many performances through the year. Hyun-Sook Kim has been selected as a Burkart Aritst in 2014.
Elite Piccolo
Cheol-Ho Lee
KBS Symphony Orchestra, Korea
Mr. Cheol-Ho Lee, current flute and piccolo player of the KBS Symphony Orchestra, is widely known as a respected teacher, conductor, and performer. He has served as an instructor at Chongshin University, Hanyang University, Kyoungwon Graduate school, Sungsil Conservatory, Seoul Conservatory, Inchon Arts High School, and Gyewon Arts High School. He currently teaches flute and piccolo at Dukwon Art High School, Hanyang University, Yonsei University, and Myungji Graduate School. In addition to his current teaching positions, Mr. Cheol-Ho Lee is principal conductor of the Seoul Flute Choir and the Ezer Chamber Orchestra.
14K Gold Elite Flute
Hong-Gyu Lee
Choong-Chung University, Korea
Mr. Hong-Gyu Lee, former member of the Seoul Symphony Orchestra, is highly respected as a player and teacher. Hong-Gyu Lee graduated from Chung-ju Univ and finished his master’s degree at Dong Graduate School. He has graduated studies at several conservatories such as Austria Innsbruck municipal conservatory, Poland Chopin National Conservatory and Glazunov National Conservatory in Russia. He is a prize winner in the famous Dong-ah Music Competition.
Currently, he is the professor of flute in Choong-Chung University, and also gives classes to many high schools including Seoul Art Middle/High School and Sunhwa Art Middle/High School. Hong-Gyu Lee has been selected as a Burkart Aritst. He is the chairman of the Korea Flute Educators Association (KFEA).
14K Gold Burkart Flute with Mancke Headjoint
Ji-Young Lee
A native of Korea, Ms JiYoung Lee is a concert flutist and a professor.
Lee began playing the flute at age ten and had already established her international fame through her debut performances with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra when she was fourteen years old. While attending Seoul Arts High School, she has performed with the Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra,
Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and became the principal of the Seoul City Youth Orchestra. When she was freshman of Seoul National University, she is the winner of the prestigious Dong-A Music Competition. Lee was recognized for her performances as a soloist and an active member of chamber music. She has been a member of the Yur-eum Woodwind Quintet since 1984 and they have been invited to perform at the Kusatsu International Music Festival in Japan and Nice International Music Festival in France. She received her Master's degree from Peabody Conservatory of Music and before joining the faculty at Hyupsung University, she was a member of the KBS Philharmonic Orchestra for nine years.
Performances with Changwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra, Baroque Orchestra, Bulgaria Sophia Chamber Orchestra, 20 solo recitals, and 32 Yur-eum Woodwind Quintet concerts and TIMF(Tongyeong International Music Festval) Ensemble concert tours throughout Europe, Asia,
and the USA made Lee busy all year round, but brought great pleasure to the audiences for many years.
Lee‘s passion for academics as a scholar has stretched even further in her recent publication of musical essay "Maestro, who
composed 'Love'." As a member of the Yur-eum Woodwind Quintet, she was selected as KBS FM's Korea's Musician and released a recording. Lee is currently is a professor at Hyupsung University and the Director of Hyupsung Flute Cooperation.
14K Gold Elite Flute
Wol-Sook Lee
Dae Gu City Symphony Orchestra, Korea
Kei Myung University
Wol-Sook Lee was the youngest principal flutist of the Dae Gu City symphony orchestra in Korea in 1992. Wol-Sook Lee had several solo performances with Vienna Waltz Orchestra, Dea Gu City Symphony Orchestra, The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Russia Tatarstan National Orchestra, Korea Festival Orchestra, Ukraine Symphony Orchestra, Kyeong Buk Symphony Orchestra, Dae Gu City Korean Music Company. Internationally she has performed many solo recitals including International Exchange Concert of Korea and Japan, Russia Gnesin’s Academy Recital, C.B.S Radio Broadcasting Recital, and Japan Hamamatsu Yamaha Music Camp Recital.
Currently, she is the principal flutist of the Dae Gu City Symphony Orchestra in Korea and teaches at Kei Myung University in Korea. She is also a music director and conductor of Calos Flute Ensemble which she founded and has released several CDs.
998 Silver Elite Flute
Soo-Kyung Park
New York University, New York, NY USA
Manhattan School of Music, Pre-College Division
Flutist Soo-Kyung Park enjoys a multi-faceted career as a soloist, chamber musician, artistic director, producer and teacher. Upon arriving in United States in 1984, Ms. Park was accepted at The Juilliard School in the Pre-College Division, where she studied with Bonnie Lichter. She continued her studies at The Juilliard School where she earned both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music Performance under the tutelage of Julius Baker and Jeanne Baxtresser.
She has performed solo and chamber music concerts in the United States, and throughout Europe and Asia. Her recent performances include solo performance with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra at IBK Hall in Seoul, Korea, Busan Maru Festival in Busan, Kora and Atempo Chamber Ensemble in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Highly in demand as a teacher and coach, Ms. Park has taught master classes in the United States, Europe and Korea. She is currently an Artist Professor at New York University as well as a faculty member of the Manhattan School of Music, Pre-College Division.
As the founding member and artistic director of the Musicians of Lenox Hill, she has led the ensemble for annual performances at the Temple of Israel in NYC for two decades.
998 Silver Elite Flute with Mancke Headjoint
Catherine Ramirez
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN USA
Recognized for her “sensitive and artistic” (Flute Talk Magazine) performances as “a communicator through music” (American Record Guide), flutist Catherine Ramirez has captivated listeners from her humble roots along the U.S. Southern border to audiences around the world. Despite a late start on the flute, Catherine has won three international competition prizes in Italy, First Prize and a New York Debut from the New York Flute Club Young Artist Competition, and has performed as a soloist and chamber artist at such renowned venues as The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, and the Beijing Concert Hall. Equally at home with orchestras, Catherine has performed with such groups as the Mill City Summer Opera, Vermont Mozart Festival, El Paso Symphony, Houston Ballet, Minnesota Orchestra and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. As a dedicated educator of flute and chamber music, she has been an adjudicator and coach for the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, has taught youth to graduate flute students in numerous masterclasses in the U.S., Italy, Colombia, and China, and serves as Artist-in-Residence at St. Olaf College (MN).
Motivated to give back to communities in which she has lived, Catherine taught middle school band in El Paso, organized and performed a concert series of accessible Latin and South American chamber music for Houston’s ‘at-risk’ youth, performed for nuns in Bogotà, and played a tailored program for cancer patients and therapists at mental health clinics in Minnesota. Her performances have been broadcast on WFMT, KUHF and MPR radio, and her research on optimal musical communication has been featured on the cover of The Flutist Quarterly.
Born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Colombian and Mexican-American parents, Catherine grew up in the U.S.-Mexico border city of El Paso, Texas. She began playing the flute in the sixth grade public school band, and started private flute lessons at age 18. She earned performance degrees from Occidental College (BA), the Boccherini Music Institute in Italy (Honors Diploma), Queens College (MA), Yale University School of Music (MM), and Rice University (DMA). Her major teachers include Melissa Colgin-Abeln, Gary Woodward, Marzio Conti, Tara Helen O'Connor, Ransom Wilson and Leone Buyse. She continues this heritage of mentorship with her students in Minnesota.
Catherine Ramirez is extremely grateful and elated to be playing a Burkart Elite 998 Silver Flute with Gold Tone Holes and a 14K Gold Mancke Headjoint, as well as a Burkart XXV Piccolo.
998 Silver Elite Flute
Cathy Ransom-Karoly
Los Angeles Philharmonic, CA USA
Catherine Ransom Karoly was appointed Associate Principal Flute by former Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen in March 2009. She joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic as second flutist in May 1996. In October 2000, she made her solo debut with Salonen conducting the Philharmonic in Ibert’s Flute Concerto.
Before coming to Los Angeles, Karoly spent three seasons as flutist in the New World Symphony in Miami, Florida under music director Michael Tilson Thomas. She appeared as soloist with the NWS on several occasions.
As a member of the award-winning Dorian Wind Quintet from 1994 to 1996, she appeared regularly on chamber music series throughout the United States. She has participated in numerous music festivals, including Marlboro, Tanglewood, and the Spoleto Festival in Italy. She has been a featured performer at La Jolla Music Society’s “SummerFest” since 1991.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Catherine Ransom Karoly received a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School, where she studied with Carol Wincenc. Karoly graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Madison with Phi Beta Kappa honors and was the recipient of a Fulbright Grant to England. Her other teachers include Trevor Wye, Mary Kay Fink, Robert Cole, and Susan Morris DeJong. She is married to LA Phil cellist Jonathan Karoly; together they have three children.
14K Gold Elite Flute
José Ananias Souza Lopes
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Brazil
“The sound of my gold Burkart flute is very special, it has many possibilities and the intonation is terrific. My Burkart flute gives me complete freedom to play in the orchestra and in chamber and solo performances! The quality and the beauty of the workmanship is outstanding, and the precision of the mechanism is stunning!”
José Ananias Souza Lopes was born in Brazil. He plays with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and teaches at Brazil’s major summer festivals in Curitiba, Brasilia, Tatuí and Belém. He taught at the Tatuí Conservatory from 1983 to 1987, and at the São Paulo Music School since 1990. He has presented master classes at the world’s finest music schools. He has studied with Jean Noël Saghaard, Christian Lardé and Pierre-Ives Artaud in Paris, Keith Underwood, Wolfgang Schulz and Jean-Claude Gerard.
Mr. Lopes has released three CDs. The latest one, “A Brazilian Celebration,” is totally dedicated to Brazilian music.
14K Gold Elite Flute with Platinum Headjoint
Elizabeth Shuhan
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA
Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Opus Ithaca School of Music
Elizabeth Shuhan is a visiting lecturer of flute at Cornell University, a lecturer in music education at Ithaca College and the flute instructor and director of education and community engagement at Opus Ithaca School of Music. As the current principal flutist with the Fort Smith Symphony (AR), she has recorded four CDs for the Naxos label. In the summer of 2019, Ms. Shuhan will start her position as faculty artist at Luzerne Music Center where she will teach/coach young musicians and perform with other faculty artists.
As a chamber musician, Ms. Shuhan performs regularly with Opera Ithaca, the Shuhan-Luk Trio and Ithaca Flute Duo. An advocate of new music, she is a resident ensemble member of the Ithaca New Music Collective. She has also performed with the Rochester Philharmonic, Rochester Chamber Orchestra, the Binghamton Philharmonic and the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. Prior to moving to New York, Ms. Shuhan was the director of the University of Arkansas Suzuki Music School, served as visiting assistant professor of flute at the University of Arkansas and was an active chamber musician, clinician and adjudicator in Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. She has also held orchestral positions in the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and the Meridien (MS) Symphony Orchestra.
A laureate of several competitions, Ms. Shuhan is a past winner of the NFA Professional Performer’s competitions, a finalist in the National MTNA competitions, a finalist in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competitions with her college wind quintet and won first prize in the Mid-South Flute Society Competition. She holds degrees from the University of Arkansas and the University of Southern Mississippi and has received advanced Suzuki flute teacher and performance training from Toshio Takahashi (the founder of the Suzuki flute method), Wendy Stern, David Gerry and Kenichi Ueda. Her primary teachers include Sheryl Cohen, Sharon Lebsack and Ronda Mains. She has recorded for Naxos, Albany Records and PBS. Ms. Shuhan has been playing Burkart flutes exclusively since 2005. She currently performs on a 14K gold Burkart Elite flute with silver keys and a Lillian Burkart platinum headjoint with a 14K lip/riser and a Burkart Elite piccolo with gold fittings.
Check out www.lizshuhan.com for up to date information on upcoming performances and teaching.
14K Elite Piccolo
Pamela Stahel
Philharmonia Zurich, Zurich Opera Orchestra, Switzerland
Pamela Stahel spent her youth in the USA. Growing up in a musical family, she began the violin at the age of five. Later after discovering the flute, she went on to earn a BM in music performance with Bernard Z.Goldberg, Soloflutist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Studies with William Hebert, Julius Baker as well as masterclasses with Marcel Moyse furthered her education. Her first orchestral experience included engagements with various American orchestras such as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Canton & Akron Symphonies & Fort Wayne Philharmonic. After relocating in Switzerland, Ms.Stahel intensified her studies with Andre Jaunet while becoming an active freelancer. Invitations to guest with ensembles such as the Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, and Lucerne Symphony Orchestra followed. Her engagement with the Philharmonia Zurich; Zurich Opera Orchestra, began in 1991. Currently she works with conductors such as Fabio Luisi, Zubin Metha, Bernard Haitink, Franz Welser-Most & Christoph von Dohnanyi. A passionate chamber musician, she performs regularly with the Labyrinth Ensemble, trio bleu, chamber soloists lucerne, the yofin ensemble & opera nova which involves premieres of contemporary works and crossover projects. Ms.Stahel is devoted to furthering young musicians and has taught previously at the Music Conservatory of Lucerne and presently conducts a piccolo and chamber music class at the Zurich University of the Arts. She has also been invited to perform at the NFA Flute Convention in the USA as well as various festivals such as the Rheinau Summer Academy in Switzerland, Porto Flute Festival & The International Piccolo Festival in Grado, Italy.
998 Silver Elite Flute with Platinum Headjoint
Mary Stolper
Grant Park Symphony, Chicago, IL USA
Music of the Baroque
Mary Stolper is a frequent soloist and chamber music performer who has made guest appearances throughout the United States and Europe. Currently, Ms. Stolper is Principal Flute of the Grant Park Symphony, Chicago Opera Theater, Music of the Baroque and the new music ensemble Fulcrum Point. As an active studio musician she has also played for hundreds of TV and radio commercials.
She traveled with the Chicago Symphony for the world-renowned tour of Russia with Maestro Solti (90) and over 15 European/Asian tours with Maestro Barenboim and Boulez. She acted as the principal substitute for the orchestra for over a decade.
Ms. Stolper performed with the Chicago Sinfonietta Orchestra in Vienna, with a performance of Bernstein's "Halil" for solo flute and strings. Also with the Sinfonietta, she performed the United States Midwest premier of the Concerto for Flute by Joan Tower. While in Prague, soloing with the Czech National Symphony, (Maestro Paul Freeman), she recorded her second CD called "American Flute Concertos", on the Chicago based Cedille label. Other recordings include Voices for Flautist and Orchestra by Shulamit Ran, (Maestro Cliff Colnot), and her second Cedille release called Chicago Flute Duos.
Ms. Stolper toured former East Germany with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra and received excellent critical reviews for her performance of the Nielsen Flute Concerto. The Nielsen Concerto was recorded with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra on the Centar label, Maestro Dieter Kober conductor.
Ms. Stolper's performance credits also include the following organizations: Chicago Chamber Musicians, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ravinia Recital Series, University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players, "Live from Studio One" WFMT radio broadcasts, American and Joffrey Ballet Orchestras, Contemporary Chamber Concerts at Orchestra Hall hosted by Shulamit Ran, Da Camera Chamber series in Houston, Texas and the Old First Church Chamber Series in San Francisco. The music "NOW" series at Symphony Center under Maestros Boulez and Colnot, numerous concerts featuring her extensive skills of contemporary techniques and variety of flutes.
Sterling Silver Elite Flute
Adah Toland Jones
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX USA
Austin Opera
Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra
Adah Toland Jones, Professor of Flute at Texas State University, is also Principal Flute with the Austin Opera and the Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra and plays frequently with Austin and San Antonio Symphonies. She holds B.M. and M.M. degrees and a Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music and a Doctor of Arts degree from Ball State University where she was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Citation. Her principal teachers include Patricia George, Joseph Mariano, Paul Boyer, and Jean-Pierre Rampal.
At Texas State, she was awarded the University Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly and Creative Activities and was runner-up from the College of Fine Arts and Communication for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Jones has performed and conducted masterclasses at flute festivals and universities throughout the U.S., in the U.K., Bulgaria and Dominica, West Indies.
Activities with the National Flute Association include performances at numerous conventions, conducting the High School and Professional Flute Choirs, membership on the Pedagogy Committee, Coordinator of the Professional Flute Choir and judging various competitions including flute choir events and the high school soloist competition. In the summers of 2015 and 2016, Dr. Jones was invited to perform and conduct masterclasses at the "Balabanov's House Music Days" International Music Festival in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Dr. Jones can also be heard on the Harmonia Mundi Label recording Samuel Barber: An American Romantic with the Grammy Award Winning vocal ensemble, Conspirare-The Company of Voices, directed by Craig Hella Johnson as well as on the soundtrack for the movie Knight of Cups, directed by Terrence Malik. Her publication “The Flute Choir Method Book” is used by flute choirs worldwide. A highlight of recent years was a feature article “Teaching Flute at Texas State University”, an extensive interview article published in the national flute journal “Flute Talk” in May 2014.
Elite Piccolo
Sharon Williams
London Symphony Orchestra, UK
“I first discovered Lillian’s piccolos 17 years ago when I was in my first job in the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and have been playing them ever since. I simply won’t play anything else. It’s necessary in the London Symphony Orchestra for me to cover a range of different types of work from top quality classical concerts to studio work for major artists and films — the Burkart piccolo suits the job perfectly. I love the full bodied rich sound you can produce on them and the lightning articulation in the loud passages when I’m competing with my brass colleagues! Yet they retain a beautiful round sound even in the most pianissimo of phrases. I love my piccolo. Actually all three of them! What more can I say other than buy one!”
Sharon Williams is the Principal Piccolo of the London Symphony Orchestra one of the world’s leading orchestras where she has been for the past 9 years. Prior to that she was Principal Piccolo in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. She regularly works with most of Britain’s major orchestras and freelances on film sessions and other commercial work.
She is also currently Professor of piccolo at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama and regularly gives masterclasses. Major conductors she has worked with include Valery Gergiev, Sir Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink, Lorin Maazel and Rostropovich. Sharon can be heard playing Burkart piccolos on the “LSO Live” label and many film scores including Star Wars and Harry Potter.
10K Gold Elite Flute
Kelly Zimba
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, CAN
Kelly Zimba joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as Principal Flute in 2017. Previously a flute fellow at the New World Symphony, she has performed with the Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Palm Beach Symphony Orchestras, and performs with the Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra in Brainerd, Minnesota during the summer season. As a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician, Ms. Zimba has performed around the world in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, Royal Albert Hall, and the Teatro del Lago in Frutillar, Chile. She was featured on the cover of Flute Talk Magazine in October 2017.
In addition to performing, Kelly has served on the faculties of NYO Canada, Toronto Summer Music Community Academy, and the Sitka Fine Arts Camp in Sitka, Alaska, where she was an artist-in-residence in January 2018. She also taught instrumental music at Belvoir Terrace in Lenox, Massachusetts, in addition to teaching privately across the United States and Canada. Together with TSO Principal Harpist Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton and their newly formed Steel6ix duo, Kelly participates in the Health Arts Society of Ontario's 'Concert in Care' program, bringing music to long-term care residents throughout Toronto.
Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kelly completed her graduate studies at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, and received bachelor’s degrees in flute performance and music education from the University of Michigan. She is greatly indebted to all of her teachers, most especially Leone Buyse and Amy Porter.
Elite Piccolo with 14K Gold Tenons
Jeff Zook
Detroit Symphony, Detroit, MI USA
Jeffery Zook has been a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra flute section since 1992. His formal musical studies began at the Interlochen Arts Academy and continued at the University of Michigan. With additional studies in England, Mr. Zook attended the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and received the coveted Recitalists’ Diploma from the Royal Academy of Music in London. His teachers have included William Bennett, Trevor Wye, Judith Bentley, Jacqueline Hofto, and former DSO piccoloist Clement Barone.
A prizewinner in many competitions, including the National Flute Association Young Artists Competition and William Byrd National Concerto Competition in Flint, Michigan, Mr. Zook has also been awarded of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Mr. Zook made his solo debut with the DSO as a senior in high school, performing Mozart’s Concerto in C for Flute and Harp with harpist Yolanda Kondonassis at Ford Auditorium in 1982. Twenty years later, he took the stage at Detroit’s Orchestra Hall with Maestro Neeme Järvi conducting the Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto. He appeared as a featured soloist at the National Flute Association convention in Minneapolis in 2017. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Zook co-hosted a chamber music festival, “Concerts in the Barn at Applewood,” at his Ontario farm home in Dyer’s Bay along with DSO violist Caroline Coade and harpist Kerstin Allvin. In 2002, this group traveled and performed throughout Morocco and was featured on the nation’s television network.
Just a small sampling of Burkart players & affiliations:
| Name | Affiliation | Instrument | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Hollins | Australia Opera and Ballet Orchestra | Elite Custom Piccolo | Australia |
| Diane Berger | Australia Opera and Ballet Orchestra | Elite 998 Flute | Australia |
| Diane Riddell | Perth | Elite Custom Piccolo | Australia |
| Jane Rutter | Concert Soloist | Elite Deluxe Piccolo | Australia |
| Karen Schofield | Associate Principal, Orchestra Victoria | Elite 14K Gold Flute | Australia |
| Kate Lawson | Sydney Symphony Fellowship Alumni | Elite 14K Gold Flute | Australia |
| Lisa Gill | Adelaide Symphony | Elilte Silver Flute, Elite Piccolo | Australia |
| Michal Rosiak | Flutist & Composer, Brisbane | Professional 9kAg Flute | Australia |
| Rosamund Plummer | Principal Piccolo, Sydney Symphony | Elite 595 Flute | Australia |
| Teresa Rabe | Canberra Symphony Orchestra | Elite 998 Flute | Australia |
| Karin Bonelli | Vienna State Opera | Burkart Elite Piccolo | Austria |
| Myriam Graulus | Flute Professor, Gent Conservatory | Burkart 14K Professional Flute | Belgium |
| Savio Araujo | São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP) | Burkart 14K Flute & Burkart Piccolo | Brazil |
| Christie Reside | First Flute, Vancouver Symphony | Burkart 14K Elite Flute | Canada |
| Juan Pablo Aguayo | Piccolo, Orquesta Sinfonica De Chile | Chile | |
| Paula Barrientos | Piccolo, Orquesta Filarmonica de Chile | Burkart Piccolo | Chile |
| Soledad Jaramillo | Orquesta Filarmonica De Chile | Burkart 998 Flute, Burkart Professional Piccolo | Chile |
| Rafael Rodríguez | Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia | Burkart 14K Professional Flute | Colombia |
| Jirí Skuhra | Prague Symphony Orchestra | Burkart Elite 998 Flute | Czech Republic |
| Annette Hartig – Hensler | Principal flutist Gärtnerplatz Theatre, Munich | Burkart Elite 5-95 Flute | Germany |
| Alberto Barletta | Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra | Elite 14K Gold Flute | Italy |
| Alessandro Fratta | Professional Flutist and Teacher at Liceo musicale Farnesina | Elite 5-95 Platinum and Silver Flute | Italy |
| Hauhiko Fukuda | Nagoya Symphony Orchestra | Burkart Flute | Japan |
| Natalia Valderrama | Flautista en México | Mexico | |
| Abbie de Quant | World Acclaimed Soloist, Netherlands | Burkart 998 Flute | Netherlands |
| Ilonka Kolthof | Professional Flutist | Burkart 998 Silver Flute, Burkart Elite Piccolo | Netherlands |
| Bridget Douglas | Principal Flute, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Elite 14K Gold Flute | New Zealand |
| Catherine Bowie | Principal, Aukland Philharmonia Orchestra | Elite 14K Gold Flute | New Zealand |
| Sarah Stack | Flutist, Nelson | Elite 595 Flute, Elite Deluxe Piccolo | New Zealand |
| Tonje Elisabeth Berg | Norway State AirForce Band | Burkart Elite Piccolo | Norway |
| Trond Magne Brekka | Norwegian Radio Orchestra | Burkart Elite Piccolo | Norway |
| Ciprian Ion | Flutist, FILARMONICA OLTENIA CRAIOVA | Burkart Elite Piccolo | Romania |
| Zhong Kai Yi, Kenneth | Music Teacher & Principal Flute Sembawang Wind Orchestra (Singapore) | 19.5K Burkart Flute and Burkart Professional Piccolo | Singapore |
| Matjaz Debeljak | Piccolo, Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet | Burkart Professional Piccolo | Slovenia |
| Dianne Winsor | Principal Flute, Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon | Burkart Elite Piccolo, Burkart Flute Headjoint | Spain |
| Anne Harrow | Associate Professor of Flute & Piccolo, Eastman School of Music | Limited Edition XXV Gold Piccolo | USA |
| Brooks de Wetter-Smith | Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Burkart Elite Piccolo | USA |
| Carole Bean | National Symphony Orchestra | Burkart Piccolo | USA |
| Cindy Ellis | Pacific Symphony Orchestra | Burkart Elite Piccolo | USA |
| Don Gottlieb | Principal Piccolo, Louisville Symphony Orchestra | Burkart Flute, Burkart XXV Piccolo | USA |
| GeorgeAnne Ries | Principal Flute, Portland Opera Orchestra, and Principal Flute, Oregon Ballet Theater Orchestra | Burkart Elite 14K Flute and Burkart Elite Piccolo | USA |
| Flutronix: Nathalie Joachim and Allison Loggins-Hall | Professional Flutists, New York | Burkart Flutes & Piccolos | USA |
| Kristen Stoner | Professor of Flute, University of Florida, Gainesville | Burkart 14K Elite Flute | USA |
| Lauren Sileo | Internationally renowned recitalist, chamber musician and soloist | 14K Gold Elite Burkart Flute, Elite Piccolo | USA |
| Louise DiTullio | Principal Flute, The Pasadena Symphony, Movie Recording Artist | Burkart 998 Silver Flute | USA |
| Meg Griffith | Adjunct Professor of Flute, Southwestern Adventist and Texas Wesleyan Universities | Burkart Silver Flute | USA |
| Mindy Ewing | Columbus Symphony | Lillian Burkart Flute and Piccolo | USA |
| Natalie Debikey | Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra | Burkart Piccolo | USA |
| Pamela Vliek Martchev | Principal Flute, Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra | 998 Flute with 14K Headjoint | USA |
| Patti Adams | Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Solo Piccoloist, Assistant Principal Flute | Burkart Elite Piccolo | USA |
| Sarah Gill Schettler | Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (2nd Flute) | 998 Flute, Professional Piccolo | USA |
| Sharon O’Connor | Pacific Symphony Orchestra | Burkart Silver Flute | USA |
| Stephanie McNab | San Francisco Opera Orchestra; Long Beach Symphony Orchestra | Burkart Elite Piccolo | USA |
| Therese Wacker | Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | Burkart 5-95 Flute & Burkart Piccolo | USA |
| Tim Day | San Francisco Symphony | Burkart Silver Flute | USA |
| Various Artists within the: | US Air Force Bands | Burkart Flutes & Piccolos | USA |
| Various Artists within the: | US Army Bands | USA | |
| Various Artists within the: | US Coast Guard Bands | USA | |
| Various Artists within the: | US Marine Bands | USA | |
| Various Artists within the: | US Navy Bands | USA |