LeeAnn McKenna

I've had the great privilege to work with some of the greatest classical flute players of the 20th and 21st centuries: Jean Pierre Rampal, Julius Baker (New York Philharmonic), Mindy Kaufmann (New York Philharmonic), Carol Wincenc, Lois Schaeffer (Boston Symphony Orchestra), Michael Hasel (Berlin Philharmonic), and Donald Peck (Chicago Symphony). My performing has taken me throughout Europe and much of the east and west coasts on the United States, as well as two tours to Puerto Rico.

My orchestral and chamber work includes the New Bedford Symphony (MA); the Augusta Symphony and Augusta Opera orchestras, and Musica Antiqua (GA); the Eugene Symphony and Opera orchestras, the Oregon Mozart Players, the Oregon Festival of American Music Orchestra, the University Orchestra, and the Oregon Chamber Players; and Spencer Beauties flute duo with continuo (Eugene, OR).

My trips outside the classical world include the Augusta Symphony Bluegrass Band, Carl and LeeAnn Folk Duo (GA); and Kendálin, a world folk fusion ensemble (OR) (cd available on iTunes or at www.kendalin.com).

In Oregon, I performed with the Red Lantern Ensemble a small chamber group presenting a wide variety of music and ensemble types;  and Thousand Waves, an ensemble presenting a variety of styles of music from jazz to tangos, renaissance to modern, Japanese to Irish, and much more. The group consists of various combinations of flute, classical guitar, Japanese koto, and percussion. 

I began my private teaching studio while still in high school, building to the 40+ years of teaching experience from beginner to advanced, very young to old, kindergarten through university. 

I graduated from Wheaton College in Massachusetts with a BA degree in Flute Performance. I was honored to study at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and then went on to earn my MMus degree in Flute Performance, graduating with honors from the University of Oregon.