Featured Soloist: Elizabeth Rowe
April 21 & 23, 2006

Elizabeth Rowe joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as Principal Flute in 2004 and makes her concerto debut at these concerts. Previously she held positions with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and the New World Symphony. She has also served on the faculties of the Peabody Institute of Music, the University of Maryland and Catholic University.

A native of Eugene, Oregon, Rowe received her Bachelor of Music degree in 1996 from the University of Southern California, where she studied with Jim Walker, former Principal Flute of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She was the First Prize winner of the 2000 National Flute Association Young Artist Competition and has performed as soloist with orchestras throughout the country, including many of the orchestras where she has held positions. Most recently, Rowe performed the Nielsen Flute Concerto with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. She has participated in several national and international music festivals, most notably as a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center.

An advocate of new music, Elizabeth Rowe was invited to Carnegie Hall to perform a concert of works by Schoenberg under the direction of Pierre Boulez. She enjoys chamber music and was a founding member of the Metropolis Winds woodwind quintet, based in southern Florida. She can now be heard in concert regularly as a member of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players.

Ms. Rowe plays Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp with harpist Ann Hobson Pilot on April 21 & 23, 2006.

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