Jeanne Wilson
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Currently Piccoloist and Flutist with the Hartford Symphony, Jeanne Wilson has also performed with the New York Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, New York Pops, Bronx Arts Ensemble, New Haven Symphony, Waterbury Symphony and the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra. She has played in many productions on Broadway including An American in Paris, On the Town, She Loves Me, Cinderella, Shrek, Beauty and the Beast, Aida and Jesus Christ Superstar, and toured with Philip Glass in the European production of his opera La Belle et la Bête. She has toured nationally several times with Andrea Bocelli and the World Festival Orchestra.
Previously Ms. Wilson was solo piccoloist with the Westchester Symphony, the Connecticut Orchestra, and the Goldman Memorial Band. As principal flutist of the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, she has recorded several CDs on the Newport Classic label. In addition, she has recorded on the SONY label as a member of the Satori Wind Quintet. The quintet appeared at Carnegie Recital Hall as a winner of the Artists’ International Competition and has been on the rosters of Young Audiences of New York and New Jersey.
After graduating magna cum laude from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Jeanne received a Master’s degree in Flute Performance from SUNY at Stony Brook, where she was Samuel Baron’s teaching assistant. Her other teachers include Thomas Nyfenger, Michael Parloff, Geralyn Coticone. She has been granted fellowships to festivals including Waterloo, Yale at Norfolk, Grand Teton and New College at Sarasota.
A frequent recitalist in and around the New York Metropolitan area, Jeanne is on the faculties of the Horace Mann and Riverdale Country Schools, and is a frequent substitute as a Chamber Music coach in the Juilliard School Pre-College program. She was formerly on the faculty of the Juilliard School Music Advancement Program and at New Jersey City University. A board member and Recording Secretary of the New York Flute Club from 2005–2015, Jeanne was also co-chair of the New York Flute Fair in 2010.
Jeanne and her husband, woodwind doubler and educator Ed Joffe, recently moved from New York to Oxford, Connecticut. They are finally enjoying life in the country, away from New York City!