Welcome!
Now accepting students for Summer and Fall 2012.
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Laura Lentz is a professional flutist and teacher based in Rochester, NY. She holds music degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Crane School of Music (SUNY Potsdam) in Flute Performance and is certified in instrumental and general music education. Laura has performed in the US and abroad, including performances with the Madison Symphony, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Northern New York, the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society of Madison, Wisconsin, the Latin American folk ensemble, Sotavento, and as co-founder of the Crossroads Trio. The trio has appeared live on public radio and received invitations from the National Flute Association to appear at two annual conventions. With the trio, Laura also had the opportunity to perform in Wisconsin as guest artists at UW-Madison, UW-Whitewater, UW-Stevens Point and at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin in Spring Green in a special performance featuring the trio, and also in many beautiful European cities, including Barcelona, Blonay, Bologna, Cremona, Lisbon, Mantova, Rome, Valencia, and Valletta. Laura has taught flute in New York, Wisconsin and in Italy, both in schools and privately, and at the university level leading flute masterclasses at the UW- Madison, UW- Stevens Point, and Mantova Conservatory (Italy) and as faculty at the Skidmore Flute Institute. She has been the recipient of awards for her performing and teaching from the UW-Madison, the Crane School of Music, the American Association of University Women, the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and the LA Philharmonic’s YOLA Ambassador program, and recently was selected as a performer-participant at the Music11 Festival with eighth blackbird. Laura’s mentors include Stephanie Jutt, Alberto Almarza, and Kenneth Andrews, and she has performed in masterclasses for Marina Piccinini, Jeffrey Khaner, and Jan Vinci, among others. Laura recently lived in Rome, Italy for eight years and returned back to the US in the summer of 2010. She teaches at Lyric Arts Academy, and privately, is active in the Rochester Flute Association, performs with various groups in the Rochester, NY and Pittsburgh, PA area, and holds an administrative position at the Eastman School of Music.
