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Flute Society of Kentucky
Board of Directors

The individuals below (listed in alphabetical order) are
members of the Board of Directors of the
Flute Society of Kentucky. As outlined in FSK
Bylaws, each director shall serve a three-year term.
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Dr. Sonny Burnette Georgetown College |
SONNY BURNETTE is currently music department chair at
Georgetown College, where he teaches courses primarily in music
theory and MIDI computer music. He has composed a number of
works for flute choir and other ensembles, and has won the James
Madison University flute choir composition competition three
times. He was the Kentucky Music Teachers Association (KMTA)
2001 Commissioned Composer. As a saxophonist who doubles on flute and clarinet,
Burnette has performed with a number of leading entertainers during
his career. He holds music degrees from Ball State University,
Northwestern University and the University of South Florida.
Sonny_Burnette@georgetowncollege.edu |
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Prof. Gordon Cole University of Kentucky |
GORDON COLE joined the faculty
of the University of Kentucky in 1976 following three years of
teaching at the University of New Hampshire, and three years as a
member of The United States Army Band in Washington, D.C.
Besides being an active soloist and clinician, he is a member of the
McCracken Wind Quintet, the Bizet Trio (flute, bassoon, piano), and
the Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra, Door County,
Wisconsin. His principle teacher was his father, Robert Cole,
a former member of the Philadelphia Orchestra and professor of flute
at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Gordon.Cole@uky.edu |
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Mr. Todd Farmer
Taylor County School System |
TODD A. FARMER is currently Director of Bands in the
Taylor County School System, where he teaches instrumental music
6-12, and is very involved in the Arts and Humanities Program.
Farmer received his B.M.E. degree from the University of Kentucky,
and his M.M.E. degree from Western Kentucky University, and has
taught for 15 years. He has been a highly-acclaimed
clinician/adjudicator throughout the state, and he holds memberships
in K.M.E.A., M.E.N.C., K.B.A., Phi Beta Mu, International Clarinet
Society, and Flute Society of Kentucky. Todd is the principal
clarinetist in the Campbellsville University Wind Ensemble, and he
also plays for many functions throughout the area. tfarmer@Taylor.k12.ky.us |
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Kristy Kirsh |
KRISTY KIRSH teaches flute, piccolo, recorder and
fife lessons at The Fred F. Moore Music Company in Lexington,
Kentucky, where she also serves as Vice President of the company.
She is also the founder and director of The Lexington Flute
Philharmonic, a flute choir open to all ages and ability levels of
flutists. To allow for variations of performance levels, Mrs.
Kirsh arranges most of the music for this ensemble and hopes to
have it published in the near future. She is also locally active
as a freelance performer in all genres, including classical, jazz
and baroque flute, and as a clinician in the Fayette County
schools. Kristy received her M.M. in music theory and flute
performance from Butler University, where she taught as a graduate
assistant. She studied flute with Rebecca Price-Arrensen and Karen
Moratz, and music theory with Dr. Kay Hoke. Mrs. Kirsh earned her
B.S. in music theory as an alumni scholar at Indiana State
University. klkirsh@alltel.net |
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Dr. Lisa R. McArthur Campbellsville
University |
LISA McARTHUR is an associate professor in flute,
music theory and music education at Campbellsville University, where
she is also the university flute ensemble director. Dr. McArthur holds
the B.M. in music education and a Performer's Certificate from the
Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam College, New York; an M.M. in
performance and an M.A. in music theory from Kent State University,
Ohio; and a Ph.D. in music theory from the University of
Kentucky. Dr. McArthur was selected to the 2004 Who's Who in
America and received the 2001 KMEA College/University Music Educator
of the Year Award. Dr. McArthur is the founder and
current president of the Flute Society of Kentucky. lrmcarthur@campbellsville.edu |
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Dr. Heidi Pintner
Western Kentucky University
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HEIDI PINTNER is an
assistant professor of music at Western Kentucky University where
she teaches flute, flute choir, and music theory. She is
Principal Flutist with the Bowling
Green Western Symphony Orchestra, plays second flute
and piccolo with the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra, and performs
as a substitute with the Owensboro
Symphony Orchestra. Prior
to her appointment in
Bowling Green
, Dr. Pintner held a similar
appointment teaching flute and numerous courses in music theory
and musicology at California
State University, Chico. While in
Northern California
, she performed regularly with
the North State Symphony (Principal Flute), the Chico Early Music
Ensemble (Baroque Flute), the Sacramento
Early Music Consort (Baroque Flute), and on numerous faculty
recitals at
California
State
University
,
Chico
. Throughout her career, she
has been active as a flute soloist, chamber player, and orchestral
musician in
Ohio
,
Florida
,
Texas
,
Washington
,
Nevada
and
California
. Dr. Pintner holds
degrees in flute performance from the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music (B.M.)
and from the Florida
State University (M.M. and D.M.), where she studied
flute under the guidance of Michel Debost, Kathleen Chastain, and
Charles DeLaney. heidi.pintner@wku.edu |
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Dr. Stephanie Rea
Murray State University
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STEPHANIE REA
teaches at
Murray State University where she maintains an active flute studio
and teaches courses in music theory. She frequently performs with
orchestras in the mid-south region such as Paducah (KY) Symphony,
Jackson (TN) Symphony, and Owensboro (KY) Symphony. Trained first
as a pianist, then as a flutist in both traditional methods and
Suzuki Method, she brings a unique perspective to teaching and
performing. Her degrees in flute performance are from East
Tennessee State University (Rebecca Paluzzi) and The Florida State
University (Charles DeLaney). Additional flute study was with
Stephanie Jutt (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Toshio Takahashi
(Talent Education Institute, Matsumoto, Japan), and Eric Hoover
(Brevard Music Center). She has performed as a soloist at the
National Flute Association Convention, the 12th
International Bach Festival in Trujillo, Peru, the Rome Festival in
Italy. She has given recitals and masterclasses at University of
Michigan, Arizona State University and The Florida State University,
among others. Her first compact disc “Solo French and American Flute
Works” was released by Centaur Records in 2005. stephanie.rea@murraystate.edu |
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