CHRISTINE SAARI
A native of Massachusetts, Christine hold the positions of Principal Flutist with the Santa Fe Symphony and Assistant Principal flutist with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. She also performs both on stage and in the pit orchestra each summer with the Santa Fe Opera. She previously held the position of Principal Flute with the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra. From 2000-2003 she served as rotating Principal Flutist with the Chicago Civic Orchestra, working with conductors Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, David Robertson and Cliff Colnot. She has performed across Japan with the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra under conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. Christine received her B.M. in flute performance at Northwestern University School of Music in Evanston, IL. During her time there, she was winner of both the Concerto Competition and the Chamber Music Competition with the Cocobola Woodwind Quintet. Her principal teachers include Walfrid Kujala, former piccoloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Matheiu Dufour, Principal flutist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Christine performs on a Brannen-Cooper thick-walled silver flute with a Nagahara silver and 18K rose gold headjoint.
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